Hardware & Technical Windows 10 still viable?

Siobhan

Siobhan
It's as good as Windows is, for now. It does what it says on the tin. Sure, it's no Linux, but with the Linux subsystem for Windows it almost is. The lack of one click network-snoop is no bad thing as far as I'm concerned, and since I pushed Cortana back in the sea, even that's no longer a problem.

Not sure where people are getting the idea that it installs a load of cr*pware though. Not had to deal with that myself. It even has a halfway decent firewall and antivirus these days...
 

Geraldine

Geraldine
Personally, I prefer Workbench 3.9. ;)
But if I have to use MS stuff I guess Win 7 is what I feel most comfortable with. Tried 10, hated 10, uninstalled 10, reinstalled 7 as it is the closest thing to XP which I grew to like a lot after I was dragged away from Win 98SE.
 

CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE

CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE
Installed 1809 a couple of hours ago with no issues other than needing to reset my mouse wheel scroll settings.

You can now have a dark background to Explorer windows! What a great time to be alive :p
 

Comrade Napoleon

Comrade Napoleon
Apart from bugs and what not, Windows 10 is a good system and safe to use. I f you combine it with Classic Shell (google it) you will have a traditional Windows start menu and task bar, avoiding all the app crap.
I am a OSX High Sierra user and Windows 10 is close in user experience.
 

Zak Gordon

Zak Gordon
'Windows 10 October 2018 Update no longer deletes your data':

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...te-file-deleting-bug-resumes-insider-testing/

Microsoft has figured out why the Windows 10 October 2018 Update deleted data from some systems and produced a fixed version. The severity of the bug caused the company to cease distribution of the update last week; the fixed version is now being distributed to Windows Insiders for testing, ahead of a resumption of the wider rollout.

Microsoft is advising anyone affected by the bug to contact support. The bug caused files to be deleted, meaning that the only guaranteed way of restoring them is to retrieve them from a backup (if you have one). However, undelete software can often recover recently deleted files, and Microsoft's support can apparently assist with this process at no cost for those bitten by the problem. In the meantime, the advice is to use affected PCs as little as possible; minimizing disk activity helps maximize the chance of a successful undeletion.

The software giant claims that only a small number of users were affected and lost data, and has published an explanation of the problem.
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Oh the joys of automatic updates ;)
 

CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE

CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE
Un1k0rn said:
I've not turned my PC on since before the bug rolled out, by a few days.

Does this mean I won't get the update now, until the fixed release outside WIP?
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Correct, you won't get the update as MS paused it. But you wouldn't have got the update through the automatic updates channel anyway as it was due for release yesterday (9th) through that channel. You would only have got the update by manually clicking Check For Updates. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464619
 

cmdr underhill

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Siobhan said:
It's as good as Windows is, for now. It does what it says on the tin. Sure, it's no Linux, but with the Linux subsystem for Windows it almost is. The lack of one click network-snoop is no bad thing as far as I'm concerned, and since I pushed Cortana back in the sea, even that's no longer a problem.

Not sure where people are getting the idea that it installs a load of cr*pware though. Not had to deal with that myself. It even has a halfway decent firewall and antivirus these days...
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I would consider Candy Crush and the pushy OneDrive to qualify. Seriously, if I clicked "No", "Don't start with Windows", and "Exit", I expect to not hear anything more!

Aside from treating users like they're not allowed to be power-users (which has gotten progressively worse since Windows 7) Windows 10 is fine. A little split-personality, sometimes bugs, and you have to learn some new ways to do things, but life means change. Get used to it. Occasional bugs notwithstanding, every update has made it better IMO, though I haven't had any showstopper bugs like some others have.

I do wish we had more control over the update process, but unlike most casual users &/or conspiracy theorists, I would actually rather have an up-to-date system, and only hold back updates when there is an issue that affects my usage.

Obviously there is some praise in there for Microsoft's direction as of late, but given Valve's work on Linux compatibility, and some recent success here with Elite: Dangerous, I may switch to Linux anyway. I am not a fan of the data collection advertising model.
 

Morbad

Morbad
I essentially stopped being willing to pay for Windows as soon as product activation became a thing.

Happily paid full price for Windows 3.11 FWG, 95, 98SE, and 2000...then bought XP and was annoyed beyond belief at the activation nonsense.

Never bought a retail copy of Windows again, and have been getting volume or educational licences for cheap or free ever since. My last Windows laptop and HTPC are running Server 2016, which is way better Windows 10, but if it wasn't free for me, even those systems would be on Linux.
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
Morbad said:
I essentially stopped being willing to pay for Windows as soon as product activation became a thing.

Happily paid full price for Windows 3.11 FWG, 95, 98SE, and 2000...then bought XP and was annoyed beyond belief at the activation nonsense.

Never bought a retail copy of Windows again, and have been getting volume or educational licences for cheap or free ever since. My last Windows laptop and HTPC are running Server 2016, which is way better Windows 10, but if it wasn't free for me, even those systems would be on Linux.
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I bought Windows 7 pro in pre-order at a very good price, several months before its release.

And I had Windows 10 pro free since I had a Windows 7 license.

:)
 

Wotthe Dickens

Wotthe Dickens
I don’t like the frequent updates and it won’t install the drivers for the old Xbox Kinect so I have to keep a win 7 box for that.
Much better than 8 though!
 

CMDR Ahab

CMDR Ahab
I ran Windows 2000 for years up to around 2012, hated XP with a passion for all it's gaudiness and bloat. Never had a problem with compatibility in Win2k for games or applications.

Took the plunge and installed 7 around 2012 and was pleasantly surprised with it and installed 10 around 2 years ago. Been rock stable every since after uninstalling on the free cr*p like Skype and Candy Crush.

For fun and nostalgia, set up an old Windows 98 SE machine a while ago for running legacy apps and games. Forgot just how buggy and unstable it was even on period hardware!
 

EUS

EUS
I also used win2k for gaming until X64 came out. Used that until win7.
Still use w7. my laptop has w10, and I'm going to shoot it.
Or reformat, haven't decided yet.
 

CMDR Ahab

CMDR Ahab
If your laptop originally had windows 7 you should be able to go back to it, otherwise you've pretty much out of luck I'm afraid.

Still have a 16 year old Windows 2000 laptop which works fine, battery is completely useless of course.
 
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