Windows 10 Poll

Richie-from-the-Boro

An alternative OS to MS has been preached by disciples and evangelised by phanbhoys decade after decade, but all the MS alternatives lumped together only amount to less than 5% of world market - there's a reason for that.

Fightsback

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

An alternative OS to MS has been preached by disciples and evangelised by phanbhoys decade after decade, but all the MS alternatives lumped together only amount to less than 5% of world market - there's a reason for that.

Correction, Linux is the most used and installed OS in the World, there are many more computing appliances than the desktop you know. Even Microsoft are making their own Distro:

http://uk.businessinsider.com/microsoft-made-its-own-version-of-linux-2015-9?r=US&IR=T

"If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won."

Linus Torvalds

Game, set and match to Mr Torvalds.

skintpaul

I have upgraded to Windows 10 but reverted to previous edition

gone back to 7. Everything where I want it to be!

kwikbreaks

I have upgraded and kept Windows 10

skintpaul wrote: »

Everything where I want it to be!

Actually you'll find it may not be - e,g. config files which in earlier releases (possibly as far back as XP) were stored in a program's own directory are now secreted away elsewhere if the program is installed in the windows default location. I remember wanting to avoid re-entering a load of locations for an FTP program when I installed it an a different machine and tried to just copy over the config file. At the time it took me longer to find than if I'd re-entered them.

Fightsback

Fightsback wrote: »

Want to bet on that regarding the NX bit and buggy BIOSes (or W10 detection routines) misreporting even though the CPU supports it and it's switched on causing a no NX support error. Meanwhile DEP working fine and active in W7

First hand experience

RumRat wrote: »

No problems.
First hand experience..:p

Bug solved, its a Win 10 readiness detection bug. If you run into this and you are sure NX available on the CPU and is on in the bios then you need to make sure DEP is always on:

Run

bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOn

reboot then run the installation again.

Hope it helps someone.

Lazy programming by Microsoft, if they used RDMSR this wouldn't be a problem.

J_B

J_B wrote: »

How about this ....

I'm waiting a while for all the problems to be ironed out and will probably do it before the end of the 'free upgrade' period.
In the meantime, the talk on the street is that it ain't an 'upgrade' - just a change

hans_2 wrote: »

What problems ?

Runs great.

RumRat wrote: »

It's not there, because there are no problems. You shouldn't listen to things you hear on the street, they are rarely correct...

OK, maybe I will re-phrase
There have certainly been several instances of folks posting on here as well as other forums about their perceived problems. (were they mainly driver related issues?)
I'm don't really want to be one of these so, I'm sticking with W7 - ain't broke = don't fix
Maybe I'll carry out the change at a later date.

:beer:

Richie-from-the-Boro

Fightsback wrote: »

Correction, Linux is the most used and installed OS in the World, there are many more computing appliances than the desktop you know. Even Microsoft are making their own Distro:

http://uk.businessinsider.com/microsoft-made-its-own-version-of-linux-2015-9?r=US&IR=T

"If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won."

Linus Torvalds

Game, set and match to Mr Torvalds.

Linux as a workload guest on datacenter machines is not the operating system, 99.9% of MS users have no need for to cross-manage a differing platform networking infrastructure - so obfuscation I assume was the grasping reason for the URL you posted. In the same way that linux users have boot MS and linux setups, they are different strokes for differing purposes, if linux would do everything a consumer wanted they would not need an MS operating system at all.

Phanbhoy says - Linux is the most used and installed OS in the World ................... yeh right, maybe in 20 years when phones and Android take the whole consumer domestic market and puters as we understand them disappear completely.

Johnmcl7

I have upgraded to Windows 10 but reverted to previous edition

I upgraded to Windows 10 in the hope they'd improve the touch side of it but it's a lot of step backwards from Windows 8, many of the useful optimisations are gone completely and you largely have to use a desktop interface. I may upgrade a Windows 8 laptop instead but at the moment I'm seeing little reason to other than to gain more familiarity with it.

John

Fightsback

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

Linux as a workload guest on datacenter machines is not the operating system, 99.9% of MS users have no need for to cross-manage a differing platform networking infrastructure - so obfuscation I assume was the grasping reason for the URL you posted. In the same way that linux users have boot MS and linux setups, they are different strokes for differing purposes, if linux would do everything a consumer wanted they would not need an MS operating system at all.

Phanbhoy says - Linux is the most used and installed OS in the World ................... yeh right, maybe in 20 years when phones and Android take the whole consumer domestic market and puters as we understand them disappear completely.

What's up, those expensive MCSE's that a 7 year old can do looking a waste of money ?

PS I think you will find it's Linux doing the serving and Windows being the guest in most data centres, MS server licences are very expensive you know. Stick to boilers as it seems the thing you most comment on and leave more complex devices to those who know what they are talking about.

almillar

I have upgraded and kept Windows 10

I upgraded to Windows 10 in the hope they'd improve the touch side of it but it's a lot of step backwards from Windows 8, many of the useful optimisations are gone completely and you largely have to use a desktop interface. I may upgrade a Windows 8 laptop instead but at the moment I'm seeing little reason to other than to gain more familiarity with it.

John

Did you try tablet mode? Drag in from the right hand side of the screen (like bringing up the charms bar) and you'll find a button there.