Windows 10

[stfu&gbtw]

Been using it for about 6 minutes on a Lenovo Yoga 12.


It's awesome.

[Tuckerman]

You say awesome I say cosmetic. Lip stick on a pig you know.

[stfu&gbtw]

You say awesome I say cosmetic. Lip stick on a pig you know.

Actually, under the hood, 10 has the strongest security model of any MS OS.


And I like the new start menu... bringing a few decent ideas from 8 into a more functional design.

[stuckathuntermtn]

The best part of Windows 10 is the "Roll Back Upgrade" button.

[The AD]

I have a notebook computer I bought at least five years ago that had essentially become useless because it was so slow running Windows 7. I figured upgrading it to Windows 10 was worth a shot. Took me about three tries to get Windows 10 to load successfully, but I must say the computer is actually usable now. I'm not sure if it's Windows 10 or eliminating a lot of other crap that had accumulated, but the performance is definitely better now.

[davieboot]

Been using it for about 6 minutes on a Lenovo Yoga 12.


It's awesome.

Just wait until a bunch of your drivers don't work, and updating them doesn't help.

The best part of Windows 10 is the "Roll Back Upgrade" button.

I rolled back after working with Windows 10 for a few weeks. The roll back went flawlessly. I was really impressed. I'll upgrade again in the future once everything else catches up.

[stfu&gbtw]

This machine is 10 out of the box. I've been admining windows boxes since '85 or so... Driver issues? You guys have no fucking idea how good you have it.

[Buster Highmen]

Harken back to NT5 (win2000) for a really rough driver experience.

That's when NT went plug and play with thousands of purportedly PCI devices that weren't (they were not relocatable and were essentially IO dependent ISA devices with a PCI bus connector).

Life in video drivers was hell.

[stfu&gbtw]

Harken back to NT5 (win2000) for a really rough driver experience.

That's when NT went plug and play with thousands of purportedly PCI devices that weren't (they were not relocatable and were essentially IO dependent ISA devices with a PCI bus connector).

Life in video drivers was hell.

Surely you jest. Windows 2000 was light years beyond any MS OS released before it, especially with regard to driver support, just for USB support alone. To this day, Windows 2000 SP4 makes the MS Greatest Hits list. There were some great video cards to go with it... the nVidia card of that time was totally bullet proof, as was the Matrox Millenia.

[Buster Highmen]

Surely you jest. Windows 2000 was light years beyond any MS OS released before it, especially with regard to driver support, just for USB support alone. To this day, Windows 2000 SP4 makes the MS Greatest Hits list. There were some great video cards to go with it... the nVidia card of that time was totally bullet proof, as was the Matrox Millenia.

You are so full of shit on this one. At the time of release, it was a nightmare and incredibly fucked in the driver department. Matrox driver blew goats.

[stfu&gbtw]

You are so full of shit on this one. At the time of release, it was a nightmare and incredibly fucked in the driver department. Matrox driver blew goats.

Upon release? No shit sherlock. From SP2 on - awesome.

And the included Matrox driver was fine. I still have several 2ksp4 boxes with dual port MM cards in them... still working flawlessly, nearly 15 years later.

[Buster Highmen]

Upon release? No shit sherlock. From SP2 on - awesome.

And the included Matrox driver was fine. I still have several 2ksp4 boxes with dual port MM cards in them... still working flawlessly, nearly 15 years later.

You're welcome.

[assman]

my work software which i have no control over dates back to the dos era. it has received band aid after band aid to make it functional within windows. per the guys that pay me It will not work on 10 so, no upgrade for me

[stfu&gbtw]

You're welcome.

Nobody likes a whiny early adopter.

[doughboyshredder]

I think that went right over your head.

[Danno]

NERD FIGHT!

[stuckathuntermtn]

Computers that come with 10 installed seem to work fine, but updating a machine often seems to not play well.

[Buster Highmen]

NERD FIGHT!

Mais le geek, c'est tres chic.

[stfu&gbtw]

I think that went right over your head.

The irony is strong with this one...

[G. Gordon Liddy]

Computers that come with 10 installed seem to work fine, but updating a machine often seems to not play well.

Agreed! I tried to upgrade from 7 and it was horrible. I did the roll back after a week. Wife's new CPU with 10 out of the box is amazing...

[Jesse]

Easy upgrade for me. Two small issues, one fixed it's self, but I'm still having trouble signing in with my fingerprint scanner, everything else works perfectly. Prefer it so much to 8.

Have 7 at work, would prefer 10, but really both work fine.

I'd recommend 10 to anyone, based solely on my use.

[MakersTeleMark]

Slight thread drift, but does anyone have any thoughts on Office365? I'm thinking of migrating over to it from standalone Office Professional. Not sure how easy it will be to get those pst's to the cloud. Also, everything stays on the cloud, correct (e-mails, docs)?

Also, how hard is it from a user prospective to switch from 7 Ultimate to 10? I'll be starting from scratch with a new machine with 10 on it.

Thanks in advance MS geeks.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Easy upgrade for me. Two small issues, one fixed it's self, but I'm still having trouble signing in with my fingerprint scanner, everything else works perfectly. Prefer it so much to 8.

Have 7 at work, would prefer 10, but really both work fine.

I'd recommend 10 to anyone, based solely on my use.

I don't both based on my own personal use (anecdotal) and IT best practices (scientific).

[stfu&gbtw]

^ seems like the upgrade frequently sucks. I wouldn't be trying it today if it hadn't shipped on my new UB.

Office 365 is fine if you don't struggle with connectivity.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Yeah, except my Dad just called me to see if I had a copy of 7 he could have. He had to get a new computer. Came with 10. Being a real piece of garbage. Hurray!