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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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 Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:32 pm Post subject: Windows 10 is out |
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| So Windows 10 is now out, Internet Explorer is no longer the default browser anymore. Who's tried it so far? |
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sligo
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| it looks similar to windows 8. i have a windows tablet and i have been impressed with the way 8.1 works. i probably will upgrade, but i will wait for the second version without the bugs and creaes. |
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Hokie21
Joined: 01 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| I downloaded it last night...so far I'm liking it much more than 8.1 |
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Died By Bear
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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| It's good, no problems so far. |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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Non-techie here!
How difficult is it to install? Do I need to back up stuff to be safe? |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Sector7G wrote: |
Non-techie here!
How difficult is it to install? Do I need to back up stuff to be safe? |
It installs like any other Windows update, and after installing it it even remembered that I was 14 minutes through a video in Chrome and restarted it from there. Files, language settings, everything was exactly the same.
It also puts Windows 8.1 into a folder in case you want to revert to it, and you have 30 days to do that if you decide you want to go back. |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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^^Thanks, but I just read this article from CNet that says it's better to do a "clean install", or otherwise performance will be "adversely affected".
Three ways to install a clean version of Windows 10 onto any PC.
http://www.cnet.com/news/clean-install-windows-10/ |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Edge is the default browser now and it doesn't support ActiveX, but if you go to a site that needs it it will still prompt you to use IE:
http://i.imgur.com/KA81ZDn.png
So IE is dead but can still be resurrected at a moment's notice. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I got a new laptop running Win 8.1 here in the states and am now in the "queue" to get win 10, keep checking status and it says it's downloading in the backgroud for like a week now |
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FMPJ
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Watch out. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Before seeing this, it still wasn't entirely clear to me what I would gain by upgrading to Windows 10 from 7 (I don't care about Directx 12), but if this were true, the matter is more or less settled. Even if I'm going to purchase something, I like being able to download a torrent version of it first and make sure it works well for me. For example, I wanted to download Planescape: Torment off of gog.com (a wonderful business model, by the way; I've purchased a large number of games from them on principle), but I wanted to be sure it would work well on my computer first, so I downloaded the torrent, and since I could see it ran without problem on my machine, I went ahead and bought it on their site. The idea of my own operating system constantly monitoring me for violations of a set of laws which I don't even support is not charming.
The comments section contains an article saying, "However, it has since been pointed out to us that this claim is false; the agreement in question only pertains to services provided to you directly from Microsoft, and does not apply to Windows 10," which makes it sound like the implications in the article above aren't true, but absent any serious, compelling reason to upgrade, I still don't see any reason to bother, especially since it's not entirely implausible to me that the limited "piracy detection" system or what have you could be expanded over time. |
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geldedgoat
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| Fox wrote: |
| For example, I wanted to download Planescape: Torment off of gog.com (a wonderful business model, by the way; I've purchased a large number of games from them on principle) [...] |
Excellent plug for their Hasbro sale. |
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SeoulNate
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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Article is total BS |
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FMPJ
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| SeoulNate wrote: |
Article is total BS |
Oh yeah? I don't know, myself. Care to explain? |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I never cared for Facebook and never will. I don't like Facebook formats and I intend to stick with Windows 7. |
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