Windows 10 is now available for free. You can either allow MSFT to install it for you or you can download the ISO and manually install it from a DVD you can burn or to a USB stick.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10)
Can't say it will be my daily platform anytime soon. Win 7 will get patches and updates until 2020.
In the mean time I am testing this:
http://www.elementary.io/ (http://www.elementary.io/)
It is also free and very clean so far. I have installed it where Windows doesn't travel anymore and it still works.
Installing it on a few test PCs here for my company. Our employees are very eager to jump to it, but it looks like the Enterprise version isn't a free upgrade
I did come across an amusing error message when installing it on a laptop yesterday:
(http://i.imgur.com/Ke3M99V.jpg?1)
Just needed a clean install though to complete.
I loaded it onto my laptop last night, was more than eager to get rid of 8.1. Just used it a bit, looks pretty good so far, no major issues.
Lot's of stuff being written about Microsoft's new terms of service that seem to allow surveillance of computers running Windows 10.
Quote from: Lunican on July 30, 2015, 03:39:40 PM
Lot's of stuff being written about Microsoft's new terms of service that seem to allow surveillance of computers running Windows 10.
I stopped using the technical preview because my AV picked up a keylogger. I traced it to a system file that could not be patched, replaced or blocked.
Now that I have the RTM, I will perform the same testing to see if they are still tracking things.
According to MSFT, nothing personally identifiable is being collected. In their mind its no different than the tracking cookies used by Google to collect search data. (It is if you cant turn it off)
If we cant win the browser war, then we will collect data at the OS level. There was a serious political issue inside MSFT that drove this decision.
But I digress.
So far it's been OK but definitely runs a little slower than Win 7 on my laptop.
I'll wait until it tells me to upgrade it. I don't want to force an install as there are reports of problems if you do. I've augmented Win 8 so much that I'm fine with it for the short term.
QuoteWe will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to protect our customers or enforce the terms governing the use of the services.
http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/07/29/wind-nos/
Win 7 on all my work systems and upgraded my son's laptop to Win 8.
His has a touchscreen, and it made the most sense. It's almost fun to use when putting together PP presentations.
I have no desire to move up to Win 10, much like I have no desire to move to ACAD '15. I still have another 2 years on '13 before they phase out again I believe and I'll wait until they force me from Win 7 much like what happened with XP....
Quote from: Lunican on July 30, 2015, 06:00:03 PM
QuoteWe will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to protect our customers or enforce the terms governing the use of the services.
http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/07/29/wind-nos/
Its almost all stuff Apple and Google collects off your phones. The creepy part is the remembering of your WiFi passwords. No thanks.
I'm now upgraded from windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro. Browsing with Edge.... not bad so far, other than my NVIDIA drivers not being updated yet. I'm rocking a windows default display driver until the update is complete and my screen looks like an oversized version of safemode.
The new features are neat but it will take some getting used to. Will keep checking in with feedback from my experience.
It was discovered yesterday that by default, Windows 10 uses a BitTorrent like utility to help them push updates out.
The issue is that MSFT assumes your upload bandwidth comes at little or no cost to the user, which isnt always the case.
You can disable this "feature" manually, but be warned it is on by default.
The other issue I forgot to mention is that if you have set Firefox or Chrome as your default browser, the installation of Windows 10 will reset that back to the Edge browser.
I now have my display drivers back in order. Had to download a utility to do a complete uninstall of my NVIDIA drivers and then a clean reinstall. All is working perfectly now. I see no issues with older software and my computer as a whole seems to be a tad bit quicker.
The only strange thing to note is that the top of my window for ACAD MEP 2012 doesn't show the file name when in full screen mode. Think this might just be a font size/type issue... still tinkering. ACAD MEP 2016 works perfectly though.
The Edge browser is pretty intuitive and is actually quite fast. The more I use it the more I like it.
I've been using it since day 1. I upgraded from Win 7. Gotta say it's a huge improvement. I really like the design and it seems really snappy. There were a couple of settings that I had to tinker with (switched chrome to default, disabled some multi-touch gestures from touch pad, etc) but now I'm happy.