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Old 15-10-2014, 07:33 AM
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Windows 10

Just had a play with an Eval Win10 PC at work. Loaded onto a 3 year old laptop with i3 core and 4 gigs of RAM. ( DELL Latitude E5430 )

Seems to run ok and is much more user friendly than Win8 ever was. A lot more Win7 like with decent start menu with extras. They've hidden a lot of the utilities I use, Control Panel for a starter. Given the user just basic access but the search box finds it all if you need it and know what to look for. Even put the Task Bar and system tray back. Nice feature is multiple desktops and the way it handles multiple tasks on-screen a bit more intelligently.
Although it's a 64 bit system it picked up the Win7 32 bit drivers and all the hardware is working and I've detected no lag, quite quick to boot up even.

This must be the 'good' iteration of the OS. Fingers crossed.
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Old 15-10-2014, 07:38 AM
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I hope so.
I'm still holding onto Win7 until I test Win10.
Don't like Win8(8.1).

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Old 15-10-2014, 09:01 AM
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Win 10 won't be officially released till early next year. I'll be sticking with Win7 myself for quite a bit longer. Never buy 'first editions'. always buggy at least till the first SP comes out.
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Old 15-10-2014, 10:00 AM
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......Nice feature is multiple desktops....
Good grief, it's catching up to Linux! It's had that for at least a decade. I wonder when doze will get the 'always on top' option?

Why is it that any Linux distro (all the ones I know anyway) is able to offer users a choice of GUIs, which you can choose at boot, but with Borgware you are stuck with what they chose? Is it innate in the OS or is it M$ philosophy? (likewise with Mac).
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Old 15-10-2014, 12:59 PM
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Multiple desktops have been available as a software addition for quite a while but this is all incorporated in the OS.
Unfortunately Linux distros are not the predominant OS in the real world of users and uniformity for users takes a big headache away from admins like me. I completed a Win7\Office2010 rollout to over 500 users early this year and the workload has just plummeted since.
Mac I don't discuss. Their philosophy about users just sucks.
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Old 16-10-2014, 07:36 PM
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So what happened to Windows 9?
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Old 16-10-2014, 07:43 PM
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It was a blue hypergiant that went supernova before it could form planets...
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Old 16-10-2014, 08:25 PM
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Multiple desktops have been available as a software addition for quite a while but this is all incorporated in the OS.
Unfortunately Linux distros are not the predominant OS in the real world of users and uniformity for users takes a big headache away from admins like me. I completed a Win7\Office2010 rollout to over 500 users early this year and the workload has just plummeted since.
Mac I don't discuss. Their philosophy about users just sucks.
But of course you would say all of that if you earn the bacon as a Windows admin
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Old 16-10-2014, 09:15 PM
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Good grief, it's catching up to Linux! It's had that for at least a decade. I wonder when doze will get the 'always on top' option?
I'd like a "focus follows mouse" that works at least as well as it does on any X11 based desktop. (The Windows one is rubbish.) Being able to type into a window that is not on top is very handy.
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But of course you would say all of that if you earn the bacon as a Windows admin
Windows users just don't know any better.
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Old 17-10-2014, 12:47 PM
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I'd like a "focus follows mouse" that works at least as well as it does on any X11 based desktop. (The Windows one is rubbish.) Being able to type into a window that is not on top is very handy.

Windows users just don't know any better.
Thankfully I use Linux at work and the focus follows mouse is extremely useful. Can't live without it - and multiple desktops.
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Old 17-10-2014, 12:54 PM
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Good grief, it's catching up to Linux! It's had that for at least a decade.
Funny I always think of it as catching up with Windows 95 and Powertoys. That's even more embarrassing.
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Classic Nik, I love that one
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