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Microsoft Announces Windows 10
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I got the upgrade ad too but I'm not upgrading.
Still on Windows 7. Didn't upgrade to 8 and still don't have any reason to upgrade to 10. 7 works perfectly.
I know people that downgraded from 8 back to 7. 10 doesn't seem any different at all. What's the point of this marginal sidegrade?
Why upgrade to 10? There doesn't seem to be any reason to. Are there any big features or reasons you can think of?
Still on Windows 7. Didn't upgrade to 8 and still don't have any reason to upgrade to 10. 7 works perfectly.
I know people that downgraded from 8 back to 7. 10 doesn't seem any different at all. What's the point of this marginal sidegrade?
Why upgrade to 10? There doesn't seem to be any reason to. Are there any big features or reasons you can think of?
GrizzleBoy
Banned
You havent been paying any attention if you believe there are no substantial differences.
Jzero
Member
Are tech preview users getting the notification as well or only 7 ,8, 8.1 users?
Cool story bro.
Cool story bro.
copy and paste into command prompt (with ctrl + c rather right clicking)
Then again I'm a developer so use command prompt alot.TheLegendOfMart
Banned
Judging by recent builds I don't think it's ready for July release, hopefully that's RTM release and not full retail. If it's retail release it has to RTM soon and that's a mistake. I've been running it as my main OS since the first consumer preview, recently it's been getting buggier and buggier.
Same here. Any time I try to wake my computer up all I get is a black screen. If there's any error, I don't even see it.
I agree, there are still a lot of bugs there (some more serious than others), but we don't know how old the build really is.
King Gilga
Member
I got the popup.
Thing is I'm making a new comp in a month or so.
So if I reserve how does that work, does it store that I reserved it on my comp or an email or something?
Or should I just install it and then do that sysprep thing when I move the HDDs to my new comp.
Thing is I'm making a new comp in a month or so.
So if I reserve how does that work, does it store that I reserved it on my comp or an email or something?
Or should I just install it and then do that sysprep thing when I move the HDDs to my new comp.
I actually agree with you, but not to the same extreme in terms of bugs found. Seems very very soon with a lot of important features only getting added in the most recent builds. Last night my gf couldn't attach a document in the Mail app which was infuriating - she had to do it from her iPad in the end using the OneDrive app.
After trying to set up Win7 recently I just realized how ancient this thing feels now.
Want to install OS from USB3? Good luck with drivers, the set up won't work otherwise.
Installed Win7, ok. Now I have to manually enable TRIM and disable prefetch for SSD because OS is made in stone age.
Safely removed USB HDD, why it doesn't power down? aha, gotta do some registry tweak for this to work. It's so much hassle. The Aero UI looks horribly hideous and pixelated on a HiDPI screen, now win8 isn't great there but a far cry from Win7. I could go on. If Win7 is good enough for you that's fine, it's history and newer hardware won't work optimally with it, already has worse DX11 performance in Battlefield 3/4. And there are loads of small changes and refinements that don't come up on lists and you don't notice unless you go back and see their absence. If it's good enough for you that's fine, WinXP still good enough for a lot of people too. Now add all the features of 10 over 8.1, it's a pretty notable upgrade over 7. I'm not sure what you expect from a OS upgrade, it's no different elsewhere.
Want to install OS from USB3? Good luck with drivers, the set up won't work otherwise.
Installed Win7, ok. Now I have to manually enable TRIM and disable prefetch for SSD because OS is made in stone age.
Safely removed USB HDD, why it doesn't power down? aha, gotta do some registry tweak for this to work. It's so much hassle. The Aero UI looks horribly hideous and pixelated on a HiDPI screen, now win8 isn't great there but a far cry from Win7. I could go on. If Win7 is good enough for you that's fine, it's history and newer hardware won't work optimally with it, already has worse DX11 performance in Battlefield 3/4. And there are loads of small changes and refinements that don't come up on lists and you don't notice unless you go back and see their absence. If it's good enough for you that's fine, WinXP still good enough for a lot of people too. Now add all the features of 10 over 8.1, it's a pretty notable upgrade over 7. I'm not sure what you expect from a OS upgrade, it's no different elsewhere.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Tom Warren said:
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Cute Dragon Here
Member
I still haven't gotten the reservation app for Windows 10 on my gaming laptop. Strange. It probably is rolling out in waves. My parents' laptops all have gotten the app and reserved their Windows 10 copies.
Maybe I should just wait and see. Hopefully I don't have to do it to get the upgrade.
Maybe I should just wait and see. Hopefully I don't have to do it to get the upgrade.
Woffls
Member
Aww for real? I wonder what "fully compatible" means? DX12 utilisation? I'm gonna' go ahead and assume Windows 10 won't get less out of my laptop than Windows 8.1.
Cute Dragon Here
Member
I think there seems to be something about Intel graphics that always trips Windows 10 up. Has Intel released WHQL drivers for any of the Windows 10 previews?
It's probably going to be sorted by release. Also, it might just be that Intel doesn't have WDDM 1.2 drivers yet, so the GPU will use legacy WDDM 1.1 drivers (which do work, but lack some features).
Calints Neos
Member
So how do I get rid of the icon thing?
Don't plan on upgrading yet.
Don't plan on upgrading yet.
Darkstorne
Member
Rookie question regarding OS upgrades:
If I upgrade from Windows 7 to 10, will it be a clean install, or will all my photos, documents, music, etc still be exactly where I left them, just with a shiny new UI?
I use this PC for my job, for gaming, for digital art, and for writing. It's pretty damn important to me, so I want to make sure I'm not wiping the slate clean if I upgrade.
If I upgrade from Windows 7 to 10, will it be a clean install, or will all my photos, documents, music, etc still be exactly where I left them, just with a shiny new UI?
I use this PC for my job, for gaming, for digital art, and for writing. It's pretty damn important to me, so I want to make sure I'm not wiping the slate clean if I upgrade.
King Gilga
Member
I told it that sure I want to upgrade and put my email in and it's still there, being useless.
Nothing too unexpected there, all makes logical sense.
My aunt has a 7 Starter laptop that's bursting at the seams. Will be nice to get it updated.
Junior Mint
Member
What's the default music player for Windows 10? Is it still Windows Media Player? Does it look any different from Win7/8?
The app is called "Music"
Windows Media Player is legacy and hasn't been updated since Vista.
WMP looks the same, Xbox Music is the new music app
Windows 10 has the same functionality from 8 that lets you roll back to your previous Windows install, as long as you don't delete your Windows.old
Even if my install is windows 7?
Also does anyone know if windows 10 has issues with progams working like i believe vista did. It would suck for windows 10 to be great, but for some reason paint tool sai just doesn't work
Yeah, that is cool Win 7 Starter users get full Win 10 home. But seeing there is no equivalent in Windows 10, it made sense these got upgraded to Home.
Silphonica
Banned
Can I install the update and wipe my hdd? Like start fresh?
Sky Interloper
Member
We are still waiting on Microsoft to comment on clean installs. As of now, it is unknown if the distribution will be only through an upgrade or if ISOs will be provided.
The update notification is exclusive to Windows 7 and 8.1. But the GA will be available that day for anyone using the preview, although is activation status will be depend if it was installed as an inplace upgrade from either 7 or 8.1
which program, specifically? If it works in Vista/7/8 it should work in 10. Heck, i haven't run into any of my XP or 95 era programs not working..
Jzero
Member
People like this just like to seem cool and complain about stuff they haven't tried yet. People that are still saying "Windows 7 > All" are starting to sound absolutely dumb.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Little bit less. There's a lot of diagnostics crap going on, so it's tough to say.
Andrefpvs
Member
Does anyone here have a Samsung laptop?
Considering what happened when the 8.1 upgrade came out, it's probably a good idea to hold out on the 10 upgrade until Samsung release new drivers, no?
Considering what happened when the 8.1 upgrade came out, it's probably a good idea to hold out on the 10 upgrade until Samsung release new drivers, no?
It's pretty much adware at this point.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Ok, I'm having a bit of a crisis.
I installed the technical preview over my 8.1 installation this afternoon because I just finished a project and had some time. I noticed that one of my projects was corrupted in my OneDrive folder. Looking around I'm seeing a lot of missing files, files that were all stored locally. I'm freaking out because it's months worth of work.
I see the files online in OneDrive but I'm afraid to let it sync since I don't know if OneDrive online will think the files are deleted and remove them from the cloud as well.
Why would the OneDrive app remove locally stored files that aren't stored on the system drive? I'm not sure what to do here.
I installed the technical preview over my 8.1 installation this afternoon because I just finished a project and had some time. I noticed that one of my projects was corrupted in my OneDrive folder. Looking around I'm seeing a lot of missing files, files that were all stored locally. I'm freaking out because it's months worth of work.
I see the files online in OneDrive but I'm afraid to let it sync since I don't know if OneDrive online will think the files are deleted and remove them from the cloud as well.
Why would the OneDrive app remove locally stored files that aren't stored on the system drive? I'm not sure what to do here.
What if I'm on 8 and not 8.1?
Junior Mint
Member
You know it's sad when it's more reliable to install a new version of Windows on a Mac laptop than it is on an actual Windows laptop.