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Through the feedback app. After enough upvotes, it gets automatically routed to the feature team for triage.
Are there separate translation/localisation teams for different components of the system? What happens when it automatically routed to the wrong team?
I've been on the "insider preview" for a few weeks now, and I must say that I think Windows 10 is an absolutely amazing OS. Definitely the best Windows I've ever used. Also the best desktop OS I've ever used, but I hope you'll believe me about the "best Windows" even if you can't imagine why a developer would possible want to run something other than $YOUR_FAVOURITE_UNIX. If Windows 10 is as well-received as I expect…
I would only deploy and run my code in Linux, but with VirtualBox I get all the benefits of Windows for applications (my favorite editor, mail client, Excel, mp3 player, IM client, a hundred other things) and a local Linux VM that works the same as my production environment. It's the best of both worlds. And no compromises like Cygwin (ugh) or the frustrating almost-but-not-quite Unix nature of OSX.
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Thanks. So it's not a full license... too bad.
Yeah, it's basically an OEM (single-device, non-transferable) license with remotely managed product keys. Most legal Windows users only have OEM licenses anyway, so there won't be any difference for them. It sucks if you already own a full license. But if you need to move to a different computer sometime in the next year or so, I guess you could first install Windows 7/8/8.1 using your full license, activate it, and…
And I found out that Microsoft basically reserve the right for full access/download of your data and it can't be disabled.
Looking at the deprecated features that won't make it to Windows 10 I see: > Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Hearts Games that come pre-installed on Windows 7 will be removed as part of installing the Windows 10 upgrade. Microsoft has released our version of Solitaire and Minesweeper called the “Microsoft Solitaire Collection” and “Microsoft Minesweeper.” Does anyone else find it kind of sad that they killed off the old…
Wouldn't be surprised if, at one time, those Solitaire & Minesweeper might have laid claim to being the most played videogames in the world.
Note that the upgrade will remove your Windows built-in DVD player. The right to play DVDs must be paid for every computer. You paid it when you bought the Windows 7 or 8 that you'll maybe upgrade to 10. Now the upgrade to Windows 10 takes that feature away from you. They apparently (the twitter message isn't actually the company statement) plan to return it "sometime in the future" and "if it might be free or if it…
[1]: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_app...
Any news on how to get a free 'reserved' copy? The Verge seems to suggest that you just have to wait, and it might take weeks, since Microsoft wants to do a gradual rollout...
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Oh as developers you better just get used to supporting DirectX 11, because a lot of people still don't want to be brute forced into these situations.
Except gamers will upgrade because of the performance implications of the DirectX 12 API. With an incentive like that, no one will care about the few holdouts that refuse to upgrade because they're uncomfortable with a few UI changes that don't affect what you can actually get done.
A huge portion of the gaming market (China and large parts of Asia) is still using Windows XP. D3D9 renderers aren't going anywhere.
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Your crazy man. Don't upgrade to 10 and keep your old functionality. inversionOf is making some valid points here, there is no need to attack him.
Really though, he does seem like a marketing puppet... I have to say the title of this posting is pretty suspect when combined with the account creation date. Edit: Ohh, green means new it doesn't mean poster. Well, who cares.
Because I question the importance of DVD playing ability relative to an enormous, free release? Give me a break.
I suppose this mean that you and acqq must work for Apple or Google or some other competitor that is trying to undermine Microsoft. By your logic, that is just as, if not more, rational.
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My experience has been the opposite. To me Windows 10 is the continuation of the 8/8.1 trainwreck, with the ridiculous Metro skins, a broken start menu, the half-assed fragmentation of the UIs into Metro/non-Metro, ham-handed app store/online services integrations, and various new features that do not work. I'll be going back to Windows 7, in which at least the UI works. And really, the only thing keeping me attached…
> a broken start menu I love Windows 7, but do you honestly think the Windows 7 start menu is not broken? I believe we just got used to it over time. In Windows 7, I can either have an unstructured list of "pinned" programs, or I can manually categorize the real ("All programs") start menu. Option 1 doesn't scale beyond ~15 items (I have 22 pinned programs and it's a mess), and option 2 breaks whenever a program upda…
Settings > Personalization > Start > Use Start full screen
Note that the upgrade will remove your Windows built-in DVD player. The right to play DVDs must be paid for every computer. You paid it when you bought the Windows 7 or 8 that you'll maybe upgrade to 10. Now the upgrade to Windows 10 takes that feature away from you. They apparently (the twitter message isn't actually the company statement) plan to return it "sometime in the future" and "if it might be free or if it…
For a limited time (the “eligible period”), on systems upgraded to Windows 10 from one of these older versions of Windows (a “qualified system”), a DVD playback app (“windows DVD player”) will be installed.
I just checked with my Windows 7 Ultimate machine I upgraded this morning and sure enough, I have a Windows DVD Player there. Like many users, I have no DVD drive and no DVDs, so I can't confirm it works.
Also, Windows 8 didn't come with a DVD license, you had to buy it separately as part of the "Pro Pack" or "Media Center Pack." The base editions of Windows 7 (below Home Premium) also didn't include one.