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I'm really sad about what have they done to start menu. The one Win10 Tech Preview started with was way better than the current one. It's less functional and still buggy (doesn't show up from time to time).
This looks amazing but I'm disappointed at the absence of 'Windows 10 devices' launching alongside this release. If anything this seems like a missed sales opportunity for Microsoft/ hardware vendors.
Have they ever synchronised the OEM release with hardware releases? I always thought they released the boxed version and then a few months later it started appearing on PC's.
It seems kind of strange even their Surface line of devices is not shipping with Windows 10 on the day of release.
Be sure to read the licensing fine print about data collection for advertising etc. https://edri.org/microsofts-new-small-print-how-your-persona... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9966236
This is just for Microsoft Account-enabled installations isn't it? I kind of expected that. I hope this kind of shit is not happening with the regular Local Account, or I'll be rolling back to Windows 7 swiftly.
EDIT: Scratch that. As luck would have it, just as I submitted to HN, I got the upgrade icon notification in my VM. Looks like I'll be upgrading my Windows 7 VM in VMWare on a MBP to Windows 10 soon .. leaving my comment in case it trips anyone else up: patience, I guess!
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…
I really don't care about this, why should we expect MS to support their 20 years old software? Back in '95 internet was not that common so it was nice to have such time wasters built into the OS. On the other hand, including Minecraft would be a really interesting decision.
Did anyone with a dual boot configuration already try the upgrade? This article [1] suggests that, for once, you don't have to restore GRUB after the upgrade. [1] http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wint...
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…
VLC plays DVDs just fine for free, by decoding CSS on the fly. One might argue that that "The right to play DVDs must be paid for every computer" but I have never signed such agreement with anyone, ever. If I legally bought a DVD then I can legally watch it - maybe in US people would argue that decryption of a legally bought DVD is "hacking" but fortunately I don't live in that beautiful country.
Until Windows 8, Microsoft did this for you behind the scenes. From Windows 8 onwards, Microsoft stopped doing it; you could either pay them to do it again, or OEMs would do it for you.
With 10, Microsoft just won't do it. I expect OEMs will still do it on new devices, but upgrades are anybody's guess.
Btw, Windows 10 now forces critical updates. You can find a registry tweak to disable this behaviour here:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8013-windows-update-autom...
Anyone here know much about Windows licensing? This seems like a good opportunity to ask. I never run Windows on bare metal. I only run Windows on virtual machines on my Mac desktop and Mac laptop; only for personal use; and only on the rare occasion when I need to run the odd Windows-only application. I would like to go legit this time around, but it's nigh-impossible to find any specific documentation from Microsof…
That's what the license terms say for normal retail licenses of the consumer versions, yes. This is pretty understandable for machines run concurrently. If you have two VMs running 24/7 it makes sense to just consider them "machines" exactly as if they were physical. The question is what happens if you have two VMs with identical hardware where you only ever have one active? Microsofts licensing probably doesn't cons…
Anyone here know much about Windows licensing? This seems like a good opportunity to ask. I never run Windows on bare metal. I only run Windows on virtual machines on my Mac desktop and Mac laptop; only for personal use; and only on the rare occasion when I need to run the odd Windows-only application. I would like to go legit this time around, but it's nigh-impossible to find any specific documentation from Microsof…
I'll probably, eventually be using a pirate copy of W10 in a VM as well, despite being entitled to run a copy natively.