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You can easily turn it off in Settings -> Security & Privacy -> Search tab -> Include online search results
Which build is that? I don't see it in build 10074. It existed in the pre-Cortana build from last fall, but as far as I can tell, it was completely removed when Cortana was added. Perhaps it was re-added? Or I'm looking in the wrong spot?
Why all of their screenshots are on laptops? Doesn't anyone use real computers anymore?
One of the disasters of Windows 8 was viewing full-screen Metro applications on a 39" 4K monitor. It would have been funny—heck, it was funny—but it was also tragic. It was a touchstone of how utterly out of touch Windows 8 was with desktop computing.
When Microsoft shows silhouettes of all of the Windows 10 platforms, one should be a 3-monitor monster desktop workstation, the kind of PC that some of us own and love. In not showing something truly high-end, they make us feel like high-productivity computing is no longer a focus of Microsoft.
As a windows 7 user i have to wonder: Exactly why should i upgrade? Does Microsoft have some kind of comparison table between Windows 7 and Windows 10 i can use to make an informed decision?
List of features (vs. 8.1):
- Package manager (OneGet).
- Virtual desktops.
- Improved conhost (cmd and powershell "window").
- Improved multi-monitor support.
- Start Menu is back (but the 'Power User' right click menu remains!).
- Settings app (improved Control Panel experience).
- 2F auth, better biometrics, face and iris support.
- Lower disk usage (reduced 2.6 GB on 64 bit).
- Edge browser. Cortana. Improved Windows Explorer icons & folder favourites.
- Notifications UI.
List of features (vs. 7):
- Faster boot (inc. hybrid boot).
- Improved Task Manager.
- Improved Copy/Move dialog boxes (pause, graphs, prioritisation, etc).
- Better touch screen support.
- More login options (pin, picture, etc).
- Improved multi-monitor support (taskbar options).
- Up button and ribbon in Windows Explorer.
- Native support for ISO, IMG, and VHD mounting.
- Better on-screen keyboard.
- Peek passwords.
- File History (UI mostly).
- Refresh, Reset, etc restore options.
- "Basic" biometrics.
- Improved encryption.
- Client Hyper-V (on Pro and above).
So for 8.1 users, the improvements to 10 are mostly graphical with a handful of very nice to have functionality improvements. For Windows 7 users, the improvements are substantial and across the board. 8 and 8.1 actually improved 7 a lot, people just ignore it because "omg the Start Screen."
So to the people saying "Windows 7 is until 2020, why upgrade!" I say: you're missing out on a lot of improvements that you could be taking advantage of, in particular improvements 8 and 8.1 brought that you ignored.
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Will Win10 ship with an optional Win7 theme? The "AeroGlass" theme was beautiful and my hardware is fast enough - sure some low end mobile hardware can't handle it. Will Win10 RTM still requires a Microsoft Outlook/Live/Passport/Hotmail-Account? The non-obvious small almost hidden "offline" profile option during Windows install wizard is not okay. It should be an equal option. And for OneDrive and Cortana there shoul…
I feel the marginalization of traditional (local) accounts is a mistake. Microsoft is, in my opinion, squandering an opportunity to be the major industry player to disintermediate today's "cloud" and give control back to individuals, families, and friends. Because they think of managing local accounts from a 15-year old point of view clouded by overly-complicated Windows Domains, they are unwilling to conceive an int…
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Undoubtedly, but the issue is that they only have 2 months to take care of any bugs in their recent code. If the tech preview builds are anything to go by, the stuff that hasn't been released yet is going to need a lot of testing and fixing. I don't think it's insurmountable, but they definitely have their work cut out for them.
> Undoubtedly, but the issue is that they only have 2 months to take care of any bugs in their recent code Parent is suggesting that what you think is "recent code" isn't recent at all (if you mean the tech previews). The leaked internal builds are more recent, but only relatively so.Therefore you can't extrapolate the number of current bugs remaining from tech previews.
It's also possible that this whole thing is a psyops campaign and Microsoft has been sending out purposely buggy releases while sitting on a build that works amazingly so that they can appear to have released an excellent product under a major time crunch. Unlikely, but fun to think about.
As a windows 7 user i have to wonder: Exactly why should i upgrade? Does Microsoft have some kind of comparison table between Windows 7 and Windows 10 i can use to make an informed decision?
If you don't need any of that stuff, there's no reason to upgrade.
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Looks like you and I hit a nerve here on HN. You are right though. Microsoft will be shipping Windows 10 with an incomplete version of their new Edge browser with the promise of adding critical features such as extensions in the future. Basically Windows 10 won't really be feature complete RTM for another 6 months. Even if Microsoft want to pretend it is ready now. Edit: To clarify the "hit a nerve" bit, when I wrote…
iPhone shipped feature-incomplete yet people were screaming from the rafters about how awesome it was. Earth Shattering. MAGICAL! Gotta love the double standards...
The original iPhone was feature complete, in that the features it shipped with were complete.
Whether it had all the features it could have done is another question. However that misses the point - the goal was to set the bar for a fully touch-screen interface, not compete on feature lists.
And it was earth shattering. That one product launch was the catalyst for a huge amount of change – our entire computing landscape has been shaken up, previous incumbents are dead or dying, new industries have been created and billions of dollars of value has been created and destroyed.
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It is easily disabled and is only a feature in Ubuntu's Unity desktop. If you use a different version of Ubuntu (GNOME, Mate, KDE, whatever else they offer now) it won't be an issue.
Don't make excuses for something that's very obviously antithetical to very premise of Linux and free, open-source software.
Your point would carry more weight if it were impossible to disable it and if I had suggested the parent post just use it anyway.
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Interesting question. Obviously it's a render, but why did they choose those proportions? Tease of new MS hardware?
Kind of looks like XPS 13 with the "bottom" (that has the DELL logo) cut off http://techranker.net/dell-xps-13-review-pros-and-cons-best-...
Do we know what "free for the first year" means yet? What about the second year? I've been running Ubuntu for personal use for about a year now. I miss steam so I might jump onto Windows 10, but not if I only find out the price after I jump in
What's wrong with Steam on Ubuntu?
That you can't run the big titles that only run on Windows?