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Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

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Re: Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

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Post by rymate1234 »

xyby wrote: post #78

Is Windows a good citizen on the harddisk nowadays? I stopped trying Windows releases because they used to change my bootsector or something, so my machine suddenly only booted Windows. Instead of showing me a menu (grub?) of partitions to choose from.

That's mainly due to the old BIOS mbr only supporting one bootloader at a time. I know on my old BIOS PC that when I installed a linux distro it would displace the windows bootloader with grub, and vice versa. On UEFI based systems, this is less of an issue, as I believe you can have multiple bootloaders.

Re: Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

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Post by ubercow13 »

venomsnake wrote: post #53
cookiecaper wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably because touch is a central feature to the user interface and Microsoft wants to emphasize the touchiness. Most desktop display panels don't support touch, but a lot of recent laptops and tablets do.

Touch on laptop is absurd. And stupid. And not ergonomic.

I find them much more ergonomic than touchpads and often faster to get stuff done with too

Re: Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

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Post by ericcholis »

venomsnake wrote: post #7

Why all of their screenshots are on laptops? Doesn't anyone use real computers anymore?

This is purely anecdotal, but my device usage is spread between:

* iPhone (General Use)

* Macbook Air (Development, consuming media)

* Mac Mini (Work, development)

*Windows PC (Gaming)

Also worth noting, my wife has a 2-in-1 laptop which she loves.

Re: Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

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Post by kayoone »

kozukumi wrote: post #63
ulfw wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds exactly like OS X 10.10 Yosemite to me, where the promised Photos app (which really is nothing special) arrived many months later.

In some ways yes it is the same. However Photos isn't exactly the most important piece of software that comes with your OS. Microsoft are trying to change how people think of their web browser. Edge is very important yet they are launching it without one of the biggest features needed in a modern browser, extension support.

For me Yosemite still has a lot of issues, mostly performance wise in it's current version.

Re: Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

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Post by castell »

doczoidberg wrote: post #61

I like it just to press the win key to do a (cortana) web search. If they stay with bing as the only web search integrated into cortana google will lose some users. Nevertheless they should implement google as an option.

Microsoft had to change Vista's startmenu search function to allow also third party desktop search vendors like the free "Google Desktop Search".

"Two areas have seen changes in SP1 that have come as the result of concerns from software vendors. One of these is desktop search; users will be able to change the default desktop search program to one provided by a third party instead of the Microsoft desktop search program that comes with Windows Vista, and desktop search programs will be able to seamlessly tie in their services into the operating system. These changes come in part due to complaints from Google, whose Google Desktop Search application was hindered by the presence of Vista's built-in desktop search. In June 2007, Google claimed that the changes being introduced for SP1 "are a step in the right direction, but they should be improved further to give consumers greater access to alternate desktop search providers"." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Desktop

Win10 should support third party personal agents like Google Now and others!

Re: Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

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Post by chli »

stinos wrote: post #3
angry-hacker wrote: post #2

Does anyone know if I have to be with that update notification icon until then? I already gave them my address and said yes I'm interested in upgrading. Why haven't MS learned and why does it have to be standard that every program from Microsoft or anyone else needs to shit the system tray?

Follow the link to the FAQ, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-faq : Can I turn off the notifications? Yes. Click “Customize” in the System Tray and turn off the Get Windows 10 app notifications in the menu that comes up.

That's not really a solution if I have my taskbar setup to always show every icons and notifications.

I guess one could uninstall :

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3035583

Looks like this thing was sleeping all this time on my computer and then woke up on a given signal. Sounds like a virus to me... !

Re: Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

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Post by mkr-hn »

cyxxon wrote: post #87
sudioStudio64 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The rule of thumb is that if it can activate it can upgrade.

Yes, but say I upgrade my Win8.1 during the free year. In two years time I want to reinstall. Will there be an option to a. download some Windows 10 installation media so I can do a fresh install, or do I b. always have to first install Win8.1? If it's a, is my Win8.1 license key valid? Did the MS activation server get the memo that I upgraded during the free year? If it is b, will the upgrade from Win8.1 to 10 still…

Windows 8 can be reverted to a freshly installed state from within, so I assume 10 can do that too.

Re: Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

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Post by Numberwang »

melling wrote: post #80
kozukumi wrote: post #5

I have been running the technical previews since the very start and I have to say I am quite surprised at the July 29th release date. Even today's builds are riddled with problems. They have a lot of work to do if they really think it will be consumer ready by the end of July.

I'm a Mac user so I don't care too much. However, a lot of how Windows 10 will be perceived is from the online perception created. Most people in the world don't care about the little bugs, features, etc. They simply want to know if it's worth getting. If Windows 10 is reasonably good and tons of people upgrade from XP, for example, this will be a huge win for Microsoft and the entire community. If "reviewers" compla…

A reasonable Mac user... I don't like it.

Too bad they could not include free xp upgrades as well

Re: Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

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Post by stinos »

venomsnake wrote: post #7

Why all of their screenshots are on laptops? Doesn't anyone use real computers anymore?

I sort of feel your sentiment, but the reasons given here in the comments are all valid as far as I can tell (for the majority of people, that is, not for everyone). I'm still using workstations but am too considering laptop + dock for the next purchase. Simply because it would mean I can have one device do it all instead of two. Only if your requirements for cpu/ram/expansion are really outside the 'standard' ranges these days a workstation is required because there simply is no alternative.

However one problems with latops, or anything with a small screen which is by default not at eye level when your head is in it's standard position, is that it is probably quite bad ergonomically. I really wonder what is going to happen to all those young people spending hours with their neck bent in what seems a rather unnatural position. I am not entirely sure it really is bad nor do I have the background to argue much about it, but it just seems not right. Maybe someone with a medical background or so can chime in?

Re: Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

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Post by [deleted] »

xcogiz wrote: post #33
7952 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have that on Ubuntu and it annoys the hell out of me. No I don't want to wait 0.5 seconds for a search result about Firefox just to open a browser!

Surely you can disable that in a relatively easy way? I'm thinking about trying linux and such comments kinda scare me.

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