Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Ask Slashdot: Good Technical Guide To Windows 10?

Posted by timothy on from the well-if-you-must-know dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Back 'in the day' you could easily find books on NT, Windows 2000, or Slackware that went into painstaking detail about every functional aspect of the operating system (think Slackware Unleashed). They covered the interplay between BIOS, boot sector, crash dumps, every command-line option, etc. Past about Win 2000 I fell way behind focusing on finishing my EE degree. Now when faced with a complex issue, I just end up at Google, but would prefer a good comprehensive book on recent Win8/Win10 architectures. Any suggestions? Are these books all but limited to course-prep now?

8 of 199 comments (clear)

  1. It's Soviet U.S.A. by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Windows 10 searches technical guide to you.

  2. Is there money is such books. by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Back in the days of NT and 2000, Internet connections were still primarily dialup Google while around, wasn't a dependable source to get info.

    Today it is far more convenient to get this info from the internet from multiple sources. So there isn't much of a market in all encompassing technical books.

    --
    If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
    1. Re: Is there money is such books. by Grishnakh · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I'm sorry, but Windows 8/10 is completely unusable because of its awful UI. No, MS Office is not better, again because it requires the use of a completely unusable UI to get to it, so it's not even an option. And finally, MS's spyware makes Windows 10 a complete non-option.

    2. Re:Is there money is such books. by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 3, Insightful

      "Windows 10 is bad because it nags you to switch to it! Now I'll obliviously nag you to switch to Linux!"

      --

      "I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)

  3. Distrowatch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    you'll learn more and leak less.

  4. The Best Guide is online and it's free. by dmomo · · Score: 1, Insightful

    http://www.howtogeek.com/22072...

  5. Re:The Best Technical Guide? by Gojira+Shipi-Taro · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Neither Linux nor OSX are options to anyone interested in PC Gaming, or VR at the moment. Linux has more potential there, but realistically, if you enjoy AAA games with the most powerful graphics hardware available, it's Windows or nothing. (Yes there are consoles, I said Most Powerful Available).

    And the guy you're responding to IS trolling. Responding to an honest request for information with "shut up and go away" isn't productive in the slightest.

    --
    "Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
  6. Re:The Best Technical Guide? by Gr8Apes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Neither Linux nor OSX are options to anyone interested in PC Gaming, or VR at the moment.

    Hmmm, I guess my 100+ games on OSX and Linux are a figment of my imagination. As are several AAA games. I'm thinking you've bought the DirectX API is l337 hook line and sinker. The movement in games is away from solely MS. It won't surprise me if Windows x was a late comer to a game within the next year due to its current unstable base. Yep, Win10 can change APIs at a drop of the hat, or a single update push with little to no choice for most. Mass breakages have already happened and I don't believe for a moment there won't be more. The entire thing stinks like a pile of agile.

    --
    The cesspool just got a check and balance.