I agree with all of your merit based comments but the drama seems to come from those who choose a confrontational style of communication. Putting people down and being an asshole just because you can is the height of drama.
I'm one of them and I don't mind. It gives me perspective for all the pain Mac users continue to go through, watching the platform they like struggle along with low adoption numbers. At least I'm not a Linux fan I guess.
Look at the Steam stats. Only 0.92% of Steam users use Linux. There is no way companies that do this are making much money at it. Heck, they would even be better off porting their games to Windows Phone first.
The last HP I bought went through a bunch of ink and didn't even print good photos. Always left ugly streaks and the firmware was flaky. Switched to a Lexmark laser printer and couldn't be happier about it. Ink is still overpriced but it lasts longer and works much better.
It's a spectrum. I'm sure there are people who are offended by things and it would be unreasonable to accommodate them. I don't think that's the case across the board here though. If reasonable changes can be made that make more people feel comfortable and included why wouldn't want to do that?
Why not both? If 1/2 the population feels excluded they certainly aren't going to be helping move the craft forward. Being more inclusive means there will be more brains working on hard problems. That's a good thing.
If you're looking for actual usage numbers Steam says 17% of its users are already running Win10. There will always be bugs and when your user base is > billion people there are bound to be a few upgrade issues but it's getting really hard to deny that Win10 is a big hit.
Oh, I agree that Pogue is terrible. I've seen him use the terms memory and storage interchangeably too often to have much respect for the technical details of his work but he's been a fairly consistent MS basher / Apple fanboy for years now so to just see that he doesn't hate Win10 is a huge mile stone.
I doubt we'll ever see numbers reported for people reverting but the way they're reporting numbers now is very different from the past. In the past we'd only get how many licenses were sold into the channel. These are confirmed installs which for an upgrade is huge. People (normals) almost never upgrade their OS. They almost always wait until they get a new system that just comes with the new OS. This is huge.
Tech journalism isn't really any better than regular journalism but when even people like David Pogue are grudgingly admitting that it's pretty good, that says something. Win8 clearly got a lot of things wrong. Win10 not only fixes them put moves things forward. Two of my systems are hybrid laptop / tablet things. The way Win10 easily moves back and forth between those two worlds is really great.
Nope. I could afford to buy a Mac if I wanted one. My wife is free to get a Mac if she wants one. I could also use Linux if I wanted. I go back and try it again every few years to see how it's coming along. I stick with Windows because I like it better than the other options. Lots and lots (most) of people are just like me.
The little upgrade thing in the system tray is hardly in your face. It's no more noticeable than the Action Center flag yet I often see it with active messages and people just don't seem to care. I've talked with many users that were eager to try Win10 and like what they see.
That install me button pissed me off at first but it's actually brilliant. I normally do the updates for systems around my house but when I went to upgrade my wife's laptop she said "Oh, I did that already. Just clicked the button. It was easy."
She's a smart person but upgrading the OS is normally outside her comfort level. They really did a nice job making the process not just easy but approachable.
I'd travel for a while but I'd also go back to school and learn a bunch of stuff I never thought I'd have time to learn. I'd become a pilot. I'd learn to scuba dive. I'd browse through class catalogs and just start taking classes that sound interesting or travel and take classes from professors I find interesting.
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I agree with all of your merit based comments but the drama seems to come from those who choose a confrontational style of communication. Putting people down and being an asshole just because you can is the height of drama.
Depends on the software. There are lots and lots of things that are still windows only.
I'm one of them and I don't mind. It gives me perspective for all the pain Mac users continue to go through, watching the platform they like struggle along with low adoption numbers. At least I'm not a Linux fan I guess.
That seems low honestly. That's pocket change to the big fish.
Relax man. You don't have to pretend to pirate "lots of stuff" just to fit in here. I almost always buy things that I like and find useful.
It sounds like the system will be protected if you're running as standard user instead of admin since it won't be able to elevate. Correct?
Trump 2016! /s
Why? 100 > 70.
So most Linux users play windows games. You're full of useless information? Or did you just not think this through?
Look at the Steam stats. Only 0.92% of Steam users use Linux. There is no way companies that do this are making much money at it. Heck, they would even be better off porting their games to Windows Phone first.
The last HP I bought went through a bunch of ink and didn't even print good photos. Always left ugly streaks and the firmware was flaky. Switched to a Lexmark laser printer and couldn't be happier about it. Ink is still overpriced but it lasts longer and works much better.
I only wish government money would be spent this well. I'll take spurring real innovation over pointless wars any day.
I'd be happy with just Outlook, Word and Excel. Don't need Powerpoint so much but might as well ask for that too.
It's a spectrum. I'm sure there are people who are offended by things and it would be unreasonable to accommodate them. I don't think that's the case across the board here though. If reasonable changes can be made that make more people feel comfortable and included why wouldn't want to do that?
Why not both? If 1/2 the population feels excluded they certainly aren't going to be helping move the craft forward. Being more inclusive means there will be more brains working on hard problems. That's a good thing.
If you're looking for actual usage numbers Steam says 17% of its users are already running Win10. There will always be bugs and when your user base is > billion people there are bound to be a few upgrade issues but it's getting really hard to deny that Win10 is a big hit.
Oh, I agree that Pogue is terrible. I've seen him use the terms memory and storage interchangeably too often to have much respect for the technical details of his work but he's been a fairly consistent MS basher / Apple fanboy for years now so to just see that he doesn't hate Win10 is a huge mile stone.
It is rather telling that you don't just switch to Linux now. It is free too after all...
It trounces the latest OSX and the latest Linux. If their biggest problem is that they're competing with themselves there are worse problems to have.
I doubt we'll ever see numbers reported for people reverting but the way they're reporting numbers now is very different from the past. In the past we'd only get how many licenses were sold into the channel. These are confirmed installs which for an upgrade is huge. People (normals) almost never upgrade their OS. They almost always wait until they get a new system that just comes with the new OS. This is huge.
Tech journalism isn't really any better than regular journalism but when even people like David Pogue are grudgingly admitting that it's pretty good, that says something. Win8 clearly got a lot of things wrong. Win10 not only fixes them put moves things forward. Two of my systems are hybrid laptop / tablet things. The way Win10 easily moves back and forth between those two worlds is really great.
Nope. I could afford to buy a Mac if I wanted one. My wife is free to get a Mac if she wants one. I could also use Linux if I wanted. I go back and try it again every few years to see how it's coming along. I stick with Windows because I like it better than the other options. Lots and lots (most) of people are just like me.
The little upgrade thing in the system tray is hardly in your face. It's no more noticeable than the Action Center flag yet I often see it with active messages and people just don't seem to care. I've talked with many users that were eager to try Win10 and like what they see.
That's not the whole story. Lots of OSs are free but don't have 5% market share. It helps that Win10 is a really good OS and is getting solid reviews.
That install me button pissed me off at first but it's actually brilliant. I normally do the updates for systems around my house but when I went to upgrade my wife's laptop she said "Oh, I did that already. Just clicked the button. It was easy."
She's a smart person but upgrading the OS is normally outside her comfort level. They really did a nice job making the process not just easy but approachable.
I'd travel for a while but I'd also go back to school and learn a bunch of stuff I never thought I'd have time to learn. I'd become a pilot. I'd learn to scuba dive. I'd browse through class catalogs and just start taking classes that sound interesting or travel and take classes from professors I find interesting.