I agree. I updated a hard drive from Windows 3.0 all the way to XP and never had a problem. All the "clean install" people are doing something wrong because every upgrade worked just fine for me. I also upgraded my current laptop from 7 to 10 through all the upgrades (about 6 of them since joining the beta). It's faster than ever right now.
Even before my SSD upgrade, if I put my Asus eeePC in Super (overclocked) mode, I could easily run 720p video from YouTube (and 1280x720 is more than the maximum screen resolution of 1024x600). I made sure to specify in the settings that 720p was the maximum video size.
I'm using my Asus eeePC 901 HA netbook as a file server. I upgraded to 2GB immediately when I ordered it (for $20) and I recently threw a large SSD in there. It's great that my 24x7 file server is only using 5W-14W. It really saves on the power bill vs running my full server, which was costing about $50 a month in electricity.
I fully intend to get even better performance on this netbook by upgrading to Windows 10.
Starting in Windows 7, apps are much more likely to be scheduled on separate threads. Try a batch file. On XP, it will run the entire thing on a single thread. On Windows 7, every program run in the batch file will be on a separate thread/CPU and the entire batch file will be multi-threaded. Also on Windows 7+,.NET applications automatically put certain parts (UI for Windows Forms, garbage collector, etc.) on separate threads. So these things are happening regardless of being rewritten for it to a small extent.
This is not true. There is a performance impact on many Windows 7 machines. But if so, you can just go to Advanced settings and click "Display for Best Performance" and you're done. Windows 10 makes this the default, more or less (although the RTM added a lot of Glass effects which does look nicer than the previous betas).
While this is true, it fails to address the previous problem, which my Mom witnessed constantly while she was a school administrator. Teachers messing around playing in class and NOT teaching what they should have been teaching. And other teachers would be totally frustrated because students that had Mrs. So-And-So last year had to be re-taught everything before they could start with what they should have been learning.
When the standardized tests came out, most of these frustrating teachers were gone quickly and others shaped up and started doing what they actually were supposed to be doing.
So, maybe some of those teachers losing their jobs SHOULD be losing their jobs.
I imagine it's checking your machine to make sure that it will be able to upgrade to Windows 10. If you install some new hardware that only works on Windows 7, they need to let you know before you upgrade.
A lot of people thought they were for the beta only. They thought that once RTM was released it would be a little less draconian.
I have a SERVER(!) 2008 R2 installation at home as my gaming machine, and it rebooted me in the middle of a game last night. And my settings weren't even set that way. So people saying, "I'll stay on the old one and it won't do this to me" are kidding themselves.
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I agree. I updated a hard drive from Windows 3.0 all the way to XP and never had a problem. All the "clean install" people are doing something wrong because every upgrade worked just fine for me. I also upgraded my current laptop from 7 to 10 through all the upgrades (about 6 of them since joining the beta). It's faster than ever right now.
But even "locked down" is a misnomer, since several Linux flavors have their own codes for UEFI.
I used to use Ami Pro in DOS with a Windows 2.0 286 runtime built into it. This was 25 years ago and it ran great.
Even before my SSD upgrade, if I put my Asus eeePC in Super (overclocked) mode, I could easily run 720p video from YouTube (and 1280x720 is more than the maximum screen resolution of 1024x600). I made sure to specify in the settings that 720p was the maximum video size.
I'm using my Asus eeePC 901 HA netbook as a file server. I upgraded to 2GB immediately when I ordered it (for $20) and I recently threw a large SSD in there. It's great that my 24x7 file server is only using 5W-14W. It really saves on the power bill vs running my full server, which was costing about $50 a month in electricity. I fully intend to get even better performance on this netbook by upgrading to Windows 10.
Starting in Windows 7, apps are much more likely to be scheduled on separate threads. Try a batch file. On XP, it will run the entire thing on a single thread. On Windows 7, every program run in the batch file will be on a separate thread/CPU and the entire batch file will be multi-threaded. Also on Windows 7+, .NET applications automatically put certain parts (UI for Windows Forms, garbage collector, etc.) on separate threads. So these things are happening regardless of being rewritten for it to a small extent.
This isn't exactly true. Even on Enterprise, they are allowing me to "schedule" the update, but there is still a timer by which it must be done.
Yep. I removed them completely and shrank the menu and it's great that way. Get rid of that ugly Fisher Price baby crap.
This is not true. There is a performance impact on many Windows 7 machines. But if so, you can just go to Advanced settings and click "Display for Best Performance" and you're done. Windows 10 makes this the default, more or less (although the RTM added a lot of Glass effects which does look nicer than the previous betas).
So do like I did and delete them and reduce the menu down to the size it was on Windows 7. Problem solved. Ten more years of bug fixes for free.
While this is true, it fails to address the previous problem, which my Mom witnessed constantly while she was a school administrator. Teachers messing around playing in class and NOT teaching what they should have been teaching. And other teachers would be totally frustrated because students that had Mrs. So-And-So last year had to be re-taught everything before they could start with what they should have been learning.
When the standardized tests came out, most of these frustrating teachers were gone quickly and others shaped up and started doing what they actually were supposed to be doing.
So, maybe some of those teachers losing their jobs SHOULD be losing their jobs.
Kill a squad of firefighters? Are you insane?
Radio jamming. Send a strong downward signal to drones until they land in the fire.
The man's son died. At least allow him a little poetry in his death....
Can you open them on a schedule like Sunday morning at 2-6 am? Seems like a good deal.
Android is hot and developers are few. But then again, Android is already there with the forced upgrades.
Actually, probably today. My work system just rebooted last night.
Most likely, she turned it off in the middle of an update like they told her not to.
I imagine it's checking your machine to make sure that it will be able to upgrade to Windows 10. If you install some new hardware that only works on Windows 7, they need to let you know before you upgrade.
Keep your notes in Word or another app that autosaves. You should know that this happens.
Not true. My phone has rebooted with Google Play updates many, many times without asking me.
Not true. If everyone stays on Windows 7 it will affect financially Microsoft very much. That's why they're doing it.
Sounds like a good idea for a new app. Easy to write and a lot of people will pay good money for it.
A lot of people thought they were for the beta only. They thought that once RTM was released it would be a little less draconian.
I have a SERVER(!) 2008 R2 installation at home as my gaming machine, and it rebooted me in the middle of a game last night. And my settings weren't even set that way. So people saying, "I'll stay on the old one and it won't do this to me" are kidding themselves.
"But there's a big difference in crossing a tomato with a tomato and crossing a tomato with a fish." - Leslie Stahl, 60 Minutes.