Actually, it uses almost 400 MB less than Windows 7 all the time. On a 4 GB RAM machine, you are really going to notice this difference. They did this by splitting DLLs into stuff used 90% of the time and stuff used 10% of the time. The 10% stuff never all gets loaded like before, so you have a large RAM savings.
Also, they only load services when they are triggered by something else. So when the desktop comes up, it's ready to go instead of like on Windows 7 where the first minute or two are very slow as behind-the-scenes services are still loading.
I see NO performance issues. It screams on my laptop compared to Windows 7. And it's pretty unfair to complain about crashes on a Beta, since that kind of is the whole point. If you see those kind of crashes after release, then that's different.
Because that's an OEM version. When you build a system, you need to buy an OS. You could buy 7 or 8 and upgrade, but people would rather just pay $10 more to start with a clean Windows 10.
Enterprises are going to do what they do but they also handle their own support. Moving home users over allows Microsoft to stop supporting old versions. Also, piracy has diminished in various countries in the last 10 years. Moving everyone off old OSes probably results in more purchases in China and Russia.
They save money on support if they can get everyone to switch quickly. Once the majority is on Windows 10, it becomes much easier to say, "We're not testing this new game on Windows 7 anymore because it's old."
Yes. The charms bar and all that crap is gone. I hate all that nonsense in Windows 8 and I refuse to use it. I love Windows 10.
Yes. The UI works just like Windows 7. No workarounds are required. It boots to Desktop. I have a Start Menu. I can find everything easily. Hasn't been a problem like Windows 8 was.
Enterprise environments won't see it because: 1. Domain-joined computers will not be nagged. 2. Enterprise users can already upgrade for free whenever they want.
Could mean. But I upgraded my Windows 7 laptop at work to Windows 10 TP and NOTHING CHANGED. Everything works exactly the same. All my apps work. All my drivers work. It looks the same. It's just a faster version of Windows 7 with bettery battery life with a small tile section on the Start menu.
And in California, which we have already turned from a desert into a Mediterranean climate, they are saying that "to save water", we should remove all the grass and return to desert landscaping. Stupid idiots worry endlessly about global warming and then propose measures to cause it on a statewide scale.
My car is already full of partially autonomous functions, and it's absolutely fine. I understand where their responsibilities end and mine begin. Hasn't been a problem.
My car self-parks in that it steers correctly to fit into a space between two other cars. I am responsible for all acceleration and braking during this exercise. So, it's a self-parking car, but not a completely self-parking car.
Volvo may have 2 tiers. The original assisted parking which just steers and a new full self-parking where it does it all.
I shutdown my gaming PC all the time, sometimes for weeks or even months at a time (if I get into a console game instead). I've never lost data on it except when the painter left the heater on and then proceeded to open all the doors and windows downstairs while simultaneously closing my office door. When I got home, it was like an oven in there, and the SSD lost all data, but when I reformatted and reinstalled it it continues to work to this day.
Yes. IBM's reluctance to charge less for the SDK was the lynchpin of the split. This is why Bill Gates is known for saying, "Developers, developers, developers".
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Actually, it uses almost 400 MB less than Windows 7 all the time. On a 4 GB RAM machine, you are really going to notice this difference. They did this by splitting DLLs into stuff used 90% of the time and stuff used 10% of the time. The 10% stuff never all gets loaded like before, so you have a large RAM savings.
Also, they only load services when they are triggered by something else. So when the desktop comes up, it's ready to go instead of like on Windows 7 where the first minute or two are very slow as behind-the-scenes services are still loading.
I see NO performance issues. It screams on my laptop compared to Windows 7. And it's pretty unfair to complain about crashes on a Beta, since that kind of is the whole point. If you see those kind of crashes after release, then that's different.
Because that's an OEM version. When you build a system, you need to buy an OS. You could buy 7 or 8 and upgrade, but people would rather just pay $10 more to start with a clean Windows 10.
Actually, I know you are trying to be funny, but since it goes through Windows Update now, you actually CAN uninstall it.
Enterprises are going to do what they do but they also handle their own support. Moving home users over allows Microsoft to stop supporting old versions. Also, piracy has diminished in various countries in the last 10 years. Moving everyone off old OSes probably results in more purchases in China and Russia.
They save money on support if they can get everyone to switch quickly. Once the majority is on Windows 10, it becomes much easier to say, "We're not testing this new game on Windows 7 anymore because it's old."
Yes. Try Windows key + Left and Windows Key + Right. That's snapping applications.
Yes. The charms bar and all that crap is gone. I hate all that nonsense in Windows 8 and I refuse to use it. I love Windows 10.
Yes. The UI works just like Windows 7. No workarounds are required. It boots to Desktop. I have a Start Menu. I can find everything easily. Hasn't been a problem like Windows 8 was.
Enterprise environments won't see it because: 1. Domain-joined computers will not be nagged. 2. Enterprise users can already upgrade for free whenever they want.
Could mean. But I upgraded my Windows 7 laptop at work to Windows 10 TP and NOTHING CHANGED. Everything works exactly the same. All my apps work. All my drivers work. It looks the same. It's just a faster version of Windows 7 with bettery battery life with a small tile section on the Start menu.
Well, then obviously you haven't seen Windows 10. It doesn't make your desktop "look and operate like your phone".
No. They didn't. In the case they searched all over for an example of this and could only find one that wasn't very good.
Yes. All new open source licenses should specifically exclude Oracle. But be available to everyone else.
Because Solar City is a scam that doesn't save you any money?
Or like the courts would say that Hollywood could stop Christian groups from editing their movies down to a more acceptable level...
Oh wait, that actually happened... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
And yet you can read online all day long, "Kill all Christians." Why is it wrong to hate on one religion but okay to hate on a different one?
This is his point. These sorts of "injustices" are way too influenced by time and relativism for his taste.
And in California, which we have already turned from a desert into a Mediterranean climate, they are saying that "to save water", we should remove all the grass and return to desert landscaping. Stupid idiots worry endlessly about global warming and then propose measures to cause it on a statewide scale.
My car is already full of partially autonomous functions, and it's absolutely fine. I understand where their responsibilities end and mine begin. Hasn't been a problem.
My parking system detects humans by beeping, but I am responsible for the acceleration.
My car self-parks in that it steers correctly to fit into a space between two other cars. I am responsible for all acceleration and braking during this exercise. So, it's a self-parking car, but not a completely self-parking car.
Volvo may have 2 tiers. The original assisted parking which just steers and a new full self-parking where it does it all.
My car "self-parks". But it only steers. I'm in control of the pedals.
I shutdown my gaming PC all the time, sometimes for weeks or even months at a time (if I get into a console game instead). I've never lost data on it except when the painter left the heater on and then proceeded to open all the doors and windows downstairs while simultaneously closing my office door. When I got home, it was like an oven in there, and the SSD lost all data, but when I reformatted and reinstalled it it continues to work to this day.
Yes. IBM's reluctance to charge less for the SDK was the lynchpin of the split. This is why Bill Gates is known for saying, "Developers, developers, developers".
OS/2 preceded Windows, so I'm not really sure how your history makes sense. Windows was Microsoft stabbing IBM in the back and making a clone of OS/2.
What could be MORE Slashdot than "Can anyone compare 53 SBC boards?"
And never host anything but news articles about the Pirate Bay and see how long it takes before it shows up on everyone's block list anyway.