Windows 10: Desktop Operating System

Am I alone, or are there others out there who would like a DESKTOP operating system to use with their DESKTOP computers? Swiping, pinching, tapping, chanting arcane spells to your Cortana crystal ball, ... -- all these may be OK on a phone or tablet, but don't they just add to the effort of using a desktop computer?

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Windows operating system

Well a) you'll have to but a copy of Windows 8.

b) Do a clean install from the media you bought - if your computer Vendor supplies Windows 8 drivers.....

I have to say , there are very few people that seem to prefer Windows 8 over Windows 10....

What is it that you don't like about it?

 

Windows operating system

My new laptop has Windows 10 pre-loaded on it. I don't like it. How can I safely load Windows 8?

 

My 10 has a desktop, works almost identical to previous versions of windows

 

Not only is there a desktop but windows 10 offers multiple desktops.

TC *Smile

 

That's one feature of Win 10 that I really like!

 

No you aren't.

I, for one, don't need the childish tiles and data gathering browsers on my computer. I don't need the stupid games and connections to XBox, either. I don't need TV, music and video players assaulting me with Taylor Swift and infantile boy band hype. If I want the weather update I'll look out the window!

My computer isn't a toy. *Mad

Thankfully, with knowledge, patience and online forums like this at my disposal, it's possible to remove (almost) all traces of the Microsoft attempt to Apple-fy my brain!

 

Hi there

I sometimes SCREAM at the PC or bash a monitor if a Stock trade goes wrong !!! -- Not sure a Mobile phone would put up with such abuse -- I know a Tablet wouldn't -- just even LOOKING at a tablet probably makes the glass want to shatter.

Nothing wrong with W10 for 100% Desktop operation -- you can turn off Cortana, remove all the metro stuff from the start menu and make it run identically to W7 (albeit a bit faster).

I don't think things like Cortana would be very popular in that Scourge of the 20th century - carried forward into this one -- "The Open Plan Office". I'm sure Enterprise versions will disable those sorts of things in any case.

For Visually impaired people Cortana could be a great improvement over stuff that's already there but for the rest of us -- no thanks if I'm in an Office workplace.

Cheers
jimbo

 

You forgot "And get off my grass!"

 

Hi there

Some people used to have other ideas. -- Glad W10 has essentially moved away from that W8 type of Kiddy Interface (Back to the Future !!!).

Remember THIS !!!!!





I suspect there are some younger members of this forum who thinks DOS means Desktop Operating System too !!!!! probably never having ever booted up a Pre windows OS. !!

Cheers
jimbo

 

Turning off the live tiles helps a lot. Right click on the tile to turn off the live part, then Unpin From Start if it still bugs you (I did this with Xbox).

You can then, if that still bugs you, go all the way back with Classic Shell or Start10.

 

+1 to that
I was showing someone my new operating system running its desktop, they said "it looks great ,but I thought you had this new windows 10"

 

I completely agree. I have much more fun playing with my computer than any toy I can imagine.

 

Yeah, Classic Shell made Win 8.1 a lot nicer. Personally, I can't for the life of me see why anyone would want the "metro" interface or "modern apps." I would switch all my computers to Win 10 if:

1) Some of my more important programs would function a little better with it; and
2) Outlook 2010 and IE11 cooperated better (or Edge were a real browser).