Windows 10: Microsoft lays more foundations for Redstone Windows 10 Build 14257

After a couple of reads I haven't got your point.

Was it better in these mythical "good old days" than today? Or not?

Or was the past just a little bit fabulous, the present merely great and the future will be only slightly wonderful?

 

When I think back on the 80's I recall lots of multitasking at work.. with and without computers.

 

It's just different (I started with hardware/software in 1965). I doubt you have ever run an operator's console without keyboard or monitor, used paper tape for data storage, punch cards for data input, or plug boards and wires to program. I did.

Today cats can play games on palmtop computers and billions of devices and users are connected. A first class setup no longer costs a major fraction of the United States Federal Budget. Ordinary people have more compute and communication power in their pockets/purses than the rig I ran in 1965, which occupied two square blocks and cost in today's dollars over $100,000,000,000.00USD.

Then, our main focuses were strategic nuclear weapons design and use, and data processing for the largest business and government organizations. Now, its media consumption, even production, and connecting with friends or people with similar interests.

Then, every computer was unique at least in some of its details. Now, the devices are commodities but after the users have added and configured and used a potentially enormous amount of software, they are still unique lol, as users often discover when their mileage varies.

From the user viewing the software, I think the biggest change is that users can in many cases modify the software’s behavior significantly, particularly with Linux, or even the software itself if it’s open source.

 

That's the way Windows works now. When a new feature has been tested and found stable, it's usually rolled up into a cumulative update.

I'm surprised you haven't seen "Windows as a Service" splattered all over the Internet.

 

@johnwerneken, I remember when they use to send coupons in the mail and they were on punch cards.

 

Yeppers, Windows 95 and 98 were the best we could get; however, they were far and away better than their predecessors! But they still crashed regularly and we had to live with that.

We beta testers told Microsoft that Vista wasn't ready for prime time, but Marketing had its way and Vista was released half baked. Once released, the Media had a field day bashing Vista and the rest is history.

Then we got Windows 7 for testing right after Vista was released. I used Win 7 as my main OS and it rarely crashed! Yet again, though, we told Microsoft it wasn't ready, but Marketing once again had its way. Service Pack 1 put Seven to rights, though.

I didn't get to test Windows 8 until it was released for public testing. I hated it, and evidently the media did too, because they did quite a hatchet job on it.

It's strange, but it seems every other release of Windows gets attacked by the media.

For me, the Windows 10 Insider builds are stable and I pretty much use the test machine for daily work. Of course, I have all my data on external drives just in case . . .

 

Ahhhh, yes the good old days.

What some may forget is that in "the good old days" home computing was in it's infancy and constantly changing. Some things may have seemed more stable, because there were fewer parts. Plus the whole industy was mutating so fast, hardware and software, you didn't know who was leading. I remember, not even thinking about installing a new OS until at least 2 years after it had been out, just to make sure the bugs were ironed out, that is the way it was when I went from ME to XP and XP to 7 took me years (I skipped Vista all together), but now. 8 was dead nearly a year later, and they were forcing 8.1 down our throats, now just a year or two later we have Windows 10, they are cramming down our throats. I didn't think it was ready when they released it, I still don't think it is ready. But to hear some, they seem to think it is the 2nd coming of Christ. Ahhh yes, I miss the good old days, when an OS became obsolete at least 3-5 years after release.

I am not talking just about Windows, but all software it seems, is released this way. You can't get a game without expecting a zillion patches within the next year. Try before you buy is becoming a rarity. It is just that society is being eased into sloppy programming practices because of the bottom line. Nothing will ever be produced quick enough to earn the almighty fast and dirty buck.

It makes me cringe when people say "all programs have glitches", yes, it is true, but some more than others and the glitches are becoming the norm rather than the rarity. It is simply sloppy work ethics, and that is just the start of it. There seems to be no pride in producing and releasing a good product any more.

 

You do realize this thread is on Windows 10 Insider Build 10257, right?

 

How long does it take for preview build to show up in the Updates and Security area? I needed to reinstall 1511 RTM from scratch.

 

It can vary wildly from when you re-join/join the insider program. Trying a few restarts might kick start the upgrade.

 

It would probably be easier to use the media creation tool.

 

Am I missing something here ? Please set me straight.
How will preview build showing up in Update and security help you reinstalling 1511 RTM ?

 

Oops, I misread.