Windows 10: Microsoft May Already Have a Reliability Strategy

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1520 Replacement

Thanks, it does appear that eBay may be the only source of a comparable replacement, have already found a number of sources for "new" locked and unlocked 1520, most w/o packaging. Expect these my become hot items in time if there isn't a replacement strategy.
I just expected the marketing strategy for the next product wouldn't be new and not as good.

 

Microsoft Lumia Strategy

Does anyone have a clue as to microsoft's Windows Phone strategy? I have been very disappointed in the dearth of upgrade choices for my Lumia Icon. I want to stay with WinPhone and upgrade, but my carrier does not offer suitable options for my OS. I would
love to try the 950 or 950XL, but they are not available through Verizon. The Microsoft decision to only offer them through AT&T both puzzles and saddens me. I WILL NOT, under any circumstances, go back to AT&Thieves. I guess I'll have to go to iOs or Android,
which I really don't want to do. Just don't get their strategy.

 

It would be nice to have more members involved with the insider program to provide much needed feedback on the new builds. It's impossible for MS to test the updates on every possible type and PC configuration. So.. more insiders providing feedback might help out on quality.

Yes.. we would be testers but that's just what MS needs and I for one don't mind doing that if it makes a better product for all of us to use.

 

Reading the article, I took away, that users should be patient and wait until Windows Update installs the upgrades(I'm one of the impatient ones), and not rush to snag the ISO and upgrade that way, or Gates forbid, do a clean install.
Good advice I guess.

 

The 'reliability issues' are due to poor software engineering by MS with major upgrades being rushed out with insufficient testing. Why should I be delaying installing the AU due to the missing drive/RAW format bug due to 'reliability issues'?

 

Not everyone had that, mostly it was the users that clean installed the AU, instead of just updating.
I will never understand the idea, why some feel they need to do a clean install after every major upgrade anyhow*Confused.
After Microsoft tightened the screws on driver signing, what worked before, will still work if upgraded, if clean installed, and the driver developer, slopped, on getting the driver certificate updated, well.... that's the hardware manufacturer's fault, NOT Microsoft's. They were warned. Just like Samsung's magician driver and the AHCI problem.

 

I found that I don't need to do a clean instillation after any updates. The update process works just fine for me and I bet it does for many. But some just fall back on old habits assuming that they have to continue doing them even if the new one works just fine.

My 2c on this thing.. Well Put Cliff...

 

MS is doing a lot of testing via the insider program. What is needed, if anything, is more insider testers so the code/updates can be more vented out.

 

Or.....

Users would just take off their damn tin foil hats and use these setting:

 

Yes.. that would be a huge help as well. Heck, at this point anything that provides MS with more information on how the OS is performing out in the wild would be beneficial.

 

The problem has nothing to do with the amount of people in the Insider program. The problem is that Microsoft itself is doing almost no testing. It's very well-documented that Microsoft fired its testing staff in 2013 and 2014.

Relying solely on un-paid people who largely don't even put the Insider builds on their production machines is a mistake, and it shows.

 

MS still is testing and they are not just using insiders as testers. MS goes through a venting process to determine which builds the drop for insiders to check out.. just who decides and what criteria do they use.. the test things out first.

 

My drive showed up as RAW after doing the upgrade. All was fine on a clean install though.

 

IMHO, they dropped the ball. Way to many glitches are getting released in the consumer releases. One has to wonder how is it possible that they do not show up in the insider builds, but then affect so many PC's when that build hits consumers? Last minute changes are not the way to go.

Just about every insider build has a list of fixes and an even longer list of new issues in the release notes? Stop adding new features already and fix what's broken. Finish moving everything over to settings from control panel. Etc. Make Windows 10, Windows 10, get rid of the leftovers from Windows 8.