Windows 10: View Poll Results: Getting a copy of Win10??

I'm in complete agreement with you Bill (almost called you Bart again). *Redface Having had experience with both Vista and Windows 7 as a beta tester, Windows 10 is right up there with both as far as the time element goes. Yes, Vista was actually pretty good in the beginning . . . Marketing just jumped the gun on RTM before all the bugs were worked out. We testers told 'em but they wouldn't listen to us.

Once I got my hands on Vista I really liked it and Windows XP faded into oblivion for me. It's amazing how easy it is to forget an older OS when the new one is well thought out at the beginning. I would probably have stayed with Vista, but IIRC, Windows 7 was offered within a couple of months after Vista RTM'd. My first offering of Win 7 was as near-dogfood as you can get. But it was even better planned than Vista and so my only real experience with Vista also faded into oblivion. I never looked back from there on.

I hate to burst your bubble, Bill, but as many years as I've tested Microsoft product, I've never seen Microsoft hand out free copies of anything to anyone other than those who were specifically invited to test a particular product. In fact, at the end of the Windows 7 beta, only those who had actually filed bugs (I think it was two or more) earned a free copy. I've tested several versions of Office and I've only received two free copies (2010 and 2013).

When you get right down to it, 465,000 testers is not too far off from being one third of the 1,500,000 Windows Insiders. Like you, I hope to have a shot at getting a reasonable price for Windows 10, but if not, I'll have to pony up anyway, simply because I don't care for Windows 8.1, although it's been improved a lot and I could live with it if I have to.

 

You can call me anything, just don't all me late for dinner! *Wink

It's rare to find another person who liked Vista - the issue, as I saw it, was that XP had too many security holes and Vista swung the pendulum too far. The heightened security in Vista made it difficult to use always answering the prompts. That was fixed in SP1 or SP2, but it was too late. Win7 was out in testing and contained all of the good stuff in Vista plus a whole lot more.

Burst away, my friend - I have lots of bubbles.*Party
I'd like to mention though, that I got Win8 for free - a convention giveaway (thanks Robin!). Win8 was also offered for either $15 (I think) on a time limited basis and then $45 in the early days as sales didn't meet targets.

We'll have to wait to see on what MS does - they won't broadcast it so keep an eye on the blogs, newsletters, etc. I'm sure Shawn will see it way before I do *Cool

Bill, Bart, TooTall, Moose, Sasquach .... *Wink

 

I'm using Build 9879 and it has issues with my motherboard (x99), as I'm told. I can't get video drivers installed without getting a blue screen during the installation. There is nothing that can be done at the moment so I'm hoping the CP later this month will resolve the problems.

Right now it's installed but I'm not using it.

 

How did you install Win10 - dual boot, VM?

I wonder if overclocking presents an issue, BSOD folks often ask members to turn off overclocking as a test to see if that eliminates the issue. Worth a shot.

Bill
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Didn't test it yet but hope it will be good I liked 8 and 8.1 already....

Never tried vista so can't say anything about that... Liked WinME's design even though it had numerous bugs. on the other hand 98 was a poor operating system for me, once system freezes you can't recover... heck. XP was good 7 was brilliant.

and hey welcome me as I'm coming far far away from seven and eight forums *Wink

 

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You can further introduce yourself here if you wish too *Wink
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No, because, in simple terms, it's not Windows 7, and it's not for desktops. Calculator does not need to be full-screen!
Other than that, there's no Aero Peek. That bothers me for reasons that I myself don't understand.
I generally despise the "modern" and "universal OS" philosophies. On a desktop, it's not called an App. M$ needs to understand that. On a desktop, we don't tap things. We click them. M$ needs to understand that, too.
I don't want a M$ account, nor XBOX integration. I don't own an XBOX and it's integration is wasting disk space, in my opinion. Much the same goes for Skype, I don't use it, I don't want it, but Microsoft puts it there. And it's full screen.

I think live tiles look dumb and don't need to bloat my start menu, I think that M$ needs to realize that Windows is not for tablets or smartphones. They make Windows 8.x/10 for tablets and scratch their head when desktop users stick to Windows 7.

tl;dr
It's not "app", its program.
Programs should not be full-screen unless I tell them to be.
Integration with other M$ products wastes space and annoys me.
Live tiles make for a large, ugly start menu.
I miss Aero features.
M$ should stop trying to be apple.

IF that was too long to read, It's not a new and improved Windows 7. I think I'll use Windows 7 for the next decade and then Linux.

 

You are correct, it is not Windows 7
You are incorrect, it is for Desktops

You might want to learn more about the Modern or Immersive GUI / Desktop GUI relationship before dismissing it - but that is your choice. I personally don't use many of the Modern apps and uninstalled most of them in favor of their desktop counterparts. I exclusively run Desktop applications.

I could care less about how a vendor presents their product, as long as I have some control over that presentation. Every Windows release has provided sufficient customization to suit my modest computing requirements - that of running applications. If I want to do further customization, I have to use 3rd party tools or tweaks - for the most part those tools only allow you to access and configure what MS has in place but didn't build into the setup or configuration GUI.

Win8 and Win10 are no exceptions.

If you're happy with Win7 ... sure stay on it. I'm not trying to sell anything here.
I was on Win98 for too long before moving to XP. Why? Because that worked for me and it met my needs.

 

Definitely will get Win 10 depending on the price. I do like it allot, irrespective of the small little bugs ... it works perfectly for me.

 

A closed mind is a dangerous thing. . .have a good life. . .bye. . .*Smile

 

MS Windows = OPERATING SYSTEM ( What is Operating System (OS)? Webopedia ) is just that, not a collection of pretty or ugly pictures. In this case not something to tap or click on but to provide a base for software (programs, Apps, Applications, call them what you want) to work on it.

 

Actually, Windows 10 is a dual desktop/touch screen OS, in that you can either touch or click. Easily enough understood and configured. I haven't seen anything that tells me to touch anywhere on my Windows 10 desktop. By the same token, I haven't seen anything that tells me to click either. You just proceed as you wish in any instance.

I may be wrong, but I believe Hewlett Packard was first to come out with touch screen computers. Now we have all kinds of laptops, tablets, phones, desktops, etc. with touch screen. Further, some of those devices that originally came out as touch screen only now have keyboards and mice! These devices have Intel, Atom, Android, etc. processors.

I have an HP Slate 10 tablet and an RCA 10 tablet. I have a Logitech blue tooth keyboard that will work with three devices and a blue tooth mouse that can work with both.

Bottom line? If Microsoft doesn't keep up with the progress being made in the above areas, they lose market share. I just don't see Microsoft refusing to keep up. Nor do I see them creating a separate OS for each of the above features. It's just not feasible.

Although Aero Peek was kind of nice, I never depended on it. Neither did I miss it very much when I moved to Windows 8 (which I hated in the beginning).

I guess I have to agree with you here; I don't like the "modern" desktop either. And, app vs program means different things to me. An app, in my opinion, is lightweight and doesn't do much. A program is full fledged, fully thought out and does everything you need. The best comparison would be a table in Word vs a spreadsheet in Excel. Oh, and I would consider almost everything I see in the "store" to be an app. *Smile Most of it, in my not so humble opinion, is as worthless as the proverbial (fill in your own blank).

As far as tap vs click, I just do what comes naturally to the way I've always worked on my desktop.

So, use a local account. We do have a choice in the matter. Also, a Microsoft account is basically an email address. As a long-time beta tester of Microsoft product, I've just always had email through Hotmail, so a Microsoft "account" is no biggie to me. I also have a gMail (Google) account and a Thunderbird account (Mozilla). Can't see why a Microsoft account would be so evil. *Smile Neither do I have an Xbox, and I don't understand why my solitaire games have to be Xbox versions, but I haven't seen that Xbox takes up any space on my computer, since I don't see it anywhere.

I don't like the tiles either and once Windows 8.1 came out, I "did away with them" in favor of my regular desktop. However, I really don't see all that much difference between tiles (except for size) and the ten gazillion shortcut icons that almost everybody used on their desktops in Windows 7 and prior versions. I prefer a clean desktop and never used those shortcut icons on mine.

The only tiles I've seen on Windows 10 is when I open up the start menu. And those tiles can be sized from small to large . . . and although I've only added them, I think they can be eliminated if one chooses. Guess I'll have to try that . . . but then why bother; they don't take up all that much real estate on an otherwise blank screen.

Y'know, I think that will be the lasting beauty of Windows 10 . . . it can be configured pretty much how one wishes. For the most part, whatever I don't like can probably be eliminated. If I can't figure out how to do it, I'll just come here and ask my fellow gurus how to do it.

 

I'm sure I will buy a license but I will not build another computer.

Four is enough.*Cool

 

I guess I will put my 2 cents In. It will most likely be no but I choose undecided, the main reason the fiasco with the operating system possibly causing hard drives to be bricked. That one of the main reason I stopped testing windows 10.

 

I haven't bricked any hard drives, but I sure have messed one up . . . it will probably have to be formatted eventually, but as long as it continues to work I'll leave it as dynamic, although that's not what it's supposed to be. *Huh

Edit: Oh, and I'll buy at least one copy of Windows 10 and probably three.