Windows 10: Windows 10 is said to be running on 67 million PCs already

Upgraded 4 PC's here. No roll backs, don't expect to either. 10 is staying.

 

agreed ^

Windows 10 runs as smooth as a babies bottom on my machine.

 

To test the most used operating system will really come when people have to pay for Windows 10.

Free candy is much harder to get rid of when you have to sell it.

 

There it is boys and girls, Microsoft does it again. . .it can only be MS's fault. . .*sarc

 

Greetings;
Still waiting for my download to come in-hopefully soon and hopefully all will be well. I have done backups of my files, etc on an external Hard Drive for a just in case. Just do not want the personal assistant-Cortana. I have a Lenovo B50-30 ten point touch desktop-27 inches/i7/12 GB and 2TB currently with Windows 8.1.

Carol

 

*Ditto*Ditto

 

It would appear that those who were part of the Insider Program have had far fewer problems then those who weren't. Those on the Insider Program in most cases reinstalled their original OS prior to the update thus giving them a fairly clean install. . .*Smile

 

Hey all. Great forum you have here. 3 laptops upgraded from 8.1 with no problems. I did not wait for my reservation. I went directly to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 on all 3 machines. Running smooth as butter. I have been using Windows since 3.1 and I already like 10 the best.

 

Anyone know what the current installed number is? It has to be huge by now.

 

Jimbo,
(I think I know the answer already) but, are you running those in VirtualBox or VMWare? Because I have an install on VMWare and it has so many issues, sound lags, limited mic functions, etc. Just curious.

 

Most people will not have to directly buy windows 10.......... After the one year period if someone is still on windows 7 and they want 10, they will go out and buy a new laptop with it already installed. Those who build their computers or like to buy software will not have a problem as they understand the cost of what they are buying.

This isn't a jab at you, I just don't understand where you are coming from. It is ok to dislike or hate windows 10, it's another thing to suggest we will all have to pay as if it's any different than how windows 7 or 8 were released. Unless I'm completely miss understanding what you mean. *Biggrin

 

Hi there

Envy sleekbook (HP) upgraded with absolutely NO trouble.

In any case if you ensure that you take a backup BEFORE upgrade (I must be getting as bored writing this as others are of reading it !!!) you will have ABSOLUTELY ZERO problem in restoring a PC to it's previous state if the upgrade doesn't go as planned.

These days with Indian etc. overseas Call centres staffed on the whole by people on minimum wages I'd have thought that almost any person even THINKING of fixing any computer would avoid calling the manufacturer's Call centre AT ALL COSTS !!!

it's usually the same deal whatever service or whatever country you are in -- Hideous menu with options that don't describe what you want, message "Due to high volume of calls ..etc" Long long wait and when you do eventually get through then there's someone speaking unintelligible English and only making answers that appear on a "pre-prepared crib sheet". They can't even do as they used to YEARS AGO either tell you how many are waiting in the Queue - or do an automatic call back when it's your turn.

BACKUP and RESTORE will fix all your problems of having a non working computer -- nobody should EVER be left with an inoperable computer after attempting an upgrade -- Again ALWAYS BACKUP EXISTING SYSTEM BEFORE STARTING.

Then you can restore while you decide what further actions to take on performing the upgrade or wait a few days and see if the problem has been fixed elsewhere.

@Trust_No1 Ensure the VMware is running at the latest version (11.02 if workstation or whatever VMPLAYER is --I don't use VBOX so I'm not sure what their current release is). Also install VMWARE TOOLS.

The VM's shouldn't be slow or laggy at all these days - vm software is very efficient -- You MUST have adequate RAM and perhaps even more importantly SLOW HDD's will KILL VM performance - even if you have an I7 CPU or equivalent. If you can have the VM's on SSD's the speed difference will be AMAZING (as will the HOST OS if you can have that on an SSD too).

On an average AMD (Hideous processor - it's being replaced soon) with about the power of a LOW end i5 with 16 GB RAM and fitted with a few SSD's - I've had W7 Ultimate, W7 Enterprise, W10 insider preview, W10 RTM (retail version), XP, W8.1 Enterprise, W2003 Server and W7 Pro all running on the HOST machine (running CENTOS LINUX rel 7) concurrently. I.e 8 VM's.

While Linux as a HOST is probably more efficient than Windows I'm sure I could have run all these VM's on a decent Windows HOST OS too.

Cheers
jimbo

 

My Vmware VMs run better on Linux Distro Hosts than on Windows Hosts.

 

It's most likely they counted in all those OEM licenses sent to manufacturers.

 

I concur. Always make an backup of your files. Specifically, backup your system to a system image. Have all updates installed and disable or uninstall antivirus before upgrading. Check your AV site after upgrading to be sure there is a version that works with windows 10. Sometimes, you can even use the same key you previously used before with the new version. And always have on hand any new drivers available before upgrading. Microsoft may not have all drivers on hand when it went RTM and it's the device manufacturer responsibility to submit one that works before the final RTM release. If it didn't make it, it'll be on their website. Hopefully, nobody becomes unlucky by not having a driver for Windows 10. Do not fully trust the advisor as it can be wrong.

I'm using Windows 10 on a I3 6GB system. Can't complain about performance as it's faster than Windows 7 on the same machine.