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Now that W10 is out, are you a W7 / W8 refusenik?

Now that W10 is out, are you a W7/W8 refusenik?

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As a self-proclaimed tech savvy person, I believe in moving forward and embracing new things instead of standing still and dodging the trend with myriad of excuses.

Therefore, I chose to use Windows 10 just like I keep updating my Fedora machine to the latest build.
 
Just a reminder for everyone, no personal attacks.
 
Having tested so many versions of windows 10, ltsb is the best period. Only issue is no store or apps.

It pisses me off how some games are exclusive to win 10.

Still trying to make up my mind on what os to use having multiple drives and such. Some games work on 8.1 but not on 10. lots of headache and bs for me this week.
 
alucasa said:
As a self-proclaimed tech savvy person, I believe in moving forward and embracing new things instead of standing still and dodging the trend with myriad of excuses.

Therefore, I chose to use Windows 10 just like I keep updating my Fedora machine to the latest build.
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By definition your comment suggests (even if not intended) that newer technology should be embraced (which in general I agree), would that include new technology that is inferior to old? There are plenty of cases out there where newer technology either performs worse than what it replaces or takes something away that some users may still want. :D
 
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Tatty_One said:
By definition your comment suggests (even if not intended) that newer technology should be embraced (which in general I agree), would that include new technology that is inferior to old? There are plenty of cases out there where newer technology either performs worse than what it replaces or takes something away that some users may still want.
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Technology such as the Playstation which in the name of Progress Sony Crippled its functionality with firmware updates to remove Some functions from its equipment that a vast number of people used
I am of course referring to the ability to Run Linux
 
Caring1 said:
Try disabling Intel Smart Connect in the BIOS.
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it is disabled.:(

i have noticed something else tho.
when it does this it does the "device attached" sound for win10 once it unfreezes.
almost like something has been recognised, and now it can work.
 
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jboydgolfer said:
it is disabled.:(

i have noticed something else tho.
when it does this it does the "device attached" sound for win10 once it unfreezes.
almost like something has been recognised, and now it can work.
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hard drive being slow to power up could explain that. if your bios has hotswap options for the sata ports, try turning that off for the ports you're using?
 
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes

There is nothing really free in life, I guarantee you Microsoft has a hidden agenda.
 
Mussels said:
hard drive being slow to power up could explain that. if your bios has hotswap options for the sata ports, try turning that off for the ports you're using?
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i have only SSd's.
and the boot is quick.
i can switch ports easy enuff, but i dont think that it
 
i guess focus on any hardware that windows thinks is plug and play. storage devices, monitors, whatevs.
 
if he has a media server running with a large libary that can take a few seconds to spool up
I would open control panel > power > change plan settings> and do the following
1. disable hibernate
2. disable fast boot
3. disable shutting drives down after x period
that should fix it
 
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Drone said:
https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/03/30/run-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows

Bash on Windows is a good news for devs, average joes probably won't give a damn
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Kinda a bit late... been using Cygwin for quite a few years, when such need arised. Even x64 version worked flawlessly.


@jboydgolfer , You might want to check your HDD / RAM usage, and whether the pagefile is enabled. I recently had the same problem on my ITX rig, which only had 3GB RAM and an old/slow 200GB Samsung HDD at the: the OS would hang every few minutes for ~10sec, and only stabilize after 20 minutes. Issue disappeared after disabling the page file. Also it is worth noting that few months ago I ran Win10 on PCs with 2GB[!!!] of RAM and never had this problem, so it might be related to one of the recent updates.
 
rtwjunkie said:
Sarcasm? :laugh: I ask, because I don't think that's all of the UWP game problems.
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Better. As in incremental. ;) Still ways to go obviously, but they're working on it.
 
hi all , i return to my old w7 64 pro , w10 no way . ihad trubles with my printer ( lexmark x2470) and then ; i could nod install the old driver cd .
may be someone have similar problems and get a solution . THX and good time , bye bye
 
abbutec said:
hi all , i return to my old w7 64 pro , w10 no way . ihad trubles with my printer ( lexmark x2470) and then ; i could nod install the old driver cd .
may be someone have similar problems and get a solution . THX and good time , bye bye
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My printer was a nightmare also, i ended up looking in devices,and noticed my printer was listed 3 times,all witha different name. I.e. 5820 aio, aio,5820, hp 5820, etc, i found the one that worked,set IT as default,and mow it works fine.b4 couldnt print from online.had to save to file,and was a pita.now,all is well.
 
Looks like M$ is rolling back the "Share my wireless keys with everyone I know!" function...
 
Flow said:
Still, google and apple do this from day one ( Well, apple probably not from the actual day one they started) and ms only since a short while.
I suppose with the history windows versions have, people are quick to jump on the bandwagon. "

But anyway, I don't see much wrong or better in win10 compared to win 7. I still do like the new start menu, edge is not very pleasant to use, ms uploads the monthly patches to my pc no matter what setting I use.
There is much to like, and much to dislike.
I guess in a matter of time all will be forgotten and most will be on the win10 train, especially when dx12 games start to really take off.

As for charts showing user numbers, I tend to take those with a grain of salt, because when a product is succesfull, there is no need to produce such numbers to start with.
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Thanks for taking the time to post something intelligent, I also agree that alot of this is overblown. Its not like OSX hasn't done this since forever. Like everything else though it will pass and the internet will find something else to hate. I am a little disappointing that TPU was subject to gizmodo and toms level comments however.

I remember when XP came out. Man you should have seen the but hurt. People HATED the what was it? "Tooth paste buttons"

10 years later they cry themselves to sleep because its being taken out back. History comes full circle I guess.
 
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