Windows 10

[daugen]

and if you use the free upgrade, please do NOT hit the Express button like I did before reading things here...
Use the Customize. I spent ten minutes going through all the setups and turning off a dozen undesired functions.

 

[CreekyB]

For me personally, whether or not Windows 10 is any good or not is beside the point that 90% of the population simply doesn't use much less need more than WinXP or Win7. I was an IT tech back in the DOS days and continued through WinXP and NT 4.0. I remember OS's that worked on 3.5in floppy disks. Ok, sure, we are well beyond floppy disk days, but I've watched Windows go from a dozen 3.5in floppy disks to now over a gigabyte in disk space just for the OS alone. Sure, there are people who will take advantage of the newer features but I doubt the majority of users do. Windows 10 is Microsoft's most advanced data collection OS ever. Some security groups have documented over 100 outbound connections on a fresh install with nothing else loaded. That just bugs me.

I was a computer geek from a young age. I remember when Windows 1.1 went live. A friend called me and asked it I wanted it, he mailed me the floppy, I think it was one floppy with one extra that had some other "stuff" on it. Yes, mailed using the US Postal Service. I opened it and installed it on my 286 computer with a massive 1 megabyte of system RAM. It got to a pretty screen and locked up. Called my buddy and asked WTH. He just said "isn't it pretty" maybe future versions will be useful

Anyways, 10 is worth the upgrade. It is faster than all previous versions, more efficient. Once you disable all the common modern day data collection and run your security software there is little to worry about. When they change these "free versions" such that I cannot take it anymore hopefully Linux support will be a 100% thing in the gaming industry.

Keep in mind that all of my experience with W10 has been with the Pro version on systems that are upgraded to new specs. Not are all full fledged gaming power houses but most are. I upgrade the main system frequently and pass hardware down to the rest of the PCs in the house.

 

[daugen]

Life used to be so simple
We had Edit, we had Edlin
But simple did not give us today's amazing video performance.
Floppy disc drives couldn't spit out data fast enough.
Hard drives could, and I remember, while owning a home town Radio Shack for five years,
selling lots of ten meg external hard drives for $569
Ten meg; almost a uselessly small size now. One pic for your camera?

Times really have changed, and it's been fun to watch.
So much more performance for so much less money.
Computers are cheap now! My little Chrome notebook is inexpensive and gives me the radar weather while I'm downstairs vs
my main pc up in my office upstairs. I open the lid, within ten seconds it has grabbed my wifi and gone live. I find that amazing.
Ten seconds.
Those of us old enough thought our lives were passing by needlessly while inserting ten diskettes to get a simple program to run.
And oh I wish I had saved that one last 8 inch floppy I had on a peg on the wall in the computer room of my store. No son, that's not a frisbee...

Yes, i sold the Tandy 100's but I quickly found Acer and sold them alongside, and that was a great decision. Acer has been like Panasonic, never the top but always
pumping out good quality equipment. I rarely had to fix an Acer computer. Of course they were built like tanks back then. Just keep the dirt out of them and don't bang the circuit boards loose and they just ran and ran. Must have had good oem power supplies.

But then processor speed started to accelerate and all the old stuff was left sucking wind, soldiering on running your Quicken program, but not being able to run a modern game or a HD movie. So everyone bought new, or the smart ones upgraded internally, but many motherboards were limited.
Reminds me of cars today; we have amazingly powerful vehicles out there, most will never be on the autobahn, but all like to move out from the light or pass in a blur.
Just like our computers. Today we wait for nothing. Perhaps that is why we have more road rage on the road. Our computers today provide instant gratification.
No brrr brrr brrr brrrr

Now if I could just get rid of the noisy fans I've been plagued with on the last two computers. They need to quiet them down; mine is variable and whines and warbles, has since almost new. Fans can't be expensive and usually not hard to replace. Asus pc, before an HP.

I'm not sure I could tell if Windows could go any faster now, except perhaps on some videos. My internet is 80 down/8 up, which is plenty fast for me.
Suddenlink rep yesterday (changing out an underground cable line gone bad) told me they now offered 500 down in the larger city 30 miles to the West.
So with a fast computer, and fast internet, I'm just not sure what I actually see will change much. I don't play games on my pc, used to, but rather watch history shows on YouTube.

And I bet Microsoft would really like to collect my viewing history on YouTube, so when I switch to TBN, the ad on the page will be perfectly tailored to me.
For now, I am amused by the constant barrage of Orkin and other bug companies that are constantly popping up now that I once searched for local bug exterminators.
Orkin is tenacious; they must pay a lot of money for good positioning.

 

[Locoweed]

I am amazed at how many people don't care about all the spying or believe that they can shut it off.

 

[Fordman1981]

I am amazed at how many people don't care about all the spying or believe that they can shut it off.

You could limit what data was mined by Microsoft but they are getting ready to make that tougher to do. I don't like the direction Microsoft is going. For the people that haven't updated to Windows 10 yet do some research before you do. I've linked to the latest story I've seen and it makes me wonder if they're going to make it where you can't turn off any of the data mining 'services'. Microsoft will now force you to use its favorite Windows 1 feature, whether you like it or not - Yahoo Finance

 

[Xfaxman]

Is there a way to turn off all of the live tiles at once?

I have been doing it one at a time, when I see one updating.

They use my Data Allowance on the satellite. :thumbdown:

Any other ways to limit unnecessary data use?

I have noticed on Task Manager, that Google Chrome is using the network when I am not doing anything.

TIA

 

[buickanddeere]

I was a computer geek from a young age. I remember when Windows 1.1 went live. A friend called me and asked it I wanted it, he mailed me the floppy, I think it was one floppy with one extra that had some other "stuff" on it. Yes, mailed using the US Postal Service. I opened it and installed it on my 286 computer with a massive 1 megabyte of system RAM. It got to a pretty screen and locked up. Called my buddy and asked WTH. He just said "isn't it pretty" maybe future versions will be useful

Anyways, 10 is worth the upgrade. It is faster than all previous versions, more efficient. Once you disable all the common modern day data collection and run your security software there is little to worry about. When they change these "free versions" such that I cannot take it anymore hopefully Linux support will be a 100% thing in the gaming industry.

Keep in mind that all of my experience with W10 has been with the Pro version on systems that are upgraded to new specs. Not are all full fledged gaming power houses but most are. I upgrade the main system frequently and pass hardware down to the rest of the PCs in the house.

Is there a way to truly lockout the snoop ware and make 10 look and operate like XP ?

 

[buickanddeere]

My issue with Linux distributions is lack of hardware support, shoddy drivers, lack of full ports of all the games I play on Linux and lack of versions of programs that I use. I have used Mint, I have used several distributions and many of them are flawless I have three running in the house right now for specific purposes, even those are dual boot and those purposes can run on Windows. Windows has always had it's issues, but until full support for everything I do comes to Linux I won't be using it for main stream use, free or not.

I like the idea of Linux, have no issues with it and enjoy playing around with it, again, just does not do everything I want. While it is cocky to say the bulk of the population is not able to function in Linux it is a reality to say that the bulk of the population is not willing to learn to use Linux. Even with all the highly polished GUIs there is still a steep learning curve for people.

If you have the time and inclination and it does what you want go for Linux, it is fantastic.
If you do not have the time and do not mind much the same limitations that Linux has, still. Try Macintosh products, they just work and are typically not plagued with the issues of Windows. There is a cost to that tho

For anything and everything there is Windows.

*Disclaimer; I may change my mind if game developers start using Vulcan more than they are using Direct X. I do not care what OS my work stuff is running as long as I can work. I do care what my entertainment systems are running

Is there not entire nations and Governemts that Barely use MS and utilize Linux etc instead ?

 

[buickanddeere]

98SE did everything that 10 does. Why so much more ram and HD space required ?

 

[rekees4300]

Is there a way to truly lockout the snoop ware and make 10 look and operate like XP ?

I use freeware called Shutup10 but there are many others available. It will block most of the snooping. However, it has been proven that even when all documented options are turned off, data is still being sent to Microsoft. They refuse to disclose what the data is.