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  • #16
    I've been ignoring the prompt on a couple of machines but I also know a few people happily running Windows 10.

    What I've found funny though is the number of times that the GWX process falls over.
    Doesn't instill much confidence in the new product if the nag screen crashes.

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    • #17
      I've found Win 10 a lot more stable on my laptop than the Win 8 OS that it replaced. However, that may be due to the fact that the upgrade canned the Catalyst Control Centre that was administering the video services.

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      • #18
        Quite possibly ATI are not renown for Video stability. ATI=AMD = direct competition to Intel. And M$ have a vested interest in Intel.

        Personally, I'd always choose NVIDIA video , with a M$ "signed" driver if possible.

        Yes, W10 is quite stable, like W8 & W7. However the UI isn't for everyone.

        Edit: Yes, I've just twigged inbuilt video on a lappy.

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        • #19
          Win10 is brilliant and incredibly stable. A definite improvement over 8 and easily as stable as 7 with more than a few new features thrown in

          And who doesn't like a free upgrade... especially one that works?

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Vinitasse View Post
            Win10 is brilliant and incredibly stable. A definite improvement over 8 and easily as stable as 7 with more than a few new features thrown in

            And who doesn't like a free upgrade... especially one that works?
            No arguments with stability. Nor reliability of upgrade from Win7/8 x64 bit.

            FWIW my Win 7 install is just as stable and so it should be, it's the same core OS.

            Answer to your question: A person who runs mainly scientific applications and has no particular desire to be dragged into Social media, nor have the 50 dozen additional services (none of which he uses) loaded into the task list to deplete the resources and thus reduce number crunching speed of their PC.

            Life experience has proven to me there is nothing for free. Least of all from M$. And definitely not a lunch.

            Th gotcha will appear when as many users as possible are safely locked into Win 10. It's just got to happen: the development of W10 certainly hasn't been for free.

            I'm certainly not not going to fall for "come in spinner", not this early anyway.

            Change for change's sake is never a good idea. I need a better reason other than a different UI (to learn) and less available system resources.

            Think about it and tell me where my logic is flawed.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Vinitasse View Post
              Win10 is brilliant and incredibly stable. A definite improvement over 8 and easily as stable as 7 with more than a few new features thrown in

              And who doesn't like a free upgrade... especially one that works?
              It's not free:

              Originally posted by Javaphile View Post
              The big push to Windows 10 is because Microsoft is seeing falling sales of their OS's and with Windows 10 they are moving to a Google/Facebook type financial model where their income is generated from selling information about their users to other companies rather than from direct sales of the OS. MS wants this new revenue stream to start producing as fast as possible.

              Java "TANSTAAFL" phile
              Toys! I must have new toys!!!

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              • #22
                On my laptop with Win10 I can run Fallout 4 on HIGH video settings with 20 something Chrome tabs still open in the background while simultaneously streaming music for my wife to listen to. I couldn't do that with Win7... and definitely not with Win8 either... all of which would seem to suggest that Win10s resource management is rather robust and most likely an advancement on what MS came up with years ago. Also... when taking a break I simply close the lid of my machine and flip it back up when ready and it bursts back into life within seconds. Try that with Win7.

                Lastly... there's nothing really new to learn with the UI either. It's a step back from the touch screen centric approach of Win8 and far more like Win7 with the added bonus of additional social media-esque features there if you CHOOSE to use them.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Andy View Post
                  I've been ignoring the prompt on a couple of machines but I also know a few people happily running Windows 10.

                  What I've found funny though is the number of times that the GWX process falls over.
                  Doesn't instill much confidence in the new product if the nag screen crashes.
                  Nice to meet you Andy.

                  Yes, some people really like the new UI. I'm perhaps an "old dude" who likes the XP/ Win7 layouts and prefers to have everything in same place in every OS. Which is pretty well the jump from XP to Win 7 : bar some very sensible and logical changes.

                  My main apps are Matlab and Protel/ Altium. With a bit of Autocad and Inventor. So the faster the system runs the better.

                  Many people love W10 , however I'm not as convinced. There will be a catch somewhere I believe.

                  cheers

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Vinitasse View Post
                    On my laptop with Win10 I can run Fallout 4 on HIGH video settings with 20 something Chrome tabs still open in the background while simultaneously streaming music for my wife to listen to. I couldn't do that with Win7... and definitely not with Win8 either... all of which would seem to suggest that Win10s resource management is rather robust and most likely an advancement on what MS came up with years ago. Also... when taking a break I simply close the lid of my machine and flip it back up when ready and it bursts back into life within seconds. Try that with Win7.

                    Lastly... there's nothing really new to learn with the UI either. It's a step back from the touch screen centric approach of Win8 and far more like Win7 with the added bonus of additional social media-esque features there if you CHOOSE to use them.
                    It is good Win 10 does what want, It certainly runs Matlab slower than W7 for me. Especially when doing waveform analysis.

                    You must be young and one of those people who can have a dozen conversations simultaneously and not miss a word.

                    Because 20 tabs open at once would not happen and would be an absurdity for me to use.

                    Enjoy Win 10.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by rrm View Post
                      It is good Win 10 does what want, It certainly runs Matlab slower than W7 for me. Especially when doing waveform analysis.

                      You must be young and one of those people who can have a dozen conversations simultaneously and not miss a word.

                      Because 20 tabs open at once would not happen and would be an absurdity for me to use.

                      Enjoy Win 10.
                      I'm 51

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Vinitasse View Post
                        I'm 51
                        You are a spring chicken, I'm 63

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                        • #27
                          Surely that would have been LXIII when you were born?

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Barry O'Speedwagon View Post
                            Surely that would have been LXIII when you were born?
                            Actually it's LXII.

                            Yes, I'm still in last year and my birthday hasn't "passed".
                            Last edited by rrm; 18 January 2016, 10:12 PM. Reason: self moderated post

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by rrm View Post
                              So true JP, an un-intentional subtraction error when calculating decades. During the 70's we were using the DOS series of OSs and running in a text based environment.

                              Although a few of us may have been using IBM PS/2 and later OS/2 (1987)
                              When I got Windows 1.0 it was a tossup between Win 1.0 versus DESQView with DOS.
                              I still have my Win 1.0 install floppies. There were 7 x 3.5 inch disks.

                              Mike
                              Last edited by speleomike; 19 January 2016, 01:07 AM. Reason: Found old disks and counted them.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by rrm View Post
                                Actually it's LXII.

                                Yes, I'm still in last year and my birthday hasn't "passed".
                                'When I get older, losing my hair......' not too far away I guess that's owned by Apple Music.

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