I truly miss Windows 7, and even Vista- especially in light of this blasphemous 8.1 that's on my laptop right now. What are some of the improvements that Windows 10 has?
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I truly miss Windows 7, and even Vista- especially in light of this blasphemous 8.1 that's on my laptop right now. What are some of the improvements that Windows 10 has?
I'm on Windows 10 Pro on my home desktop right now. I've been running the Tech previews since they've been available. I've also been forecasting for a couple of years that Windows 10 would be hugely popular.
I couldn't stand 8/8.1 on a PC. I always felt like I had one hand tied behind my back. If you're used to Windows 7 or 8/8.1, the transition to 10 is pretty easy.
For Windows 10, the Start menu is back. If you have a tablet, the OS is optimized for a tablet. If you have a keyboard and mouse, the OS is optimized as a desktop.
I upgraded my old HP EliteBook 2530p running Win7 last night, and it does seem more responsive with Win10.
In a business environment, hold off for a bit as it will take time for 3rd party software to catch up. For example, I hear that McAfee VirusScan Enterprise should have a Win10 compatible version in late August. For Microsoft customers with Software Assurance, the Enterprise version will be available August 1st from the Volume Licensing Service Center.
The upgrade does take up quite a bit of disk space, since the previous OS is saved in a C:\Windows.old folder (just under 32GB on both home systems I've upgraded to Win 10 Pro so far). I'm assuming this is to allow the ability to roll back, if needed.
I'm going to try a little gaming on the new OS here in a bit. So far, the graphics look great.
The Edge browser is smoking Chrome right now.
I'm interested in the Windows 10 tablets that will have the attaching keyboards. Can't wait to see those.
Not bad so far I have been running the beta for a few months now and only get one memory error on shutdown so that's an improvement lol. One thing I noticed is it doesn't play nice with Ubuntu but I'm sure some hacks will be on the way for that.
I wouldn't be too quick to install 10 - let other people beta-test it, 7 will be around for a while and it runs just fine.
My day job involves PCs and Windows servers.
One thing I have noticed is that the fan has been running full bore all day today. My desktop always had a fan that sounded like a jet engine, but it used to cycle up or down depending on load. Now it just runs flat out all the time. Other thing I have noticed via resource monitor is that my CPU is running around 40-50% of it's usage at system idle. Not 100% sure what the computer is trying to do, but it's definitely trying to do something. I'll shut it down tonight, primarily so I don't have to listen to it. But perhaps a reboot will return it to a more tolerable volume.
Are you using Chrome and do you leave it running with multiple tabs?
Not the person you asked but I do.....?
My fans are on a pot and I've always just left on full bore.
The disk is likely working overtime. I would delete any old applications, cleanup junk and temp files then run defrag and chkdsk /f. A new OS upgrade an old install is never optimal. I have been running Win10 since last fall and it is a pretty good OS.
Before you delete anything, open up Task Manager and sort by CPU with highest usage on top. Find out what's consuming your CPU.
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