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Title: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: [ptx] on June 02, 2015, 09:52:35 pm
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Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Nightmare798 on June 02, 2015, 09:54:08 pm
They probably figured no one would willingly purchase it, and decided to give it for free, probably with fuck ton of ad-ware like the money grubbing jews they are would.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: LordBerenger on June 02, 2015, 10:01:28 pm
I reserved my upgrade YOLO.

Bill Gates > Steve Jobs/Gaben/Linux fgts
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Jona on June 02, 2015, 10:07:16 pm
Did a quick check, couldn't find the "get windows 10 app" so i didn't bother reserving, nor do I think I will since you can still get it for free once it's released anyways. No need to reserve it really. Idk, I might reserve it on my shitty laptop just for kicks, but I like windows 7 and see no reason to upgrade immediately anyways, especially after windows 8.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on June 02, 2015, 10:41:12 pm
what happened to windows 9

did i miss a whole operating system
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: 722_ on June 02, 2015, 11:05:23 pm
Hate all the stupidly large icons designed for tablets and phones, Ill stick with windows 7 I guess
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Moncho on June 02, 2015, 11:21:48 pm
Quote from: WITCHCRAFT on June 02, 2015, 10:41:12 pm
what happened to windows 9

did i miss a whole operating system
Wanted to avoid confusion with Windows 95 and 98, especially with searches where it may cause some issues
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Kafein on June 03, 2015, 12:11:15 am
Quote from: WITCHCRAFT on June 02, 2015, 10:41:12 pm
what happened to windows 9

did i miss a whole operating system

This is actually an amazing story that involves idiotic application programmers using prefix matching "Windows 9" to detect Windows 95 and 98 back in the Millenium era, thinking they were being clever.

Due to Microsoft's almost-constitutional adherence to retro-compatibility, they skipped a number instead of telling those silly apps to fuck off.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: darmaster on June 03, 2015, 12:17:46 am
heard this was the last OS, or at least the last one that will have a cost is it true?

as if they'll update it and that's it
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Doom_Carrot on June 03, 2015, 03:53:48 am
I have never once had a good experience with windows updates/upgrades, so screw this.

If you guinea pigs don't have your computers all explode the day its released I MIGHT consider upgrading.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Molly on June 03, 2015, 07:24:22 am
Quote from: Jona on June 02, 2015, 10:07:16 pm
[...]especially after windows 8.
What's that supposed to mean? Windows 8 is a solid, good working version.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Grumbs on June 03, 2015, 11:25:03 am
Think park of the reasoning to go from 8 -10 is to distance themselves a bit from 8 and acknowledge that it was an unpopular OS. Windows 10 will probably be a good upgrade, even if its just windows 8 with windows 7 start menu. Windows 8 is actually a decent OS, its just confusing and awkward to navigate, especially for people who don't know much about computers. Load times are faster, it will have Directx 12, better memory management etc
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: [ptx] on June 03, 2015, 11:39:58 am
Yeah, been using 8.1 for almost a year now on my home PC and for a few months at work. It definitely was confusing and frustrating at first, but, after learning a few useful keyboard shortcuts (most importantly win+s to search, akin to the search bar in start menu), i feel entirely comfortable with it.

Don't really miss the start menu thaaaaat much anymore, actually i'm more excited about what they've done with the command console and other things.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Grumbs on June 03, 2015, 11:50:08 am
I have 8.1 on my laptop and still prefer 7. 8.1 just trained me to never press the start button and instead have shortcuts on the taskbar or desktop without really offering much of benefit, although it loads up fast
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Vibe on June 03, 2015, 12:00:49 pm
Isn't it like possible to get the start button win7 style in win8 as well?
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: darmaster on June 03, 2015, 12:08:33 pm
It is
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Molly on June 03, 2015, 12:12:09 pm
http://www.classicshell.net/

noobs
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: [ptx] on June 03, 2015, 12:22:55 pm
With 3rd party software, yes. I really don't feel compelled to, at this point. Learning keyboard shortcuts has enabled me to actually do what i need to do faster.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Mr_Oujamaflip on June 03, 2015, 12:41:41 pm
I got it.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Molly on June 03, 2015, 05:24:02 pm
Quote from: [ptx] on June 03, 2015, 12:22:55 pm
With 3rd party software, yes. I really don't feel compelled to, at this point. Learning keyboard shortcuts has enabled me to actually do what i need to do faster.
I already used the shortcuts under Win98...

Win+E
Win+R
Win+D

...those already worked back then. Not sure about Win+S tbh.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Jona on June 03, 2015, 08:41:39 pm
Quote from: Molly on June 03, 2015, 07:24:22 am
What's that supposed to mean? Windows 8 is a solid, good working version.

Well yeah, it worked as intended, sure. I just don't particularly care for the overly "minimalist design" or the fact that it looks like something that a tablet should be running, not a desktop. And sure, I realize that it is made to run on both, but the large icons and lack of text just doesn't look right to me. To each their own, I would say, but it seems as though I am not alone in preferring 7 over 8... the numbers speak for themselves. I wouldn't trash talk anyone who actually likes 8 simply because their opinion is different than mine, but I personally see 8 as more of a step back rather than a step forwards for Windows on PCs... kinda like Vista was compared to XP.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: [ptx] on June 03, 2015, 08:50:45 pm
Large icons? For tablets? Are you aware that you can use Win8 in exactly the same way as Win7, completely ignoring all the Metro interface stuff and the full screen apps?
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Jona on June 03, 2015, 09:06:58 pm
Quote from: [ptx] on June 03, 2015, 08:50:45 pm
Large icons? For tablets? Are you aware that you can use Win8 in exactly the same way as Win7, completely ignoring all the Metro interface stuff and the full screen apps?

Yes.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Grumbs on June 03, 2015, 09:16:02 pm
You can't really remove metro from 8.1 without modding it. And installing a mod that messes around with the core elements of windows is something i'm never going to do. You can right click start and get some similar options as 7 (but not all) but a left click still puts you in metro mode. Some items are associated with metro programs regardless and I can't find simple stuff like the calculator without messing or having a shortcut. Maybe I can tweak and fine tune but its just not worth the bother to me
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Zergmar on June 03, 2015, 09:18:52 pm
Using windows 10 here, and so far so good. It feels like a re-branded and modified windows 8 though. I'd say that if you already have a legal win8, you should probably stick to it for now, and see what happens.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: [ptx] on June 03, 2015, 09:19:02 pm
Quote from: Grumbs on June 03, 2015, 09:16:02 pm
You can't really remove metro from 8.1 without modding it. And installing a mod that messes around with the core elements of windows is something i'm never going to do. You can right click start and get some similar options as 7 (but not all) but a left click still puts you in metro mode. Some items are associated with metro programs regardless and I can't find simple stuff like the calculator without messing or having a shortcut. Maybe I can tweak and fine tune but its just not worth the bother to me
How-to calculator: Win+S, type "cal", hit enter.

No 3rd party stuff installed, haven't intentionally used anything Metro or W8 App for months.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Jona on June 03, 2015, 09:20:25 pm
Quote from: [ptx] on June 03, 2015, 09:19:02 pm
How-to calculator: Win+S, type "cal", hit enter.

No 3rd party stuff installed, haven't intentionally used anything Metro or W8 App for months.

Clicking "start", then calculator is still easier.  :wink:
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Grumbs on June 03, 2015, 09:22:23 pm
In win 7 its 2 clicks. Maybe i'm lazy but I want to click stuff on a GUI
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: [ptx] on June 03, 2015, 09:23:50 pm
If you've got it pinned to the start menu, sure. If you use it that much, why not pin it to the taskbar?
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Grumbs on June 03, 2015, 09:41:22 pm
In 7 frequently used items are 2 clicks automatically. I have it pinned to the taskbar in win 8, but I don't want to have to for common programs. Especially on a laptop with limited space. I could make shortcuts on the desktop but its a bother again
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Tagora on June 03, 2015, 10:12:00 pm
Oh shit I just installed this and instead of installing a new version of windows it installed linux and a picture of Linus Torvalds giving the finger.  Have I been hacked?  Is there a virus on my computer?  I keep downloading nortonantiviruspro.exe and it won't start!!  Please help idk what thi is  :cry:
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Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Jona on June 03, 2015, 10:22:14 pm
Quote from: Tagora on June 03, 2015, 10:12:00 pm
Oh shit I just installed this and instead of installing a new version of windows it installed linux and a picture of Linus Torvalds giving the finger.  Have I been hacked?  Is there a virus on my computer?  I keep downloading nortonantiviruspro.exe and it won't start!!  Please help idk what thi is  :cry:
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Can't tell if serious...
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Molly on June 04, 2015, 08:29:33 am
Quote from: [ptx] on June 03, 2015, 09:19:02 pm
How-to calculator: Win+S, type "cal", hit enter.

No 3rd party stuff installed, haven't intentionally used anything Metro or W8 App for months.
Win+R and "calc" :)
...can't be bothered to actually click things anymore.
Title: Re: Windows 10 upgrade
Post by: Vibe on June 04, 2015, 09:13:43 am
Quote from: Tagora on June 03, 2015, 10:12:00 pm
Oh shit I just installed this and instead of installing a new version of windows it installed linux and a picture of Linus Torvalds giving the finger.  Have I been hacked?  Is there a virus on my computer?  I keep downloading nortonantiviruspro.exe and it won't start!!  Please help idk what thi is  :cry:
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wow i clicked install windows 10 and suddenly my pc got upgraded to 56gb ram and 16 cpu cores!!!!

pic for proof!

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