Windows 10

[FAST6191]

...how's life in DirectX 9 land?

Considering the consoles kind of held us there it was not so bad.

As for ain't broke... though the XPocalypse has yet to happen I am not so happy on the security front.

 

[ferret7463]

...how's life in DirectX 9 land?

just fine, i don't like PC games i mostly use office and paint programs. (And of course emulators.)

to FAST6191 , I am not falling for that scare tactic from MS. I simply lock my machines down using an OS freeze program that needs a USB key to unlock. I do have my main desktop with windows 7. I only use it when the need the extra power to edit very large video files. (16gb of ram vs 2)

 

[Foxi4]

to FAST6191 , I am not falling for that scare tactic from MS. I simply lock my machines down using an OS freeze program that needs a USB key to unlock. I do have my main desktop with windows 7. I only use it when the need the extra power to edit very large video files. (16gb of ram vs 2)

>Implying USB is secure
>Implying a USB lock will protect you when someone can just reboot your computer and disable the service in Safe Mode
>Implying that anyone would even go through the trouble when he/she is already in front of your computer
>Implying that a USB key protects you from network attacks

Good game, good game.

 

[ferret7463]

i have found it to be way more secure than 90% of those anti-virus programs. It also protects me from when the kids sneak on the machine and install some stupid flash games that eat up resources and spamware. I just reboot. all is fine. By the way i never order online nor do i put personal data on the device. (Unless you want to read the GM notes for the next session of my Star Trek Scenario)

 

[Arras]

I'm one of those XP users. I use it on my net book and the desktop, that i use on my TV for netflix or other media i wish to see or play.(Why fix what is not broken.) As for why no "9" for windows. I think it is to keep any confusion away from the consumer. Most electronics that you buy for your PC will say "9x,2000, Xp,etc. It could be a sign that windows 10 maybe highly incompatible with current software and hardware.

Why would they suddenly break compatibility with stuff? While some badly written programs have broken over the years, most things kept working fine.
Also, what would prevent the OS freeze program from just being removed when the PC gets compromised?

 

[Foxi4]

I'm gonna let you in on a little secret now.

I haven't consistently used an AV on my machine for years - I just don't browse content that could possibly infect my computer and I block most of intrusive ads, so I practically don't suffer from any infections whatsoever, and if I do come across a suspicious file, I install an AV for a couple minutes to check it and then proceed to uninstall the AV because I value performance over security. Unsafe, I know, I just don't care enough to suffer through AV software use - it's slowing me down way too much. An occasional scan works best for me.

I tried to change my awful ways by running AVAST! in the background, but no - old habits die hard, I couldn't stand it.

 

[Joe88]

Did ms hire the same people who name nintendo devices?
Seems they are trying to break the cycle that every other version of windows is not good.

 

[Apache Thunder]

The only thing this has over Windows 7 is more DRM most likely. I haven't paid for a Microsoft Operating System since Windows XP, and my parents were the ones that bought that one. I have no plans to start either. If they fix the UAC (could never fully turn the damn thing off like in Windows 7) and make the control panel and stuff look like what it was in Windows 7 instead of that clusterf**k of a UI they call the charm/Metro menu. Then MAYBE I might consider...pirating this thing....



Even Microsoft hates Windows 8. They hated it so much they skipped a version number to get as far away from the number 8 as possible.

 

[Foxi4]

The only thing this has over Windows 7 is more DRM most likely. I haven't paid for a Microsoft Operating System since Windows XP, and my parents were the ones that bought that one. I have no plans to start either. If they fix the UAC (could never fully turn the damn thing off like in Windows 7) and make the control panel and stuff look like what it was in Windows 7 instead of that clusterf**k of a UI they call the charm/Metro menu. Then MAYBE I might consider...pirating this thing....

Yeah, sure. It's not like Windows 8.1 provides a performance increase over 7, especially in gaming, not to mention that it uses less RAM and is far more responsive. It's all about the DRM.

 

[Apache Thunder]

It's not just the DRM that bothered me. It was able to get around that. it was the many issues I had trying to use the damn thing and the ***ty UI that made me go back. I made a image backup of my SSD and did a full install of Windows 8. I had too many issues with it, so back I went.

Did ms hire the same people who name nintendo devices?
Seems they are trying to break the cycle that every other version of windows is not good.

Well yeah, I suppose they have a good chance of making two bad versions of Windows in a row. They have yet to do that, but I bet when they finally do, it will signal the end of Windows dominance in the PC market. They will only have themselves to blame for that.

 

[Foxi4]

Windows 8 wasn't great, mostly due to driver issues. 8.1 on the other hand is amazeballs and I highly recommend it. Love the system, love the UI. Give it another go in your spare time.

 

[Vengenceonu]

Windows 8 wasn't great, mostly due to driver issues. 8.1 on the other hand is amazeballs and I highly recommend it. Love the system, love the UI. Give it another go in your spare time.

Save your breath, It's microsoft vs everyone else. When asked why people don't like Windows 8 they always say the same thing "No start menu!"

When Windows 8.1 came out with improved features, they then say "AHH, Xbone, Metro blah blah, I dont wanna pay for something it should have been X months ago, ZUNE!, Windows 7 master race".

No convincing people after they've mentally decided to hate something for no good reason at all.

 

[tbb043]

It should probably be 11, though I guess you would want to pretend ME doesn't exist.

1. Windows 1
2. Windows 2
3. Windows 3
4. Windows 95
5. Windows 98
6. Windows ME
7. Windows XP
8. Windows Vista
9. Windows 7
10. Windows 8
11. Windows 10

(Yeah, I know I left out the NT/2000 line from before they merged into XP, etc, but for home users, this would be the order)

Actually, since the original Windows came out in 85, I'm kind of surprised they didn't call it Windows 30 or 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION or something obnoxious like that.

 

[Sheimi]

Microsoft cannot count to nine it seems like. Looks like the installer doesn't support Japanese yet. Will update when I install it.

 

[Arras]

It should probably be 11, though I guess you would want to pretend ME doesn't exist.

1. Windows 1
2. Windows 2
3. Windows 3
4. Windows 95
5. Windows 98
6. Windows ME
7. Windows XP
8. Windows Vista
9. Windows 7
10. Windows 8
11. Windows 10

(Yeah, I know I left out the NT/2000 line from before they merged into XP, etc, but for home users, this would be the order)

Actually, since the original Windows came out in 85, I'm kind of surprised they didn't call it Windows 30 or 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION or something obnoxious like that.

I am suddenly reminded of

 

[Vengenceonu]

Microsoft cannot count to nine it seems like. Looks like the installer doesn't support Japanese yet. Will update when I install it.

Currently, there are four languages supported (English, English UK (a.k.a pish-posh-tea-sipping English), Chinese Simplified, and Portugese Brazil)

 

[RandomUser]

i have found it to be way more secure than 90% of those anti-virus programs. It also protects me from when the kids sneak on the machine and install some stupid flash games that eat up resources and spamware. I just reboot. all is fine. By the way i never order online nor do i put personal data on the device. (Unless you want to read the GM notes for the next session of my Star Trek Scenario)

Would it be easier to simply boot your whole entire OS in RAM? This way you are not dealing with the USB stick, especially if it decides to Bork out someday, then you could be stuck. Everything done in RAM can be reversed by simply rebooting your computer, and have faster access speed to boot.

I'm gonna let you in on a little secret now.

I haven't consistently used an AV on my machine for years - I just don't browse content that could possibly infect my computer and I block most of intrusive ads, so I practically don't suffer from any infections whatsoever, and if I do come across a suspicious file, I install an AV for a couple minutes to check it and then proceed to uninstall the AV because I value performance over security. Unsafe, I know, I just don't care enough to suffer through AV software use - it's slowing me down way too much. An occasional scan works best for me.

I tried to change my awful ways by running AVAST! in the background, but no - old habits die hard, I couldn't stand it.

Out of curiosity, why not install and run the AV in virtual machine, when needed? Usually uninstalling any software will not fully remove the said software, they tends to leave garbage behind and also leaves your registry in disarray and thus could impact performance in some way regardless. I could be wrong though.

 

[Vengenceonu]

The reason why Microsoft called it Windows 10.

 

[Sheimi]

Just gotta wait at least 25 minutes to download it. Make a new partition and install it on that.

 

[nl255]

Windows 8 wasn't great, mostly due to driver issues. 8.1 on the other hand is amazeballs and I highly recommend it. Love the system, love the UI. Give it another go in your spare time.

I have, and Windows 8/Metro was such a royal pain in ass that I gave it up. No browser addons, no browsers other than MSIE (now I see there are unstable Firefox nightly builds for Windows 8) limited game/app options, having to go through a page of crap like news, stocks, and weather to start programs, having to use Google Docs because Libreoffice/Openoffice haven't been ported to Windows 8 yet, and so on. Not to mention that typing with a touch keyboard got pretty painful after a while and the voice input didn't work very well either. This was also on a completely stock Windows 8/8.1 system, nothing changed and no hacks like ModernMix or Classic Shell either.