Anyone Else Get Their Free Windows 10?

[warbirdlover]

Got mine and installed it yesterday. Takes time but a piece of cake. And I like it. Haven't even begun to find all the stuff it can do.

 

[eclark53520]

Yeap, typical microsoft - Good OS, bad OS, Good OS, bad OS

Tick, Tock...

 

[TheTrueReview]

Yeap, typical microsoft - Good OS, bad OS, Good OS, bad OS

Tick, Tock...

Which category does this one fall into?

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

Which category does this one fall into?

Hopefully good. I forget but I think I have 8.1 on my laptop. I hate it. I deal with it, but I hate it.

 

[eclark53520]

Yeah, Windows 7 has been the defacto standard OS in the business world for many years. Windows 8 was a complete and utter failure. Windows 10 should be a winner.

 

[TheTrueReview]

Does it start quicker as claimed?

 

[eclark53520]

Does it start quicker as claimed?

That's far more dependent on your hardware than the OS installed....Windows is a hog and isn't going to get any smaller or significantly more performant.

If you want fast startup times, you need to install a Solid State Drive. Read/Write speeds magnitudes faster than the platter style drives.

My current laptop with a Samsung 850 EVO 250gig SSD will go from me hitting the restart button, to a login screen in under 15 seconds...after I type my credentials, I'm fully functioning in another 5 seconds or less. Now...I have an i7 core processor(which helps slightly)...but my last laptop did too and it was significantly slower to boot...in the 1 to 1.5 minute range.

 

[ualtim]

Yeah, Windows 7 has been the defacto standard OS in the business world for many years. Windows 8 was a complete and utter failure. Windows 10 should be a winner.

Was there a Windows 9? Or did Gates and Co forget how to count?

 

[PaPaD]

Got mine last night - so far so good. Went from 7 to 10. SWMBO has Windows 8 on hers - hate it. This looks 'normal' so far.

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

That's far more dependent on your hardware than the OS installed....Windows is a hog and isn't going to get any smaller or significantly more performant.

If you want fast startup times, you need to install a Solid State Drive. Read/Write speeds magnitudes faster than the platter style drives.

My current laptop with a Samsung 850 EVO 250gig SSD will go from me hitting the restart button, to a login screen in under 15 seconds...after I type my credentials, I'm fully functioning in another 5 seconds or less. Now...I have an i7 core processor(which helps slightly)...but my last laptop did too and it was significantly slower to boot...in the 1 to 1.5 minute range.

I have a laptop set up for gaming and it has an SSD and it does great on startup too. It's especially handy because it seems like games are always needing updates and a restart.

 

[PaPaD]

Was there a Windows 9? Or did Gates and Co forget how to count?

Gates can only count in billions...........

 

[eclark53520]

Was there a Windows 9? Or did Gates and Co forget how to count?

No Windows 9. 8.1 was their ditch effort at making Windows 8 not suck big floppy donkey dick.

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

No Windows 9. 8.1 was their ditch effort at making Windows 8 not suck big floppy donkey dick.

8.1 sucks big floppy disc too. Still no Start button in 8.1. A mans gotta have his start button.

 

[eclark53520]

8.1 sucks big floppy disc too. Still no Start button in 8.1. A mans gotta have his start button.

I didn't say it worked...

 

[TheTrueReview]

I really like Windows 8 / 8.1 ... after I downloaded software from Stardock which makes the start button appear like a 'normal' Windows layout. From memory it's less than $20 to download. Works perfectly.