W10. Hold my beer

rcjordan · July 29, 2015, 04:44:19 PM

I'm going in.

Mackin USA · July 29, 2015, 05:03:29 PM

You are a Brave MF

Brad · July 29, 2015, 06:08:08 PM

Camera set to video. Go.

Drastic · July 29, 2015, 06:34:20 PM

Hell ya, you first.

rcjordan · July 29, 2015, 07:57:09 PM

Did a custom install, turned almost everything off. Chrome seemed slow, so I went to the Start/Windows icon in the taskbar and found the active app section called "Life at a glance" and killed almost everthing, most of it MS bloatware. For the few I kept, I killed the live tile feature. Speed seems OK now, maybe a tad slow.

rcjordan · July 29, 2015, 08:05:10 PM

There is now some sort of MS map program in the default apps for offline map viewing. I dug around and turned off automatic updates.

Drastic · July 29, 2015, 09:52:53 PM

What hardware you running it on?

Would also love to know of anyone doing upgrade path with a heavy setup.

rcjordan · July 29, 2015, 10:13:35 PM

Cortana is baked in. You can't uninstall but you can turn it off. Done. Looking at OneDrive next.

>hardware

Nothing special, but very light on peripheral devices -just 3; usb monitor, keyboard, & trackball.
Lenovo media server. Celeron 1.6ghz, 4g ram

rcjordan · July 29, 2015, 10:41:15 PM

Settings > Personalization > Start will allow you to enable or disable a few key features. I nuked "Show most used apps" and "Show recently added apps". It also allows you to add folders you want to directly access, I added Documents and Photos.

rcjordan · July 30, 2015, 01:32:01 AM

Slower to cold boot than W8.1 and waaaay slower to shut down

jetboy · July 30, 2015, 10:05:05 AM

Got my installer. Going to try it on a Dell Inspiron 9300 notebook first, which has just had its 10th birthday, and is still in use.

I figure I can't stay on Windows 7 forever.

Drastic · July 30, 2015, 12:38:15 PM

Yeah I have w win7 notebook for a first victim, too. Just need to take the time.

Read some reports about audio problems, and some apps being removed on upgrade.

rcjordan · July 30, 2015, 01:00:27 PM

Didn't MS cut cpu use way back on W7-8 to counter complaints about Vista being a hog? It feels like they are trying to slip back into something heavier now. Just a feeling, no real data to back it up, but some of these old machines might groan under the load.

Mackin USA · July 30, 2015, 01:05:55 PM

The operating system has been described by Microsoft's chief executive, Satya Nadella as a "Windows as a service" with improvements to be rolled out as they become available, rather than working towards a specific upgrade at a future date.

We asked you to give Windows 10 a mark out of 10 (10 being the best). Here are some of your marks.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33705500?ocid=socialflow_facebook

rcjordan · July 30, 2015, 01:24:30 PM

>marks

The average user will install it and love it ...for a few days. You can't trust those dumbasses. So far, I'd rate it a 7-8, but look how much I've gutted it. I was fine with a filleted 8.1, too.

>service

What's that we say here? "The power is in the defaults." I fully expect MS to try some of the xbox subscription service type stuff. That's why this upgrade is free.