Windows 10 thoughts

Metanis said:
Have you looked at Mint 17.2? A Linux machine easier to use and more intuitive than Windows 10. Don't get me wrong, I like Win 10 a lot. But Microsoft continues to irritate the hell out of older desktop users. When I was a kid always tinkering under the hood of my Ford pickup truck my Dad would always try to warn me, "don't fix what ain't broken". Microsoft keeps fixing what ain't broke as far as seasoned citizens who don't like their paradigms changed so frequently. All that programming horsepower and they can't ask a customer if they want to retain an old-fashioned UI and just take the newer bits under the hood?
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So do you want MS to just leave a broken system O/S ?
IT is marketing and development - not the programmers, they improve the product.

Linux Mint works fine for what one want or needs it for. I use it for other uses on another system mainly - data recovery. As with the OS shifting and changing, ppl just need to adjust to change and not complain about everything that is not to their own standard. It is not much different from win 7 really and a hell of a shift from win 8.1 - as in the UI is more accessible and defined.
 
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I have had nothing but trouble with it and cause me no end of sleepless nights. safe to say windows seven has been reinstalled
 
Well, I've finally seen 10, if only for a minute. The incessant pop ups advising me to call MS's toll free support number made viewing the new OS a chore I didn't feel like doing.

The client bought a new HP laptop with 8.1 installed. She somehow managed to install the free Webroot AV on top of the McAfee that came pre-installed plus let plenty of malware walk right on by. She then upgrades to 10. How? I've no clue.

Too many problems so I went back to the original version. This is the first time I was actually happy to see 8.1! Installed her biz software plus a few more appls and collected some coin.

In Googling how to revert back after the upgrade I read something that I didn't realize. A month after the upgrade you won't have the option to roll back.

So I still haven't messed around with 10 and I'm in no rush to.
 
mr m said:
The client bought a new HP laptop with 8.1 installed. She somehow managed to install the free Webroot AV on top of the McAfee that came pre-installed plus let plenty of malware walk right on by. She then upgrades to 10. How? I've no clue.
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Right there I would have checked if the 10 was activated and if so I would have clean installed 10 right then.
mr m said:
So I still haven't messed around with 10 and I'm in no rush to.
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The longer you take to learn the basics the more of a disservice you are giving your clients.
ALL of this months income has been upgrading to Win 10. Not a problem on any of them. ( the count is 19 up to now) some from 7 and some from 8.
 
Porthos said:
Right there I would have checked if the 10 was activated and if so I would have clean installed 10 right then.

The longer you take to learn the basics the more of a disservice you are giving your clients.
ALL of this months income has been upgrading to Win 10. Not a problem on any of them. ( the count is 19 up to now) some from 7 and some from 8.
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There are always those who choose to resist or hate new versions of windows.

I was almost one of those people until I realized how big of a ding bat I was being.

Hating windows 8/8.1 because of the horrendous UI is one thing, but resisting or hating a new
OS before giving it a chance is plain childish and ignorant. Honorable mention to those who
will try to upgrade one or two machine, run into problems, and then jump right back on the hate wagon.
 
brandonkick said:
Honorable mention to those who
will try to upgrade one or two machine, run into problems, and then jump right back on the hate wagon.
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1 Don't use the built in updater always use the full download on USB.
2 Tune up and check for junkware/malware clean and charge accordingly.
3 image drive or at least make a fabs backup. CYA
 
Porthos said:
Right there I would have checked if the 10 was activated and if so I would have clean installed 10 right then.
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I don't advise my clients to install the latest software let alone on a crucial biz PC. It would be a disservice to let her run a biz on a brand new OS laden with privacy concerns.

Her last rig was 7 so I installed Classic Shell on 8.1 and she couldn't be happier. She didn't realize that the upgrade to 10 was optional.
 
mr m said:
I don't advise my clients to install the latest software let alone on a crucial biz PC.
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This. I've only upgraded a few residential clients to it. None of my Business clients are going to it and if they ask I will advise against it until I can rig a test system and make sure key software will work correctly. Being on the cutting edge means that sometimes you bleed.
 
mr m said:
I don't advise my clients to install the latest software let alone on a crucial biz PC. It would be a disservice to let her run a biz on a brand new OS laden with privacy concerns.
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OK, Run a business.
mr m said:
The client bought a new HP laptop with 8.1 installed. She somehow managed to install the free Webroot AV on top of the McAfee that came pre-installed plus let plenty of malware walk right on by.
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This looked like HOME user till I reread and saw this.
mr m said:
Installed her biz software plus a few more appls and collected some coin.
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If you do residential my point still stands about getting to know Windows 10.
 
nlinecomputers said:
Several of my clients have LOB apps that probably will work fine but I'd need to test to be certain. Prolaw, Landzone, ACS, TappsPACE.
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Of course there are some complicated and expensive business apps that need to be addressed.

I speak only from Residential client experience and those work from home clients that I deal with just use Quick books and that seems to work fine.

Forgive me if in some of my arrogant statements I forget about the complexities of "real" business setups.

I always thought we should have separate business and residential sections here.
 
I just installed win 10 from scratch with DVD on a Toshiba laptop older dual core it was quite fast with win 7

on win10 it was noticeable slow

From what little I have seen of win10 I do not like

With this Egde and Cortana bs
Nothing has taken off that M$ has ever done so why would it now
 
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