Lucky me I never did any of those tweaks or changes, but I still got bit. But hey, nothings perfect!
I installed right away as it coincided with a hardware upgrade. But mine was a full fresh install on a formatted drive, not an update. No problems.
Good topic for a poll.
But no, I took it when it was recommended and had no problems.
Win 10 has always made me nervous, and I only have it because my new rig came with it, but while I’m still nervous, it hasn’t caused me any trouble at all yet. In fact, I’ve been rather pleased. So far. Then again, it’s primarily a gaming rig, so maybe that helps. My needs are simple.
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It definitely sucks that some of you had problems despite doing nothing out of the ordinary. But I know that plenty of people here have talked about doing nonstandard things right in this thread, so I always feel like asking when people do have problems :-)
LMN8R
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BUILD day 2 is here with a bunch of updates for Windows.
OneDrive placeholders are finally returning in a way more integrated into the OS itself, instead of just the shell, with some additional functionality from the placeholders from Windows 8.1:
New app “Story Remix” shows not just a bunch of ways to edit your photos and videos into a “story”, but also how 3D objects can be seamlessly mapped and attached to 2D objects:
Windows 10 Cloud-based clipboard - integrated into iOS and Android via the SwiftKey keyboard:
New / updated design language explained:
iTunes coming to the Windows Store via Centennial:
Linux distros coming to the Windows Store too:
“Timeline” shows you a history of apps / documents you’ve used, and it works via Cortana on iOS and Android devices to pick up right from where you left off:
All the continuity stuff makes a lot of sense for the new Microsoft-- Apple did this a couple years ago, but being Apple they kept it to themselves. The rest is no big whoop, but they do two of these a year so you can’t expect huge changes every time.
I wonder if iTunes will be the current desktop app or if Apple is re-writing it as a UWP app.
Odds are it’s the former. But imagine all the unhappy fanboys if Apple wrote a new iTunes for Windows, when the Mac version is universally derided.
LMN8R
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It’s the full version of iTunes.
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Wasnt there supposed to be some sort of music maker program with it? Kinda like IOS Garage band? I miss a good music maker program like the good old MOD makers.
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There was one teased last year in a video compilation about the creators update, but it’s never been discussed in more detail. Must have been delayed.
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aha! Thats probably what I remember reading about - thanks!
In case anyone is interested, you can still upgrade to 10 for free using the content creation tool.
I had seen this article from January:
I upgraded from 7 today and it went just as described.
Microsoft is also providing a free Windows 10 upgrade to anyone using technological assistance (you acknowledge that you are, and then download - please don’t lie. That would be wrong.)
Hi folks,
I’ve been browsing this thread for a long time in anticipation of a time that has now arrived. I’ve completed a new PC build (i7, 32GB RAM, 2-1TB SSD, 2-4GB HDD, GeForce GTX 1070) with all components except the OS, saving it for last because I’ve been so worried about all the Windows 10 horror stories I’ve seen here and many other places, and hoped that one day I’d read enough respected opinions which finally confirm that all issues are resolved and it is a solid, safe choice. I’ve read so many conflicting “Windows 7 vs. Windows 10” articles that my mind is blown, and I still can’t decide.
Can you folks please help me with this? It sounds like most here have Win-10 now. Is it better, worse, worth the hassle of tweaking those areas that need tweaking? Is the tweaking fairly straightforward? Do you regret changing?
If it matters, I don’t need any device-integration features, at least at the moment. I almost never use my Xbox, don’t own a tablet, and use my phone for only very basic tasks.
I guess my main concern would be that games, internet use, and applications continue to work without bugs or very much tweaking.
Any advise would be very much appreciated.
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Windows 10 is on 500 million computers. More than Windows 7 now.
If those horror stories were representative of the mainstream, you’d be hearing a lot more about them.
Even if you care about the privacy violations like me, Windows 10 is basically unavoidable. Windows 7 is already desupported, and 8/8.1 have the same telemetry badware now. Run shutup10 and winaero to disable the spying and annoyances, and win10 is fine.
Well, Windows 7 will get security updates for a couple more years. But mainstream support (in which MS will also add new features) ended after 5 years.
