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My Lenovo Ideapad seems to work fine. Win 10 laptop for £80 from the Bay of E, with 32 GB of memory. Another 32GB cost around £5.
Just how bad can Windows 10 be?
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Electric_Andy
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My Dad had windows 7 and was being bombarded with "alerts" to say he would be upgraded to Win10. He's not very IT savvy so was afraid of clicking on anything. Luckily he managed to fend it off. I hate the fact that this roll-out is being forced onto people.
Bazzer
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Another user who upgraded from the mess that was 8.1. No problems at all. Latest "upgraded" Outlook however 
coffeejo
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My laptop is staying on Win 7 but the new PC (when I finally get round to sorting it out and ordering the damn thing) will be Win 10.
threebikesmcginty
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Just did mine this week, from W7, had to reload the printer drivers but no real problems, Mrs McGinty's laptop has been great since it went from W8 to W10.
tincaman
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If you want W10 to be free on your existing device in the future, then upgrade no later than today, make sure its activated then roll back to Windows 7. Your device is now registered with Microsoft, if you upgrade to W10 again in the future then the upgrade will still be free.
Glenn
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While Windows 10 Anniversary Update doesn't officially go live until 2 August 2016, what seems to be essentially the finished patch - build 14393.5 - is now available to "Fast Ring" members of the Windows Insider programme.
It's on Windows Update as KB3176927, for those interested.
The Windows 10 Feedback Hub says the update offers "improved reliability and performance of Microsoft Edge with AdBlock and LastPass extensions enabled".
Edge needs all the help it can get to run at anything even close to an acceptable level on a mid-tier machine, so this is potentially great news.
End users will also be pleased to hear that the extensions "should continue to work" after installing other extension updates from the Windows Store.
Meanwhile, crippling battery issues with portable Windows 10 devices are also being addressed in 14393.5, with the promise that Microsoft has "fixed an issue" in which "runaway CPU processes" were causing battery drain while devices were idle.
"We also fixed a battery life issue due to the proximity sensor always running on some devices", it states, vaguely.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update now available for Insider programme Fast Ring
Update 14393.5 is officially here, but only for the privileged
The update also fixes flaws that prevented some Store apps from launching "due to a licensing issue".
Anyway, if you use Windows Update and aren't yet upset by it, you'll be pleased to know that issues with systems utilising Connected Standby (formerly InstantGo - the smartphone-like power management setup Windows 8 brought to the table) not running Windows Update are now fixed - so way more updates for you.
Further fixes include removing broken Search boxes in Store apps, and an issue where "keyboard input on some Windows tablet devices would not rotate to landscape normally".
We're actually not entirely sure what that last one means, but there's still plenty of times our old Surface Pro boots with the screen completely upside down, so reorientation generally may still be an issue.
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news...now-available-for-insider-programme-fast-ring
It's on Windows Update as KB3176927, for those interested.
The Windows 10 Feedback Hub says the update offers "improved reliability and performance of Microsoft Edge with AdBlock and LastPass extensions enabled".
Edge needs all the help it can get to run at anything even close to an acceptable level on a mid-tier machine, so this is potentially great news.
End users will also be pleased to hear that the extensions "should continue to work" after installing other extension updates from the Windows Store.
Meanwhile, crippling battery issues with portable Windows 10 devices are also being addressed in 14393.5, with the promise that Microsoft has "fixed an issue" in which "runaway CPU processes" were causing battery drain while devices were idle.
"We also fixed a battery life issue due to the proximity sensor always running on some devices", it states, vaguely.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update now available for Insider programme Fast Ring
Update 14393.5 is officially here, but only for the privileged
The update also fixes flaws that prevented some Store apps from launching "due to a licensing issue".
Anyway, if you use Windows Update and aren't yet upset by it, you'll be pleased to know that issues with systems utilising Connected Standby (formerly InstantGo - the smartphone-like power management setup Windows 8 brought to the table) not running Windows Update are now fixed - so way more updates for you.
Further fixes include removing broken Search boxes in Store apps, and an issue where "keyboard input on some Windows tablet devices would not rotate to landscape normally".
We're actually not entirely sure what that last one means, but there's still plenty of times our old Surface Pro boots with the screen completely upside down, so reorientation generally may still be an issue.
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news...now-available-for-insider-programme-fast-ring
steve50
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if you or anyone else do not want windows 10 to install on your pc (microsoft have stated they will automatically update any "unattended setups, ie; any computer that is left switched on full time) you can run this software to prevent it happening, GWX Control Panel, use the standalone version, http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/
I am currently running Windows 7 and I am very happy with it, I have been constantly reminded I can upgrade to Windows 10 but after trying to help a neighbor who had a problem with Windows 8 it has made me reluctant to upgrade. I know 10 is meant to be an improvement, but I don't like the format. My computer is compatible for 10 or so it says.
Should I go for 10 and just get used to the different layout, are there clear improvements. I have an old Lexmark x2550 printer, would that be compatible.
Last minute advice most welcome.
Should I go for 10 and just get used to the different layout, are there clear improvements. I have an old Lexmark x2550 printer, would that be compatible.
Last minute advice most welcome.
coffeejo
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I started umming and arring after commenting but realised that the free offer would expire before I could backup all my photographs, music and documents to my elderly external hard drive. Decision making the easy way.
I am exclusively Apple
Just in this case my wife wants a Windows base machine to run some astronomy software and controls.... not available on MacBooks
jefmcg
Guru
Apple only runs their software on their hardware**, so a much simpler problem to solve. They can literally test it on every possible hardware it will be installed on.
**with the noticeable exception of iTunes on Windows.
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The anniversary update is running perfectly fine on my 2 PCs, 1 laptop and 2 phones, and has done for longer than that factually incorrect and biased article posted above implies. It hit the slow ring on 20 July, and the fast ring the previous week
What is that crap about being 'only for the privileged'? The insider program is free and open to anyone running win10... all you need to do is tick a box in the settings.
What is that crap about being 'only for the privileged'? The insider program is free and open to anyone running win10... all you need to do is tick a box in the settings.
booze and cake
probably out cycling
I'm a week into my new Windows 10 laptop and must say I've been pleasantly surprised, its been a breeze to set up and use so far. Admittedly I've come from an ancient Windows XP professional running on a slow notebook, so I've dodged Windows 7 & 8 so can't compare it to them, but compared to XP its like stepping into the light. Its actually pretty intuitive and once you've turned off Cortana and the targeted marketing guffy whatnot, its been fine.
I thought windows would take eons to do its updates when you first start it up, but it was up and on the net within about 5 mins of being out of the box. A few days later it did have a big update that took about 45 minutes which was tedious down time, but otherwise has worked faultlessly so far.
I still don't like that you have no control over what updates it does and I'm unsure yet as to whether any of the updates actually undo any of the changes I have made, over time this is going to be a right pain in the arse if I've got to keep reapplying the settings I want, only to have Windows undo them, like a bleeding update hokey cokey.
On the subject of hokey cokey, another weird thing on the latest update is I'm being made to do the hokey cokey with the '@' key which has moved to 2 different positions on the keyboard so far, so forget angry birds and pokemon go, I've been trying to find the 'at'.
And there's more, I know Brexit was a disaster for the pound, such a disaster it seems that though my keyboard shows it should be accessed via 'Shift' + 3, it does'nt, it seems to collapsed in on itself and has completely vanished. Not sure if I'm being a numpty and I just need to change the keyboard 'zone' or whatever it is, or if its Windows 10 having a brain freeze.
These minor gripes apart got to say I'm pretty impressed so far.
I thought windows would take eons to do its updates when you first start it up, but it was up and on the net within about 5 mins of being out of the box. A few days later it did have a big update that took about 45 minutes which was tedious down time, but otherwise has worked faultlessly so far.
I still don't like that you have no control over what updates it does and I'm unsure yet as to whether any of the updates actually undo any of the changes I have made, over time this is going to be a right pain in the arse if I've got to keep reapplying the settings I want, only to have Windows undo them, like a bleeding update hokey cokey.
On the subject of hokey cokey, another weird thing on the latest update is I'm being made to do the hokey cokey with the '@' key which has moved to 2 different positions on the keyboard so far, so forget angry birds and pokemon go, I've been trying to find the 'at'.
And there's more, I know Brexit was a disaster for the pound, such a disaster it seems that though my keyboard shows it should be accessed via 'Shift' + 3, it does'nt, it seems to collapsed in on itself and has completely vanished. Not sure if I'm being a numpty and I just need to change the keyboard 'zone' or whatever it is, or if its Windows 10 having a brain freeze.
These minor gripes apart got to say I'm pretty impressed so far.
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