Windows 10

Cause 7 8 9. Seriously though, I hear that it is just Windows 8 with a start menu. But it seems like they are using an idea from a few Linux operating systems in which you can have multiple virtual desktops. I'll stick with Windows 7 for the time being since it wasn't too long ago that I made the transition from XP.

Being a Microsoft insider i've already tested windows 10, the system looks and feels like windows 8/7 but at its core is diffrent, everything is renderd in windows again like windows 7 and it has a start menu(although they did tape a metro ui to the side of it -_-)

it has the speed of windows 8 and the functionality of 7.

7 users should feel familiar and developers can breath easily again since it runs on both the 7 and 8 api, meaning that windows 7 software runs w/o a hitch and 8 software is finally windowed.

Now for the people wondering why 10? its because a old code that is used in certain software.

here is a little string from a program i made a while ago

"if.version = 9* run x"
which meant that if the version started with a 9 it would run a command, this was needed to filter out the 95, 95+, 98 and 98+. tough it'd be much easier to filter on the kernel version most of us requested the system version.

this is why we/they swapped to 10 to avoid the "if.version" statement back in old programs which could cause instability.

anyway i hope i've informed you all, if you wish to have screenshots of windows 10 i'll gladly share them :)

Can't see any point of switching over to 10 from 7. 8 failed to convince me and I've lost a lot of faith in Microsoft lately. Will stay on the sidelines for now.

not need rush moved to win 10 it still on technical preview, microsoft put keylogger in it, so they will monitored all of your activity

microsft is not allowed to keylog, its a breach of their privacy agreement with the users and prohibited by law, they are allowed to keep track of programs you use, but that's about it. please avoid swinging around things you have no knowledge of. that the nsa does those things on both mac, windows, xbox and playstation is a diffrent matter, but microsoft doesn't keylog themselves (also, if you're going to argue about apple vs microsoft, keep in mind that microsoft owns 80% of apple's shares and owns 70% of apple)

it possible from statement "Data We Collect" point 3 and 4 and "How We Collect Data" point 2 from "Privacy Statements"
Privacy Statements for Windows Technical Preview
this only applied on technical preview for consumer release they dont do it

It's definitely an improvement over Windows 8.1

Microsoft is planning to unify the Windows operating system across multiple types of devices by using an interface that responds to the capabilities of your system and the peripherals you have connected to it accordingly. This essentially means that if your computer is touchscreen capable your interface will primarily be metro inspired, when you connect a mouse and keyboard to the computer you'll get to enjoy the user experience associated with the classic Windows interface.

Additionally, Microsoft is going to try and make another big push with the Windows Store; we're all aware of the success that Linux distros have had with software distrobution centers and Microsoft claims this time around they'll take a more open approach to the way they handle it. Whether or not those claims are legitimate is still up in the air. Personally, I hope they take a number from the Linux community on this one, but still maintain an active level of quality control over what kind of applications we see in there. While I do respect the smaller developers out there I don't think anyone wants to browse through pages of one-off software that provide little to no functionality. Hopefully they'll learn from Valve's mistakes when it comes to digital distribution.

So, is the price of upgrading justified? Not really, nothing revolutionary has been introduced, Windows 7 & 8 will still be supported for quite some time. Unless you're one of those cases where you're constantly switching between the mouse/keyboard combo and a touchscreen, It's more cost-efficient to stick with what you have and wait until there's something there worth shelling out the cash for.

Anyone using 10 yet? I'm in the process of installing it.

Installed it, was in need to reformat my drives anyway. I was on 8.1 before, so it has a familiar feel. Definitely was made for a tablet/touch screen like the previous version. Edge seems like it could have potential as soon as some add-ons are made ready. Haven't had any stability problems with any games, but I've only tried League and ESO.

I'm just glad I can finally use all 64 gigs of my ram. Not that 16 gb was bad, it just bugged me that I wasn't able to use all that I paid for. Now that I think about it, 64 gb is a bit overkill, I hardly even play pc games, lol.

Do not download Windows 10. It broke my GPU and is filled with bugs at the moment.
Wait until they fix their shit...

It's like they read my post or something. Who knew Microsoft would actually listen to their consumers at some point or take a page from Linux.

I upgraded, I'm actually enjoying it, although I hear Cortana is a nosy little cunt.

For the most part, the windows 10 upgrade tool is quite robust, and in most cases will failover nicely and revert back to 7. In the case that you are in 10 and don't like it, there's the option to revert back to your previous OS installation within a month since your upgrade. Just search "go back" in the search bar or select the option under Settings > Update & Security > Restore. This is granted you haven't cleared out your windows.old folder using disk cleanup or any other tool.

I like how the my start button disappears for no apparent reason and I have to restart explorer.exe to get it back, as well as not being able to keep setting open if it's not in focus and having to look around for the real control panel that doesn't close of its own free will. I also really love how the task panel doesn't understand the concept of a fullscreen application and frequently blocks part of the video on the second monitor or some of whatever game I am playing on the first monitor.

But the best thing of all: the inability to disable automatic updating. Now I too can get bad updates to add bluescreens to my life because I can't wait a day to read about them before installing. Also it nags the shit out of you if you disable "virus protection" and re-enables if you dismiss the notification. I disable this so it doesn't wreck my old games.(Some, like Prince of Persia for DOS throw false positives)

Would just stay in gentoo all day erry day if only it worked with stuff like Skyrim.

You might find some useful (free) tools on this guy's site, including how to restore notification on updates (e.g. it updates when *you* tell it to, albeit I'm not sure if it's only possible on Pro):

http://winaero.com/

As for the virus scanner issues: add your old apps to the exclusion list of Windows Defender.