How bad is Win 10? |
How bad is Win 10? |
pandy |
Sep 22 2017, 03:42 PM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,753 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
My computer has broken down. Yeah, again. I just bought a very slightly used one with a lot better components that I would otherwise afford.
It comes with Win 10 (Pro), I think. The guy hated it himself and recommended me to install 7 or 8 instead. 7 seems the least annoying, but support ends in less than 3 years. 8 seems pretty horrid too. So maybe I should just go with 10? I've read about the murder of the start menu, that updates are forced and that you have no control of what and when. Is it as bad as I've heard? |
Christian J |
Sep 22 2017, 04:44 PM
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It comes with Win 10 (Pro), I think. Consider a clean reinstall, just in case... QUOTE 8 seems pretty horrid too. So maybe I should just go with 10? Yes, 8 (and 8.1?) is worse than 10 from what I read, so it's between 7, 10 or Linux. QUOTE I've read about the murder of the start menu, that updates are forced and that you have no control of what and when. Is it as bad as I've heard? Perhaps with default settings, but a lot can be changed or removed. There is a Start menu, and you can customize it and remove unwanted junk from it. The flat user interface is a slight annoyance (hard to recognize clickable button, or if a menu needs to be scrolled), and user settings are found both in the old Control Panel and the new Settings, but it's no worse than the mess in previous Windows versions. Forced updates can be postponed by setting your Internet connection type to "metered". You can't avoid security updates this way though, but even then they shouldn't restart the OS without consent. I used third-party tools to disable as much spying as possible, and I of course wouldn't use any MS Cloud services or online accounts. The security settings might be problematic in some cases. For example, my XAMPP installation is not allowed to access files in My Documents. Maybe it's possible to fix this somehow, but I simply moved my projects into XAMPP instead. QUOTE until I have a computer again. Haven't you recieved it yet? |
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