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Old 01-22-2015, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by spdrun View Post
Assuming it is an upgrade and doesn't (say) try to ram kloud-krap services down users' gullets with a sharp stick. Windows 8/8.1 was a downgrade over Windows 7. Let's hope that 10 will actually improve things.

FWIW, it does seem like an improvement and doesn't do anything horrible like disallowing local accounts. And the update/revision control is actually better than in Win 7 and 8.x.
Once you remove the metroUI bs, I prefer Windows 8 over Windows 7.

-They finally put native windows taskbars on multiple monitors.
-Once you get used to it the ribbon Windows Explorer is actually nice.
-I do like the new file transfer dialog as it shows you a graph of the transfer speed
-Boot times are pretty quick
-New task manager is an improvement over Windows 7's.

I don't use any of the cloud crap. Just a local account. No metro stuff, I put on Classic Start.

For a long time I did not see a need/reason to move from Windows 7, but some time ago I installed it one a freshly built computer and gave it a shot. Metro got in the way so I gave Stardock's Start8 a try and haven't look back. I only have 2 Windows 7 machines left out of the 8-10 that I have running. I do have one linux machine, used to have two, moved the second over to Windows 8 around xmas
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