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<p>Windows 10 seems good so far. Upgraded my home PC from 8.1 but I hardly do anything on it, mainly just used as a media server at the moment. Quicker and definitely easier to use, start menu looks good.<br><br>
As an aside, had my first go with a windows phone yesterday...could they make it any less intuitive? What a fucking nightmare to use or try change any simple configuration.</p>
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<p>Not intuitive? Meaning you have used a previous phone and after one day with a different phone you don't know it as well as the one you had for years?</p>
<p>After using all 3 brands to a quite in depth level, I think they are all pretty intuitive. Takes time with all of them, especially if you are swapping smartphone for smartphone. </p> -
Microsoft's push for Windows 10 could be the missing link for their mobile suite. But they're way behind at this point so it will need to be a compelling argument.<br><br>
I've been a supporter of Windows since XP, excluding the abortion that was Vista. <br><br>
The vendor whose API product we're using all have Macbooks. I asked why not a single one of them had Windows: "couldn't get the tools we need to work" so I set about proving them wrong. Then i took the time to show off the features and software I had access to under Windows, that no one would bother developing for Apple. -
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<p>P.S Go fuck yourself Bar :)</p>
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<p>Yeah - Bar can go fuck himself! :)</p>
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<p>You can too! :)</p>
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<p>If you worked for Microsoft - are you an ex-hacker? If so, I may have to come to one of these Fern reunions just to fuck you up. Are you as big as Hooroo claims to be? If so, I might have to bring a baseball bat.</p>
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<p>Now seriously - what the fuck is it with Microsoft? They release software that does EXACTLY the same fucking thing - but, they rename the commands and hide them in different fucking places - and claim that's a revolution. It is just a monopoly exercising their c*ntishness. So fuck them.</p>
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<p>I do not give a flying fuck about Apple and Android - I have neither - especially after I lost my phone in Singapore Airport last week.</p>
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<p>I am someone who has to run my own business using Microsoft software and every time they change it they are sabotaging me for minor gains to me but to maximise their own profit. </p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Baron Silas Greenback" data-cid="507823" data-time="1439372548"><p>Not intuitive? Meaning you have used a previous phone and after one day with a different phone you don't know it as well as the one you had for years?<br>
After using all 3 brands to a quite in depth level, I think they are all pretty intuitive. Takes time with all of them, especially if you are swapping smartphone for smartphone.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Yeah - Bar can go fuck himself! :)</p>
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<p>You can too! :)</p>
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<p>If you worked for Microsoft - are you an ex-hacker? If so, I may have to come to one of these Fern reunions just to fuck you up. <strong>Are you as big as Hooroo claims to be?</strong> If so, I might have to bring a baseball bat.</p>
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<p>Now seriously - what the fuck is it with Microsoft? They release software that does EXACTLY the same fucking thing - but, they rename the commands and hide them in different fucking places - and claim that's a revolution. It is just a monopoly exercising their c*ntishness. So fuck them.</p>
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<p>I do not give a flying fuck about Apple and Android - I have neither - especially after I lost my phone in Singapore Airport last week.</p>
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<p>I am someone who has to run my own business using Microsoft software and every time they change it they are sabotaging me for minor gains to me but to maximise their own profit. </p>
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<p>Yes - I can doubtless run all of them - but, it's costing me money - at both ends.</p>
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<p>Big difference between big and fat..... you'd just need a chicken wing to take me down!</p>
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<p>Ah, old people and computers....</p>
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<p>Hooroo - if he's too big I'll run the fecker down with my mobility scooter and beat what's left with my walking stick.</p> -
<p>Windows 10 has been good. I preferred 7, and downgraded from 8 to use it as my daily driver.</p>
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<p>This has the best bits of 7 and 8, and incredibly the required specs to run is the same as 7. That is a serious achievement, and means there is no reason not to upgrade, even if your computers is 6/7 years old. </p>
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<p>The upgrade was painless (its best to wait until it prompts you to upgrade, that means your PC is less likely to have issues). Only thing I had to re-install was some work related software. </p>
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<p>Now that's windows as a service, it's worth getting the free upgrade (you have a year) and getting improvements as they come out. Last "big" release of windows.</p> -
<p>Don't worry Chris. I am a measly 5'10 and 80kgs. I do fight dirty though.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="NTA" data-cid="508201" data-time="1439537487"><p>Any dev software in that list?</p></blockquote>
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Sorry what list? You mean the upgrade matrix they are using to stagger the release?<br><br>
I don't think that is documented, but I've found the backwards compatibility is great. I had to reinstall the JRE I was using to get an eclipse based tool working properly. <br><br>
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<p> I had to reinstall the JRE I was using to get an eclipse based tool working properly<br>
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<p>That kind of list - thanks. I only have a few things poking around that are either windows-native (SourceTree, Sublime) or ridiculously <em>not</em> Windows (maven, ant, git)</p>
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<p>Anyway I tried to run the install but it hung on the "preparing" bit :mocking: so I'll give it another crack shortly. 2.7Gb is a little hefty for my poor old third-world DSL2.</p> -
<p>Yeah only definitive error I've seen listed is from a WIn7 upgrader - he said it got stuck somewhere but once he changed Locale to USA it was all good in his case.</p>
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<p>If it goes smoothly with my near-new Win 8.1 notebook I'll consider updating the little netbook I bought 3 years ago as well. It runs 64-bit Win 7 and its clunky. If that's good, the wife's machine is next.</p> -
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<p>Don't worry Chris. I am a measly 5'10 and 80kgs. I do fight dirty though.</p>
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<p>I find it extraordinarily hard to believe the last bit! :)</p>
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<p>Boxing weight divisions are fucked in developed countries as people have got bigger. If you fine down a little bit you can fight as a light heavyweight - I'm a super middleweight (with a large burger and fries I'll be light heavyweight), but with a reach advantage and, according to Tim, allowed a zimmer-frame to whack you with and then an "Uh, uh, uh...you can't hit old people..." :)</p> -
<p>Standard windows with no colour on them shits me - hard to tell quickly which one has focus, which is especially troublesome in a multi-screen environment.</p>
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<p>So I went and found a fix.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.howtogeek.com/222831/how-to-get-colored-window-title-bars-on-windows-10-instead-of-white/'>http://www.howtogeek.com/222831/how-to-get-colored-window-title-bars-on-windows-10-instead-of-white/</a></p> -
<p>Also once you've upgraded, make sure Windows Update runs and <em>then</em> get onto your device providers and make sure all their shit is up to date.</p>
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<p>For some reason the Intel graphics drivers didn't come through on Windows Update so I had to go get them from Intel website directly after a couple of BSODs</p> -
<p>Just had to uninstall and reinstall sound drivers. MS telling me I already had the latest. Ahh, no...</p>
