Windows 10

Tim

Intel's GPU drivers are notoriously shit.

NTA

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Kirwan" data-cid="510381" data-time="1440291191">Other way around. The beta has been out for a significant period of time, more than long enough for vendors to get their drivers in order.</blockquote>
But the drivers do exist - I got them from Intel direct using their driver update software. So if Windows update isn't listing them, who is to blame?

Tim

Are they WHQL?

NTA

Fucked if I know. Don't work for Intel.

Tim

Microsoft needs the drivers for several weeks so they certify them before releasing them on Windows Update.

NTA

The 15.33.x release from Intel was listed as first week July - latest (15.40.x) is first week August, if I'm reading my backwards American dates correctly
 
Neither was available.
 
So makes sense I guess if they're working on ~4 week turnaround.

Tim

<img src="http://i.imgur.com/GO6bkQZ.jpg" alt="GO6bkQZ.jpg"> 
It's the Lenovo [s]Surface Pro[/s] Ideapad Miix 700.

NTA

Jeez that's pretty skinny. Still has actual ports on it though.
 
I saw someone's Macbook Pro 12 the other day - its tiny, but then you have to carry around a dongle to do anything with it besides drink ethical mocha frappachino shots in the wankiest cafe you can find while looking at neckbeard websites on it through your glassless glasses.

taniwharugby

I took the plunge, seems to be good aside from the fact it seems to restart the laptop randomly (assume it is W10 given it didnt do it before) plus the fan sounds like it is working overtime now and again too (again, didnt do it before)

NTA

I discovered I had to change from avast antivirus because it doesn't play nice with Windows 10. Have gone back to AVG

taniwharugby

I'm just using Windows Defender

NTA

Have heard a few people don't bother with AV software any more. But I don't trust my kids or wife to block shit correctly.

taniwharugby

I'vve always used it, yet the odd thing always gets through, as I do a full scan and it finds it (assume looking where the quick scan didnt?)

Rembrandt

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="NTA" data-cid="545157" data-time="1448770595">
I discovered I had to change from avast antivirus because it doesn't play nice with Windows 10. Have gone back to AVG</blockquote>
 
how so NTA? We use Avast business free and I have it running on our Group manager's Surface 3 which is running Windows 10. He isn't one to mention anything though.

Rembrandt

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="545174" data-time="1448774226">
I'vve always used it, yet the odd thing always gets through, as I do a full scan and it finds it (assume looking where the quick scan didnt?)</blockquote>
 
Yeah still a necessity. Best to use in conjunction with a good malware scanner like Malwarebytes. 
Yep quickscan only checks the most common areas. Personally I've found avast the best AV going around. The business free edition is particularly impressive, a great option for small to medium sized businesses with bugger al IT budget.

NTA

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Rembrandt" data-cid="545249" data-time="1448780947">how so NTA? We use Avast business free and I have it running on our Group manager's Surface 3 which is running Windows 10. He isn't one to mention anything though.</blockquote>
Wife's PC was a Win7 upgrade to 10. One day after logging in, she just got a black screen and while Taskmgr was still available, nothing else was. 
Multiple restarts, safe mode etc but to no avail. Change to AVG, problem solved. Have read a few little things about it having issues, and while I've been a big fan of avast I can't go on like that. 
My notebook was having a few random little app / device crashes so I did that too. No issues after one week so far.

Rembrandt

Cheers good to know. Manager's one hasn't had anything that bad. I wonder how they might go removing avg then installing avast again. I've found that removing an AV before the windows 10 upgrade has increased chances of success so all my upgrades are AV free to begin with.

NTA

Good point.
 
Also being the tablet environment with no vendor hardware and a clean SOE install would make the Surface hum nicely. As I stated previously in this thread: MS weren't up to date with all the drivers even for Intel.

Rembrandt

True. I've just updated my personal hobby laptop from 7 to 10, will keep an eye on that to see how it goes as well. I've got a lofty goal of bringing all the Win7+ PCs in the companies I work for up to W10 before the free upgrade runs out (June I think). Would be nice to have a standard OS for a while though I'm still awaiting a significant number of XP machines to die of natural causes.

NTA

Still got XP on my work-provided notebook. Can't be arsed changing it because its still got the MS SQL setup I need for the elements of my work that should have died three months ago.

The Silver Fern

Windows 10