Jeff Wexler Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I just got my hands on the new Windows 10 and it is awful! What were they thinking? It looks VERY retro, incompatible with every single software application, incredibly sluggish and ugly as hell. I was thinking of leaving the Mac and going with Windows but after looking at this... forget about it! Wait a minute. I think it might be Windows 1.0, not 10. Missed the decimal point I guess. I might give Windows 10 a whirl when it comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) It comes out today. I have been using the beta on my laptop for a while. It works fine. What I really like about it is the EDGE browser. It is very fast. A lot faster then the competition. And You can write and mark on top of web pages and share with people. Cortana is pretty good even with accents "not like siri". I use it on my phone all the time. For the gamers with windows 10 you can stream xbox games on your pc. Hologram and 3d projection in the future... And everybody can make design and build hardware. You can run it on a $60 tablet. Part of Windows 10’s big promise is that the same apps can run across PCs, tablets, phones, and even the Xbox One console. As a result, the next phones will have an expansive set of apps from Windows 10 to jumpstart the ecosystem. Word, Excel and PowerPoint are free. Windows made the great decision to release all their windows phone apps to other OS. You have to try Here maps - in my opinion the best navigation software. You can download maps to your phone so even if out of celurar coverage your GPS will work. I highly recommend it for IOS and Android. Give it a try. Edited July 29, 2015 by RadoStefanov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I will probably never use Window but I hope it does well. Competition is good for all and I own MSFT & AAPL stock. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindrop Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Don't we all miss that lovely CRT barrel distortion, monospaced fonts, and other digital delights from the software shoppe and enporiun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Jeff, give this CP/M emulator for OS X a spin. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 CPM! Wow. Kids these days, they have no idea what the early days of "personal" computers were like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 My first computer was an improved appleII clone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravetz_computers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Visser Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 My high school in California had a VAX/VMS mainframe. To my delight, I learned how to not only send messages to other terminals, but tell other terminals to send messages to other terminals - my first spoofing message attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 http://www.pcworld.com/article/2943752/wifi-passwordsharing-feature-in-windows-10-raises-security-concerns.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 don't use it. I have had it on my phone for a long time but never enabled it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 I hated W8 so much that I've not even looked @ W10, our studio DAW and my field "expendable" netbook are W7. Looking for reasons to bother with changing…. p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted July 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 I think Microsoft has gone out of their way to make Windows 10 less hatable. You'll still hate it but in a different sort of way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Youngman Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 I applaud microsoft with what they are trying to full of in making a true multi platform OS. Even apple even though they work well together still need to be coded different between I devices and Macs. If windows 10 is what I hope I will never look at an apple product again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Visser Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 It is the promise of Java all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Woodcock Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) For the gamers with windows 10 you can stream xbox games on your pc. A real gamer would just be using his PC to play games :-P Edited August 1, 2015 by Chris Woodcock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Youngman Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 A real gamer would just be using his PC to play games :-P PC master race for Life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frias Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindrop Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 LOL2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I may be buying a Windows PC (all right, you can all get up off the floor). The last computer I had running an operating system from Microsoft was a no-name 8088 XT clone that I built in 1981. I need a little help understanding the specs for the model I might be getting. Lenovo - 19.5" Portable Touch-Screen. If anyone has the time (Courtney?) could you take a look at the specs for me? For example, processor type/speed, 1.7 ghz, is that going to be very slow? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Looking forward to hearing the rest of this story. I wonder which family member is being held as a hostage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard-NYNY Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I may be buying a Windows PC (all right, you can all get up off the floor). The last computer I had running an operating system from Microsoft was a no-name 8088 XT clone that I built in 1981. I need a little help understanding the specs for the model I might be getting. Lenovo - 19.5" Portable Touch-Screen. If anyone has the time (Courtney?) could you take a look at the specs for me? For example, processor type/speed, 1.7 ghz, is that going to be very slow? Thanks. http://www.pcworld.com/article/230055/laptopdesktopspecs.html several parts/components make a pc 'fast.' i3 processor running at 1.7 ghz and no solid state drive--slowww if you're planning on doing anything involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Thanks, Gerard, that's exactly the type of info I need. I have no problem understanding the specs for Macs and the Mac operating system, but I have no personal experience with Intel hardware and Windows OS. Hopefully some others will chime in with their reactions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 >Looking forward to hearing the rest of this story. I wonder which family member is being held as a hostage...< Thank you John Blankenship, I needed the laugh this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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