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Seriously. I understand why people were upset over this, business owners in particular, but as a web developer, I'm (not so secretly) happy they did this. As f

Seriously. I understand why people were upset over this, business owners in particular, but as a web developer, I'm (not so secretly) happy they did this. As far as I can tell, there are two main camps of Windows 10 haters: users who know their systems really well and have it customized to fit their niche needs, and less technical users who are afraid of change. Those technical users should know how to turn off the update suggestions, and the less technical people are in a better place, now. After using Windows 10 for a year, it is undeniably better than Windows 8.1 in every way, and better than or equal to Windows 7. The fewer less technical people out there using Edge instead of IE 11, the better.

grawlinson 10y ago
Every time I try and turn off some weird functionality that makes me uncomfortable in Windows 10, it always gets re-enabled in a later update. It's a great OS, sure. But Microsoft are doing a great job at making me switch to Linux faster.
milankragujevic 10y ago
> After using Windows 10 for a year, it is undeniably better than Windows 8.1 in every way, and better than or equal to Windows 7. In my case, it's the complete opposite. Windows 10 is so sluggish and buggy, WiFi doesn't work when returning from sleep, battery is draining really fast, programs open slowly, even with an SSD, the screen has a weird flicker and blue lines on the top... These problems don't occur on Windows 8.1. TBH, Windows 7 works worse than 10 on my laptop, but that's because there are no drivers directly written for 7, so it BSODs a lot.
- scholia 10y ago
  All my Windows 10 upgrades have improved performance, so far (touching wood here, throwing salt etc). You might get an improvement with the new version due on or after August 2, but if not, it's worth trying a clean installation.... > Windows 7 works worse than 10 on my laptop, but that's because there are no drivers directly written for 7, so it BSODs a lot You can usually run the new OS on the old hardware, but not necessarily the other way round. Today's hardware is being designed for Windows 10 and has probably never been tested with Windows 7 (unless it's a business PC from Dell or HP).

grawlinson 10y ago

Every time I try and turn off some weird functionality that makes me uncomfortable in Windows 10, it always gets re-enabled in a later update. It's a great OS, sure. But Microsoft are doing a great job at making me switch to Linux faster.

milankragujevic 10y ago

> After using Windows 10 for a year, it is undeniably better than Windows 8.1 in every way, and better than or equal to Windows 7. In my case, it's the complete opposite. Windows 10 is so sluggish and buggy, WiFi doesn't work when returning from sleep, battery is draining really fast, programs open slowly, even with an SSD, the screen has a weird flicker and blue lines on the top... These problems don't occur on Windows 8.1. TBH, Windows 7 works worse than 10 on my laptop, but that's because there are no drivers directly written for 7, so it BSODs a lot.

scholia 10y ago
All my Windows 10 upgrades have improved performance, so far (touching wood here, throwing salt etc). You might get an improvement with the new version due on or after August 2, but if not, it's worth trying a clean installation.... > Windows 7 works worse than 10 on my laptop, but that's because there are no drivers directly written for 7, so it BSODs a lot You can usually run the new OS on the old hardware, but not necessarily the other way round. Today's hardware is being designed for Windows 10 and has probably never been tested with Windows 7 (unless it's a business PC from Dell or HP).