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As a counter-point, having switched to Windows 10 on a custom built machine a month ago as well, from Arch Linux: > Animated ads in the start menu tiles I wou

As a counter-point, having switched to Windows 10 on a custom built machine a month ago as well, from Arch Linux: > Animated ads in the start menu tiles I wouldn't know, I removed the default tiles and I'm just using stuff I manually pinned. > I've had to upgraded and restart almost every other day for 4 weeks My uptime currently is 7 days, last reboot was me wanting to manually upgrade to 20H2. YMMV. > There are ads that keep reapparing in the tiles on update Hasn't happened to me. > there are constant popus reminding me to log in to my windows account I'm using a local account, I don't get any popup to log in using my Microsoft account. > nVidia ads popping up in the lower-right corner How? I've never seen this in my life. I'm running an NVIDIA card. > MSoft ads popping up in the lower-right corner I think I got the "you should upgrade to New Edge" popup once, doesn't appear anymore because I did (I wanted to try it out) > Also, day one: tried installing some LabView software and BSOD No BSOD yet, but YMMV, drivers can vary in quality. > Starting a new app takes about 15~30 seconds I wouldn't know. I've got 64 GB of RAM and a fast NVMe. Nothing loads in more than one second from cold start for me. -- Either brand PC are loaded with additional crap (of course I ran the O&O Shut Up 10 thing just after first installation) or my experience is much nicer than I've read on this forum.

SaltyBackendGuy 6y ago
This have been my experience also. It takes a little bit to get the configuration where I like it, but it's solid after that. Especially if you have top tier hardware (which you can actually upgrade, which is also nice).
trynewideas 6y ago
I switched from Lenovo to Acer because the Lenovo crapware had become horrific. Broke my heart because I'd been a longtime ThinkPad user, but going from a solid X220 to a P1 that failed in two years, to a crapware-laden Yoga that had multiple failures in the first 6 months just killed any love I had for the brand. Acer's hardware is inferior in every measurable spec but hasn't failed me yet, and that's frankly all I want from it. It works and it stays out of my way.
DangitBobby 6y ago
Nvidia advertises it's new drivers in a pop-up with "GForce Experience" or whatever. You have to have an account with Nvidia (???!!?) to download this advertised driver.
- ranfbejd 6y ago
  Geforce experience is entirely superfluous, really. I'd John st deinstall it. You can adjust almost everything from the control panel anyway
  - DangitBobby 6y ago
    I was just explaining what the other guy was talking about. My Windows 10 experience has been pretty good.
higerordermap 6y ago
> I removed the default tiles and I'm just using stuff I manually pinned Yeah IIRC they can also resize the start menu manually if they don't want any tiles.

SaltyBackendGuy 6y ago

This have been my experience also. It takes a little bit to get the configuration where I like it, but it's solid after that. Especially if you have top tier hardware (which you can actually upgrade, which is also nice).

trynewideas 6y ago

I switched from Lenovo to Acer because the Lenovo crapware had become horrific. Broke my heart because I'd been a longtime ThinkPad user, but going from a solid X220 to a P1 that failed in two years, to a crapware-laden Yoga that had multiple failures in the first 6 months just killed any love I had for the brand. Acer's hardware is inferior in every measurable spec but hasn't failed me yet, and that's frankly all I want from it. It works and it stays out of my way.

DangitBobby 6y ago

Nvidia advertises it's new drivers in a pop-up with "GForce Experience" or whatever. You have to have an account with Nvidia (???!!?) to download this advertised driver.

ranfbejd 6y ago
Geforce experience is entirely superfluous, really. I'd John st deinstall it. You can adjust almost everything from the control panel anyway
- DangitBobby 6y ago
  I was just explaining what the other guy was talking about. My Windows 10 experience has been pretty good.

higerordermap 6y ago

> I removed the default tiles and I'm just using stuff I manually pinned Yeah IIRC they can also resize the start menu manually if they don't want any tiles.