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Windows 10 technical preview

Paladin54

Paladin54

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Feb 3, 2012
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#1
Anyone taking the plunge with the Windows 10 technical preview?

I have a laptop I basically only surf the net with so I'm installing the technical preview to what it is like.

Microsoft says if you have Windows 7 or newer you can get a free upgrade to 10 when it is officially released.
 
#3
Have a relatively new and crappy Dell with 8.1. Don't like either one. I don't see the point in "upgrading" to 10 since it will most assuredly be a major marketing/commercial crapfest; much like 8.1 but probably on commercial steroids.
 
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There's been a lot of talk about desktop Android as a Win/Mac OS alternative. I've tried it and it works quite well. Its main problem is that it effectively turns your PC into a functional equivalent of an Android tablet, and there really isn't much Android software that is properly designed for tablets or larger screens. Compounding this problem is the fact that most Android software isn't compiled for x86 so, therefore, doesn't work. It should be pushed more - Linux advocates lament the fact that it's never taken off as a desktop OS, yet a Linux variant is the most widely-used mobile OS in the world.

Chrome OS is interesting - for 90% of people out there, the ones who only surf the web and do the occasional Word document or spreadsheet, it's perfectly adequate and pretty much idiot-proof. An ideal computer for Granny, basically. If you need more options, there's also ways of running Android software on it, as well as ways to install Linux alongside it.
 
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Many of the major software manufacturers are moving to models in which instead of buying a permanent license for a given software, you pay an annual fee for it. The fee includes updates. If you don't pay the next year's fee, whether the software will continue to work at the current level or simply shut down may depend on the vendor.

I am perfectly comfortable with Windows software, although I think they were crazy to train users in their interface for years, then throw that out the window with Win8. Stupid, stupid move. But the new annual licensing model many companies are moving to pisses me off.
 
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BboogieXVII said:
Hopefully something else will come along besides Windows and Mac. Maybe Google Chrome will advance or possibly even there will be a breakthrough with Linux. I think the alternatives we have now are rather banal.
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Very, very close to a breakthrough in Linux! Have you heard of Wine? Once Wine is further developed I will probably switch to Linux (at least for my next PC)
 

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