Windows 10 (2 Viewers)

[pete]

Anyone tried it yet? I installed the 32bit preview version on a 7 year old netbook last night and it works surprisingly well. Seems nice.

 

[nooleen]

when did 9 happen?

 

[pete]

shhh

 

[GO]

Whats the story with audio on it?

 

[Gambra]

Whens the proper launch for it? I'll probably use for the PC build I'll be doing pretty soon but I assume the preview ISO they have out isn't good enough to rely on going forward right? I should be able to get 10 for free too I think..

 

[pete]

Whats the story with audio on it?

it makes sounds?

 

[pete]

Whens the proper launch for it? I'll probably use for the PC build I'll be doing pretty soon but I assume the preview ISO they have out isn't good enough to rely on going forward right? I should be able to get 10 for free too I think..

i don't think it's been announced yet but they're lashing the updates out fairly quickly

 

[pissypants]

So 29th of July is on the way.

How long do you reckon til version 2 is out where the release bugs are fixed? Or has all the beta testing done by the public sorted out the main doozies?

Should I steer well clear if I want to use existing audio hardware with it, or should I expect drivers to be reverse compatible to Win 7?

 

[pete]

I installed it on my main PC overnight. Looking forward to an evening of reinstalling all my apps now. Yay.

 

[pete]

so far so good

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

How in the name of fuck do you lose money if you are Microsoft?

You don't make anything!!!!

Microsoft Reports Biggest Quarterly Loss Ever - WSJ

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

so far so good

My computer is offering me a free upgrade to this. Should I do it?

 

[pete]

Yeah why not. It's shiny.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

My current computer is a few years old and nearly full. Was gonna get a new one anyway.

 

[pete]

You'll need to reinstall your applications afterwards.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I don't think I have any apps on my laptop. Just on my phone.

 

[Theseus Mock]

Wondered what Win10 has new to offer and there's not much besides Cortana and more accessible options of stuff in the Control Panel (God I hope they fixed the alphabetical sorting of the CP, it should be sorted alpha-up-down, not alpha-left-right.)

 

[pissypants]

Should we wait for version 10.01? Or because it's been in public beta for a good while then probably most vital kinks have been worked out? God help them if there's a major flaw on launch after the windows 8 debacle.

 

[pete]

I've only noticed two things
- the mouse pointer sometimes goes a bit funny, like it's been stretched vertically to about 2x normal size
- I think there might be a problem with the Realtek audio drivers. It kept telling me that I was connecting & disconnecting a device, when I wasn't. So I had to disable the alerts - no big deal, until I noticed that audio playback was being interrupted for maybe .5 seconds every now and then. Bit of a pain.

 

[pete]

And I think it's more likely you're just going to see continuous patches rather than a full on point release. Windows 8.1 included some fundamental UI changes and I can't see them having to do that again.