darkSpyro

so i decided to try out the windows 10 technical preview and honestly i have to say i like it so far. it's a step-up from windows 8 definitely.
the start button is BACK (you can change it so the windows 8 start menu is back too but idk who would use it)

(it originally comes with a bunch of hideous "apps" at the right but you can unpin them)

other than the start button, i think this is more like a USEFULNESS update

• keyboard shortcuts can be used in cmd
  
• you can open cmd and powershell from file explorer
  
• you can add multiple desktops now
  
• you can switch between pre-windows 8 style start menu and windows 8
  
• there are some changes to file explorer im too lazy to put down
  
• there are boxes next to icons that you can select so you can select multiple items without having to hold down ctrl (can be enabled and disabled)
  
• "apps" are not completely fullscreen anymore and can be resized
  

honestly i'm looking forward to the full windows 10 release. i'm not going to get it, but i really want to see what else they change in this.
has anyone else tried the technical preview?

I haven't tried it, but from the way you described, it looks really cool. Although I have Windows 8 and I like it, having the Start menu back would be especially neat

I'm dying to try it, but I don't have a computer for it other than my own </3

Even so,
I fell in love with the features they announced. And since they want to use the feedback, along with this still being a work in progress, I feel like this'll really be one step ahead Windows 8.

So excuse me while I go pray they make it free like Apple did with OS Mavericks. I just really, really want this.

I tried this when they put it up. Little to no kernel updates. Only feature that is nice is virtual desktops.

It really should have been a free download and called Windows 8.2, because that's what it is.

Edit: I forgot it's worth mentioning, enjoy your keylogger.

hah, so windows 10 has a keylogger? interesting

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Edit: I forgot it's worth mentioning, enjoy your keylogger.

I read different.

"It really should have been a free download and called Windows 8.2"

The retail release is going to be FREE to any Windows 8 users.

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"It really should have been a free download and called Windows 8.2"

The retail release is going to be FREE to any Windows 8 users. ;)

i thought that was just a rumor?

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"It really should have been a free download and called Windows 8.2"

The retail release is going to be FREE to any Windows 8 users.

Proove it. Show your source.

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Edit: I forgot it's worth mentioning, enjoy your keylogger.

I read different.

ohhh this makes sense, thank you for linking

honestly i plan on using windows 7 until it loses support from microsoft

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Edit: I forgot it's worth mentioning, enjoy your keylogger.

I read different.

Microsoft is still collecting the data.
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On another note, I really do hope this becomes a free update for users who have Windows 8 installed. It was never officially confirmed, only rumored.

@Ostrichking: 7 is really starting to show age. Dual boot Ubuntu 14.04.4. I'm sure you'd like it.

It's collecting the data so they can know how people use it to improve the software. It's like a beta.

Granted it may be a bit too much information but I'd rather wait until after the full build is released and then find out if they're collecting the same amount of data.

ai luv yer wallpaper

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It's collecting the data so they can know how people use it to improve the software. It's like a beta.

Granted it may be a bit too much information but I'd rather wait until after the full build is released and then find out if they're collecting the same amount of data.

That's how I feel. I think its a little too invasive on the privacy of users. Why not stick to a regular QA form?

Then again, I also don't use Chrome. Muh BOTNET

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ai luv yer wallpaper

thanks i call it the virtualbox testing wallpaper

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It's collecting the data so they can know how people use it to improve the software. It's like a beta.

Granted it may be a bit too much information but I'd rather wait until after the full build is released and then find out if they're collecting the same amount of data.

That's how I feel. I think its a little too invasive on the privacy of users. Why not stick to a regular QA form?

Then again, I also don't use Chrome. Muh BOTNET

I don't like the idea of someone going through my browsing history or how I use my legally owned machine either. But in the case of what is essentially OS beta, it makes sense. You shouldn't be using it as your daily OS anyway.

What about Chrome?

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It's collecting the data so they can know how people use it to improve the software. It's like a beta.

Granted it may be a bit too much information but I'd rather wait until after the full build is released and then find out if they're collecting the same amount of data.

That's how I feel. I think its a little too invasive on the privacy of users. Why not stick to a regular QA form?

Then again, I also don't use Chrome. Muh BOTNET

I don't like the idea of someone going through my browsing history or how I use my legally owned machine either. But in the case of what is essentially OS beta, it makes sense. You shouldn't be using it as your daily OS anyway.

What about Chrome?

Oh, I reinstalled Win7 and Ubuntu. I think I ran 10 for three days?

NSA backdoor traps m8

use duckduckgo

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NSA backdoor traps m8

use duckduckgo

Son of a ****.

I have no idea how that or Ghostery would work on a desktop. Only ever used it on mobile.

EDIT: I see nothing of a duckduckgo browser. Ghostery it is.

EDIT2: Ok wtf?

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NSA backdoor traps m8

use duckduckgo

Son of a ****.

I have no idea how that or Ghostery would work on a desktop. Only ever used it on mobile.

EDIT: I see nothing of a duckduckgo browser. Ghostery it is.

EDIT2: Ok wtf?

You ok? lol

Extensions only.

Have either of them considered a full on browser for computers?

first bug ive found: batch files are broken
GOOD JOB, MICROSOFT....
jkjk

^ kek

Mm looks like a fine mix of Windows 8 and 7. Honestly 8 sucks, and a main part of the reason why is because of the start button issue, along with the apps issues as well. Thank god they fixed that.

i think microsoft is starting to regret the whole app bull****

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i think microsoft is starting to regret the whole app bull****

It's like they tried to make a PC feel like a tablet... and that's just... no. You buy tablets for apps, not computers.

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i think microsoft is starting to regret the whole app bull****

It's like they tried to make a PC feel like a tablet... and that's just... no. You buy tablets for apps, not computers.

exactly
i'm glad my piece of garbage win8 laptop died lmao

And I'm just here liking Windows 7 still.

^ i love windows 7
windows 10 is balls compared to windows 7

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Mm looks like a fine mix of Windows 8 and 7. Honestly 8 sucks, and a main part of the reason why is because of the start button issue, along with the apps issues as well. Thank god they fixed that.

Here's how I feel:

Windows XP to Vista is an excellent jump. In terms of resource management and tasks requiring more memory and fully fledged new drivers? No. It's horrible. The jump is nice though.

XP ---> Vista
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Nice jump, people weren't ready for it though.

Vista ---> 7
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Excellent. Although, it's only a service pack sold to the mass consumer because Vista was labelized so horribly. Extremely good OS, starting to show roughness now.

7 ---> 8

**** you, Microsoft. Forcing your metro bull**** on consumers...also, removing the start menu (third party apps === based), waste of screen real estate...**** you. Perfermance is nice, but not worth it.

8.1 is only a SP. Really nothing special here.

8.1 ---> 10.

**** you, once again. Could have been Windows 8.2. Literally no kernel updates. Still forcing metro bull**** on users.
"b-b-but muh fullscreen windowed apps!!!"
no. **** you.

10 ---> 11

Better be kernel update 7.0 to keep my interest, I moved on. **** you, Windows team at Microsoft.

wow, lone windows 8 fan here
i agree the apps suck (that's why i don't use them), and it did take me a while to get used to not having a start menu, but i eventually figured out how to get to everything that i used on my old vista and adapted. the performance is pretty fantastic, especially compared to my old vista (that's before the hard drive started dying and worsened the performance further) so i find the change pretty worth it. then again, i don't use my computer for a wide variety of things, so take that with a grain of salt.

Meanwhile Apple is trying to make OSX more like iOS 7 and 8.

So, anybody up for a mass conversion to Linux? <.< >.>

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Meanwhile Apple is trying to make OSX more like iOS 7 and 8.

So, anybody up for a mass conversion to Linux? <.< >.>

I noticed this with Yosemite.

Oh hey, I was considering creating a topic to convert people to at LEAST dualboot with Ubuntu. You wanna collaberate on something?

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Meanwhile Apple is trying to make OSX more like iOS 7 and 8.

So, anybody up for a mass conversion to Linux? <.< >.>

I noticed this with Yosemite.

Oh hey, I was considering creating a topic to convert people to at LEAST dualboot with Ubuntu. You wanna collaberate on something?

No, because I don't have the money to grab a PC and do that. <.>;

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Meanwhile Apple is trying to make OSX more like iOS 7 and 8.

So, anybody up for a mass conversion to Linux? <.< >.>

I noticed this with Yosemite.

Oh hey, I was considering creating a topic to convert people to at LEAST dualboot with Ubuntu. You wanna collaberate on something?

No, because I don't have the money to grab a PC and do that. <.>;

You don't have a PC? D:

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I noticed this with Yosemite.

Oh hey, I was considering creating a topic to convert people to at LEAST dualboot with Ubuntu. You wanna collaberate on something?

No, because I don't have the money to grab a PC and do that. <.>;

You don't have a PC? D:

I am cursed around those devices. Before I bought a Macbook I was paying $2,000+ a year in repair charges. Needless to say, the thing ended up paying for itself. >.>

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No, because I don't have the money to grab a PC and do that. <.>;

You don't have a PC? D:

I am cursed around those devices. Before I bought a Macbook I was paying $2,000+ a year in repair charges. Needless to say, the thing ended up paying for itself. >.>

Damn...what was wrong with your PC?

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You don't have a PC? D:

I am cursed around those devices. Before I bought a Macbook I was paying $2,000+ a year in repair charges. Needless to say, the thing ended up paying for itself. >.>

Damn...what was wrong with your PC?

The last one suffered 4 hard drive failures before I gave up on it. Before that, it was accumulating mass amounts of malware in spite of anti-virus software doing its thing. @.@

What are you talking about? I'm totally using that power for EVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL! MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA-... *hack* *cough* *cough* *cough* x.x;

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What are you talking about? I'm totally using that power for EVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL! MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA-... *hack* *cough* *cough* *cough* x.x;

jump into the matrix...whoa...

My laptop sucks.

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My laptop sucks.

what laptop do you own? it cant be that bad lol

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My laptop sucks.

what laptop do you own? it cant be that bad lol

A touch screen Lenovo G710 that's glitchy as hell.

I'm using it now:



It's looking pretty good so far.

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My laptop sucks.

what laptop do you own? it cant be that bad lol

A touch screen Lenovo G710 that's glitchy as hell.

Whoa, don't talk **** about lenovo's. Lenovo (and prior IBM's) are god tier.

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I'm using it now:



It's looking pretty good so far.

I sure hope you're not using it as your main OS.

why are you using mcaffee

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why are you using mcaffee

I'm actually using Tune Up Utilities over McAfee.

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why are you using mcaffee

I'm actually using Tune Up Utilities over McAfee. ;)

use something different

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why are you using mcaffee

I'm actually using Tune Up Utilities over McAfee.

use something different

Well I did use Webroot but my subscription to it ended up expiring.

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NSA backdoor traps m8

use duckduckgo

Son of a ****.

I have no idea how that or Ghostery would work on a desktop. Only ever used it on mobile.

EDIT: I see nothing of a duckduckgo browser. Ghostery it is.

EDIT2: Ok wtf?

i heard ghostery sells your data to third parties, i used to use it but now i used Disconnect