Windows 7/8/10 opinions

[Silverback]

I hope it works out for everyone. I worked at Perot back in 2005-07 and built their first VMware cluster. Spent a year teaching everyone about virtualization before I left for EDS. I've still got a lot of friends in the Plano office.

I've been here since 09, was a Perot employee for a short period of time, then Dell.

This is a great thing for us.

[Sgt Beavis]

As for Windows 10, I've come to like it more than Win7. It has been very stable for me. The new administrative controls will be a boon for sys admins.

That said, I'm back to using OSX for my work machine and it's kinda nice.

[Sgt Beavis]

Yup, we just had official announcement today. Now we all work for NTT Data!

I hope it works out for everyone. I worked at Perot back in 2005-07 and built their first VMware cluster. Spent a year teaching everyone about virtualization before I left for EDS. I've still got a lot of friends in the Plano office.

[AdRock]

I finally gave in and updated my win7 laptop to 10a few weeks ago. So far I haven't had any problems and it seems to be a little more snappy during general use.

[David]

I know shit about computers, but my laptop had 7 and I did the upgrade on it to 10 and I love it.

[Silverback]

I work for another subsidiary of NTT (NTT America). I think it will work out well for Perot systems and NTT.

That NTT DATA indy car is pretty slick!

Yeah, I worked for Verio when NTT bought Verio back in 2000.

Maybe it's me they're after!

[DamonH]

Yup, we just had official announcement today. Now we all work for NTT Data!

I work for another subsidiary of NTT (NTT America). I think it will work out well for Perot systems and NTT.

That NTT DATA indy car is pretty slick!

[GhostTX]

Here's a simple, free utility to block the forced "upgrade".http://www.zdnet.com/article/never10...ows-10-update/

Nice! I went in and switched my updates off from recommended to manual. Oddly enough, I've found that was switched back to recommended sometimes. :S

[Tx Redneck]

Here's a simple, free utility to block the forced "upgrade".http://www.zdnet.com/article/never10...ows-10-update/

[GhostTX]

I loathed 8 and 8.1. We converted the wife's laptop from 8.1 to 10 and I like it better. But I don't like it enough to covert my 7 to 10. I'll keep my 7 until Microsoft forces 10 on me.

Mircosoft's lofty claims of how many people have switched to 10 are only because they're forcing many desktops to 10.

...
Worse still, Microsoft is quietly admitting that it’s pushing Windows 10 on eligible Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs through Windows Update as a “Recommended” update instead of “Optional.” That means, if you’ve set your PC to automatically install Recommended patches, Windows Update will automatically download and install Windows 10.
...

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3030564/microsoft-windows/microsoft-uses-the-force-you-will-upgrade-to-windows-10.html

[Silverback]

Not sure what issues people are seeing, other than running 10 on underpowered hardware. but I run it on my desktop at home (i7 - 16GB - GTX970 - ssd), my desktop at work (Xeon v3 - 16GB - Quadro), my work laptop (i7 - 16GB - 4k screen - ssd), and my Surface Pro 3 with no issues with drivers, or anything else really. It'been the most stable OS I've run on desktops/notebooks in a very long time.

Now all of these are newer hardware (less than a year old), so maybe that's why I'm not seeing issues.

[Tx Redneck]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/25/reputational_damage_and_windows_10/

[Silverback]

Now in JAPAN!

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dell-n...3--sector.html

Yup, we just had official announcement today. Now we all work for NTT Data!

[ceyko]

Curious as well since the general google search opinions of 10 are all over the place. Figure I'll run 7 until I get a new PC after awhile. However, I am still curious if people like it or not. Unsure the real advantages for my situation to 10 as opposed to the stable W7 OS. Of course, I ran XP for waaaay longer than I should have as well.

[mstng86]

Yeah, it works fine with 7. Probably spend too much money on those damn Dell contractors, fuckers are everywhere!

Now in JAPAN!

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dell-nears-sale-services-unit-japans-ntt-data-020754903--sector.html