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My thinking over the last few days was why didn't they just update Win 7 a bit and call it Win 9. Then start on a complete replacement rather than this apparent mess.
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More seriously, it could very quickly get the worst reputation for a new version for Home/SOHO use since Windows ME, and for business since Vista.

My PC was updated with Windows 10 on the first day and has behaved very well since. The desktop looks the same as it did under Windows 7 except for the addition of Search and Task icons, with Edge replacing IE11 on the taskbar. The PC now starts up quicker and Apps seem to respond faster.

My wife has poor eyesight and also arthritis in her hands so finds most PCs difficult to use. We've bought her a brand new Windows 10 PC with a 27" touchscreen and upped the text size to 150%. She loves it! There have been no problems at all in the first week of ownership. The touchscreen is very easy to use.

(There are a few idiosyncrasies in the new Apps such as Edge and Mail but as we use Chrome and Thunderbird they have not caused any bother. Win 10 gets a thumbs-up from us.)

PS. The latest update has worked perfectly.

Edited by ffox (Wed 12-Aug-15 11:57:06)

I guess with so many users experiences will vary but I ran Vista very happily, including my business with far less problems than I currently experience with W7. For me Win7 is the worst I had since W95 - skipped ME.

W8 is better still but W10 is so underwhelming that from a users point of view I wonder why they spent the millions they did.

More importantly, how are they going to recoup the millions ?

More importantly, how are they going to recoup the millions ?

By selling and using information about you. At least they're not quite so bad as Google.

Then they will have to make sure they get enough information, and that it is for the relevant region...

I decided to to enquire more about the keylogger (is it only used with Cortana or all windows applications ? Does it work with DirectX/OpenGL games ? etc etc). The reply I got back was amazingly clear, concise and not what you would expect from such a cumbersome company as Microsoft :

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

The �keylogger� is gathering usage data that will help Microsoft determine what�s working and what isn�t in the Windows 10. It�ll help fix bugs in Windows Search or anywhere else a text input box pops up. It�ll help improve features.

Hope this helps. Please reply if you need further assistance.

Thank you.

So, it looks like its active for any windows text input box (I need to find out if its just for single line entry ones, combo boxes, custom ones or combinations thereof). It will also be interested to know if the data sent is encrypted or not.

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

More importantly, how are they going to recoup the millions ?

By keeping a large number of people on their OS. And then selling services to developers and businesses because they are the default OS for most users. MS isn't just an OS company - they make money from the rest of the eco system around the platform.

Isn't Windows 10 also an annual subscription, even on new equipment after the first year? Barring those who can currently get it free by upgrading from 7/8/8.1.

I didn't think it was at the moment - believe it is currently a perpetual license.

EDIT: The licenses I can see for sale separately are perpetual.

Edited by ian72 (Thu 13-Aug-15 13:52:29)