Temmu Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/30/microsoft_windows_10/ there's more pix in the article, and a video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Crow Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 You're fast. I just got this on C net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 10 is the new 7. http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/30/6874413/windows-10-whats-old-is-new-again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 The presentation in San Francisco, A First Look at Windows 10, A nice introduction: Introducing Windows 10 - the best Windows yet, Windows 10 “continuum” design exploration (no sound): 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Microsoft christens the next version of Windows as Windows 10 - ZDNet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Microsoft has now given its desktop based customers a suitable upgrade path. It remains to be seen if it has consigned itself to perpetual irrelevance on mobile devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Microsoft has now given its desktop based customers a suitable upgrade path. It remains to be seen if it has consigned itself to perpetual irrelevance on mobile devices. I think tablet mode looked pretty relevant to mobile devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Maybe for those Yoga type dual mode laptop/tablet units. They have a long way to go to catch up with Android and iOS on devices that won't have the resources to run full blown Windows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I didn't even consider looking at tablets running windows when I did my research. It was going to be a more mature OS, either Android or Apple. Plus the apps written for those two OSes are huge compared to what is offered in the Windows store. I'm very happy with my 7" ASUS MeMo running KitKat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hello, I'm hoping Windows RT 8.1 users won't be left out. I have a Lenovo Yoga 11 (the original model, which runs Windows RT) and it is a great device when you need to run Microsoft Office all day sans battery. My girlfriend has a Surface 2 and she's taken it back to college with similarly good results: All her homework gets done via Office, her textbooks are rented via the Amazon Kindle app, etc. I have a Nokia Lumia 920 and its pretty slick, too: Battery life is good and OS and apps are always responsive. Admittedly, it doesn't have the same amount of apps as Android or iOS, but there are certainly quite a lot out there for it. And, obviously, it has tight integration with OneDrive, Outlook.Com and the rest of the Microsoft Office portfolio. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 as to who is being left out, well... you have a choice - either ms apps or productivity. i cannot fathom how one is productive without a keyboard & mouse - it's cumbersome. please recall, i wrote a ms access interface for my ipad ii to update my inventory. carrying the ipad is very very convenient, but i would hate to try to complete spreadsheets, write a paper, or draw a floor plan with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 It is wonderful to have three choices in this generally strange "Coke/Pepsi" world we live in! Mac OS X/iOS, Android/ChromeOS/Linux, and Windows/Windows RT/Windows Phone or is that Windows RT fully now too? ... three choices out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 aryeh, wow! friend just got a hp pavillion 13 x360 "powervertible pc" laptop. touchscreen, keyboard, and flips over to be a tablet. the 13.3" screen is ideal for lots of situations & it has plenty of ram (6gb) and has an amd quad core processor. pretty cool stuff! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolphil Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I am posting this from Win 10 tech preview, and so far I like it..There have been a few glitches, such as not always booting to the log on screen but usually the second boot goes OK.That is to be expected at this point i think..I have not used Win 8 or 8.1 though but I do see many similarities to Win 7..My understanding that it is a blend of both.. I have not found the virtual desktops yet but I read they are here..So far I cannot see the huge advantage over my Win 7 however to be fair I really am not a power user.I guess time will tell if replaces Win 7 as the business Windows.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Well, I would think it's closer to a blending of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Behind the scenes it is likely more like Windows 8.1, so it will be faster than even Windows 7 at least when it is released to to the general public. There is a lot to like behind the scenes in Windows 8.1 once they put back some mousing capabilities in 8.1. But it always annoys me when they take really good things like the their own Scheduled backup and disk imaging that was so easy, to something that is not as easy for the average user. Of course I do like recimg for making disk images of the system, and there is a great program called RecImg Manager that has a free and paid version and will create the recimg onto an external or any drive it finds and you choose from there interface. File History was a total waste, IMHO. It ONLY backs up files libraries. NOT YOUR APPDATA folders. The Microsoft Backup could be restored after a failed hard drive, and also saved all the AppData that could also be restored. I hope they brought that back in Windows 10. The only way to get File History to backup AppData is to add it to a Library that can be backed up by File History which you can't even see without unhiding system files. This is something only die hard Windows users would know to do. Everyone else is out of luck concerning their AppData folders if they were counting on them for their Outlook pst folders (from their normal location) or many other things like profiles for Thunderbird, Firefox, etc. after a hard drive failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolphil Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 The Microsoft Backup could be restored after a failed hard drive, and also saved all the AppData that could also be restored. I hope they brought that back in Windows 10. Fran: Sadly, I too could not find the MS backup application..I will look into Reclmg Manager...Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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