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Wow. Can't believe I might be defending Windows 10. Here we go.
So it's not really using much more than 7 or 8 did. No worries there. The main issue is that not all graphics cards have Windows 10 drivers--I'm running on beta drivers on a newer nVidia card, for example. So if you're an avid gamer like myself, upgrading right now will fuck up some of your older games. Newer games run just fine.
You can even disable applications from using your microphone or webcam system-wide. It's actually more privacy-centric than Windows 7 was, assuming you aren't an idiot who uses express settings.
On Windows Updates: You can set it to notify a scheduled restart, so you can still put them off for ages.
Also keep in mind that Windows no longer updates if you are using the machine. It waits until there are no active programs and there hasn't been any user activity for a certain amount of time before updating. It updates while you sleep, whether that's during the day or during the night. As far as I'm aware, they had to force updates as well, to ensure that everyone has the same version of Windows 10--as this is the last version of Windows there will ever be. From here on out, you buy a licence, and get all major updates from then on, forever.
I'm thinking they're probably going to make subscription services ala Office 365 to make their money instead. We'll see.
stealing "borrowing" an idea from Linux: The OS is modular. So it can update a piece of the system and restart that module without having to restart the entire operating system. Right now, drivers are the worst. Its default drivers are horrifyingly awful and a lot of companies are still playing catch-up. So I'd wait a couple months for patches and drivers. Then you should be fine.
Time to do more testing. C&C3 had weird graphical errors. I wonder if that's been fixed with the beta drivers...
To be honest it's using less ram than I thought it would. I'm running at about 4 gigs used out of 16 with everything running. Turning off Chrome alone drops it to 2.3. If I drop Skype & Steam it drops to around 2.1, and turning off Cortana drops it beneath 2 gigs used. All other system features are on.Now. Lets look a the unoptimized ram hijacking monster W10 is annnnnnd Nope.jpeg
So it's not really using much more than 7 or 8 did. No worries there. The main issue is that not all graphics cards have Windows 10 drivers--I'm running on beta drivers on a newer nVidia card, for example. So if you're an avid gamer like myself, upgrading right now will fuck up some of your older games. Newer games run just fine.
Ask me any questions about it, I can take a look at it for you seeing as how my hardware is up to spec. (Save the graphics card, which is running beta drivers--yuck, but hey, I decided to adopt early. That's on me.)I still have a bunch of hardware in this PC that doesn't have a Windows 10 driver or has shit drivers, so I have to wait unless I like not being able to hear anything that's going on. D:
On Spyware: If you turn on Cortana, it needs to gather some of your browsing information and data usage to be able to personalize itself to you. Regardless of whether you turn on Cortana, you can toggle nearly every single data gathering method Microsoft has by simply searching for Privacy in the control panel.Also, turning the entire fucking OS into spyware and taking away your ability to turn off Windows Update are dick moves.
You can even disable applications from using your microphone or webcam system-wide. It's actually more privacy-centric than Windows 7 was, assuming you aren't an idiot who uses express settings.
On Windows Updates: You can set it to notify a scheduled restart, so you can still put them off for ages.
Also keep in mind that Windows no longer updates if you are using the machine. It waits until there are no active programs and there hasn't been any user activity for a certain amount of time before updating. It updates while you sleep, whether that's during the day or during the night. As far as I'm aware, they had to force updates as well, to ensure that everyone has the same version of Windows 10--as this is the last version of Windows there will ever be. From here on out, you buy a licence, and get all major updates from then on, forever.
I'm thinking they're probably going to make subscription services ala Office 365 to make their money instead. We'll see.
Surprisingly not that bad. Windows 10 isThat Windows Update thing is the real sticking point for me. I'm sure I'll grab a copy at some point, but I think I'll try to wait a bit longer.
Time to do more testing. C&C3 had weird graphical errors. I wonder if that's been fixed with the beta drivers...