Windows 10 Passes Windows XP In Market Share 315
An anonymous reader writes: Six months after its release, Windows 10 has finally passed 10 percent market share. Not only that, but the latest and greatest version from Microsoft has also overtaken Windows 8.1 and Windows XP, according to the latest figures from Net Applications. Windows 10 had 9.96 percent market share in December, and gained 1.89 percentage points to hit 11.85 percent in January. Maybe it will jump even faster soon, but not necessarily for the best of reasons.
Of course ... (Score:5, Insightful)
Because they're kind of forcing people to update, whether they want to or not.
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It's like claiming more people have health insurance when you force them to hand over their money to a private company whether they want to or not.
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It's like claiming more people have health insurance when you force them to hand over their money to a private company whether they want to or not.
How is health insurance different from auto insurance? You're still required to hand over money to a private company whether you want to or not. But society as a whole when everyone gets insured.
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How is health insurance different from auto insurance?
That's your thesis?
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That's your thesis?
It's a good thesis. I just post my comment and watch head explodes. Nine comments in as many minutes isn't bad. Sometimes the comments are a lot worse than my thesis.
Re:Of course ... (Score:5, Insightful)
How is health insurance different from auto insurance?
Driving is optional. Breathing isn't.
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You're still required to hand over money to a private company whether you want to or not.
Auto insurance isn't mandated at a Federal level. Many states do not require auto insurance, even for people owning and operating vehicles. Surety bonds are the usual alternative.
Choosing to forego all that is hardly comparable to the fact that you now need to put a bullet in your head to avoid being fined if you don't want health insurance.
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Not requiring insurance (Score:2)
Many??
Correct. It's not often advertised, but most states allow you to post some sort of bond, often in the sum of required insurance levels, instead of getting insurance.
Basically, if the state policy adds up to $300k of coverage, you put $300k into the bond and you don't need to pay for insurance otherwise.
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How is health insurance different from auto insurance? You're still required to hand over money to a private company whether you want to or not.
I know many people who live in cities who do not own a car. So they don't pay car insurance.
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Because having health insurance means you will never die.
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And dead people aren't required to have health insurance.
That seems a little extreme just to get out of paying for health insurance.
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I know many people who live in cities who do not own a car. So they don't pay car insurance.
I currently don't own a car and take public transit to work. I pay $75 per year for auto insurance on the off chance that I might need to drive someone else's car or a rental car.
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I would be *very* surprised if your $75 per year premium would cover that excess gap.
My current AAA policy is identical to my previous policy when I owned a car — last one died with a blown head gasket and a broken piston — except I no longer own a car. So I'm paying $75 per year without a car versus $180 per year with a car. Also, my policy carries a $5,000 medical liability in case any passengers are injured during an accident.
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$5,000 for medical costs? LOL! $5,000 will be spent getting an ambulance out and getting one person into an emergency room. Emergency treatment? That's going to run an order of magnitude more.
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$5,000 will be spent getting an ambulance out and getting one person into an emergency room.
I'm paying a little extra — $16 or so per year — so one of my passengers can get a free ride in the ambulance in the event of a catastrophic car crash. For $16, I can knock $5,000 off their medical bills.
By design (Score:5, Insightful)
The problem here in the US is that we have neither free market health care nor socialized health care, but rather the bastard offspring of the two combined. The result is not the best of both worlds, but the worst of both worlds: the socalized part serves only to corral the sheep into the shearing barn, where the "free market" part is free to gouge them into financial ruin. The end result is that in the US, medical expenses [cnbc.com] are the #1 cause of bankruptcy -- and that's by design, my friends. All by design.
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As far as I know, no one forces you to buy a vehicle (especially if you can't afford it). You also have a few options for motorized transportation (30cc moped, public transport, etc.) that don't require insurance. State I lived in even had the option for you to put up a bond with the state (helpful if you have a large car collection) instead of buying insurance to cover damages.
With the present US healthcare, quite a few people still can't afford insurance, even with government subsidizes, and worse are pen
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I keep wondering WHY everybody keeps calling it the "Affordable Care Act"... By this time, its PAINFULLY clear its the "UNaffordable Care Act"..... (shakes head)
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Even where insurance is required (not everywhere, and certainly not for people who do own vehicles or drive them on public roads) that's liability insurance, due to the risk you pose to other people and other people's property. It is not a precondition for citizenship or even car ownership.
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How is health insurance different from auto insurance?
Health insurance is there to pay for *your* needs. Auto insurance is there to pay for *other's* needs, for whom you are liable.
I think health is one of those things that doesn't go well with capitalist incentives, but there is an easy to tell difference from mandating liability insurance versus health insurance.
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I don't know if that is a perfect comparison. I have been wondering for a long time why liability cover on US car insurance policies is so low compared with UK liability cover. Default cover at a pathetic 100,000USD instead of the 8,000,000GBP that my last UK policy had.
I recently spent some time reading web sites suggesting how to assess how much cover you need and they suggest it based on the value of your assets. So it strikes me that while UK auto insurance is designed to have a high enough liability co
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And here in CA, I can post a $25K bond and forgo car insurance altogether (bond is the replacement for it).
That sounds expensive. My AAA non-ownership auto policy is only $75 per year. My last car died from a blown head gasket and a broken piston several years ago. Since my job has a sweet public transit commute, I haven't bothered with finding a replacement car.
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Everybody uses health care (Score:2, Insightful)
Nobody has to own a car. Obamacare is a tax on existence.
Please find me a single person who never uses health care and incurs no cost to the system. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Actually no I won't because there is no such person. EVERYBODY uses the health care system whether they want to or not and therefore everybody should have some skin in the game whether they want to or not. Every other civilized country in the world has figured this out. Auto insurance and health insurance are not and never will be the same because not everybody needs to drive or own a car.
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The Amish
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/... [nbcnews.com]
Not everyone believes in private insurance.
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The Amish
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/... [nbcnews.com]
Not everyone believes in private insurance.
You seem to be replying to sjbe's assertion that "everyone uses the health care system".
You provided an interesting link; however, the article you linked supports sjbe's assertion that everyone uses the health care system.
While practices vary by community, most Amish fund their health care through a system that merges church aid, benefit auctions and negotiated discounts with local hospitals - promising quick cash payment in exchange for lower rates.
The man from Kinzers said his community relies on two funds. Nearly every family contributes monthly to a hospital aid fund, while large bills are also paid with free-will offerings.
Some Amish carry benefit cards, which identify them as members of a community but do not bear names or photographs, to help hospitals keep track of those discounts.
What the Amish are doing is using the public health care system and they pay for care through their own community based insurance.
This is much like any other insurance company's affinity group plan except for the details of how the plan is funded.
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I replied and said "not everyone believes in private health insurance", and indeed the Amish ar exempt from that part of the ACA, much as they are exempt from social security.
What part of everyone was unclear? (Score:3, Insightful)
The Amish
What about them? They go to hospitals, they use medicines, etc. They require health care just like everybody else. The fact that they try to do it as much as possible within a community does not mean they do not participate in our health care system. Their church acts very much like a private group health insurance program that they all pay into.
Not everyone believes in private insurance.
So what? Ideology regarding private versus public insurance is irrelevant. Everybody uses health care whether they want to or not and therefore everybody need
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The Amish don't believe in buying private health insurance.
That is what about them... But in your rush to counter me, you missed that point.
I don't mind taking my kids to the doctor and paying the doctor. What you're suggesting is that I should prepay for services I may not need, to make sure my money covers everyone else.
The only system where that is acceptable is national single payer healthcare. Similar to roads, schools, military, etc.
The existing private health insurance system is not a part of that
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What's the wild man of the woods doing in some place with electricity and network infrastructure - doesn't he know that his weird "I've got mine" ideology is supposed to depend on operating outside society or otherwise he'll just look like a sociopathic prick?
Civilisation means sharing the load, even for those that
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There are some extremely limited religious exemptions to Obamacare, which cover the Amish objection to insurance.
Apparently the house has even debated (but not passed yet?) an exemption for people like Christian Scientists (and you thought military intelligence was an oxymoron) totally opposed to any healthcare.
You could, of course, argue that there may be circumstances where a person who objects to healthcare or insurance getting into an accident and being rushed to the hospital. Unconscious and not ident
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The OP above me said "everyone uses healthcare", I provided an example that proved his statement incorrect.
You reply with more nuance, and your points are reasonable to discuss, but the main key remains, not "everyone" wants to be part of modern medicine, for better or worse.
The whole idea of freedom is that people should be able to make that choice.
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ME!
Yes I do use health care, however i negotiated with my doctor and pay cash! He gives me better discounts than he gives the insurance companies because
1) He knows he will get paid.
2) He does not have to pay someone to manage the paperwork.
3) He knows it is paid in CASH which is far less hassle than checks, credit, or insurance.
My advantages are
1) When I call him, I am at the front of the line.
2) It is cheaper than paying for insurance.
So I have skin in the game, it comes out of my pocket and I pay for ser
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The grand flaw in your argument is that you are taking a moral stand that you expect others to just accept.
The person you replied to is not asking for society to spend money on him, so he isn't much interested in the bill for any of it.
You're suggesting that since you value such things, he should have to pay for it, wanted or not.
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Last year I have health insurance, my out of pocket cost was under $100. The cost to society was far higher, but I can't control that, only what I spend myself.
This year, my co
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Health insurance protects YOU from your stupid choices.
So, it was my father's choice to get cancer? My mom's got get an infection, then a bad reaction to a sulfa drug that messed up her immune system?
Smoking, obesity, and such I'll give you.
Market share is what it is (Score:2)
It's like claiming more people have health insurance when you force them to hand over their money to a private company whether they want to or not.
Do they have health insurance? Then it is true regardless of your political feelings on the matter. Forced or not is a separate issue.
I'm about as thrilled as most people around here regarding Windows 10 but the market share numbers are what they are. Frankly I don't really see anything in Windows 10 that is truly better than Windows 7 as far as I'm concerned, though it is a damn sight better than Windows 8/8.1. Hell I still use some XP machines and other than some security concerns I'm mostly fine with
a bad case of the vbvbs (Score:2, Funny)
No.
When words cease to mean what they were intended or traditionally understood to mean, people with working brains find a new lexicon. We have a name for language that continues to circulate at the hands of the disengaged: cliche.
If the minds of the disengaged have any taste (lazy though it be, to be sure) they stock their cliche pantry with Shakespearean cliche. What the hell is a "salad day" anyway? Doesn't matter. The Bard didn't become the Bard by coinin
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If you need a health related parallel, it's more like claiming more people use MMS than leeches. One modern snakeoil instead of an ancient one.
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Actually, the cost of your medical has more to do with the AMA restricting the number of doctors that can graduate, than the number of people who do not pay.
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Which is the way it should be.
Re:Of course ... (Score:5, Funny)
Is this why I find that the look and behavior of my desktop have changed lately??? I can't seem to find where to click anymore to do the tasks I used to do. I had trouble and failed to upload pictures to Facebook lately while I swear I was an expert at it before.
Also, some strange menus appear and I can't find a way to close them so I need to unplug my computer every time in order to reboot it. I asked my nephew to come and have a look at my computer next time he is in town because I am afraid I might have a virus...
How do I find out if I am still on XP or if am running Windows 10???
Thank you very much sir!
err.. Intel PC's wLGA sockets are failing.. (Score:2)
Several of my newer Intel XP based laptops have died suddendly, (no bios, no beep), meanwhile nearly all of my AMD based systems, + plus older intel PGA socketed systems still boot up(15-20 years) run older OS's.(WIn 95, Linux) with no issues.
I suspect Intel is well aware of these LGA socket lifespan issues, and that's why they're switching to all BGA soldered in processors(2016).
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The biggest problem is they've decided that users don't get a vote in if they want this, they've decided to shove in additional tracking and ad infrastructure without telling people or having them opt-in, and have more or less decided it's their computer and not yours.
It is, and remains MY FUCKING COMPUTER. Whether or not I upg
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Shame on Microsoft for making people get off an OS that isn't receiving updates and for pushing for people to get off an OS that will stop receiving them in a handful of years.
Windows 7 extended support runs until 14 January 2020 [microsoft.com].
That's almost four more years that Microsoft have committed to supporting the OS.
A significant number of computers that haven't even been bought yet could run Windows 7 for their entire working lifetimes and still be within the extended support period.
Also, merely "connecting to the Internet" is highly unlikely to leave a system vulnerable even if it isn't fully patched, and I'll take "outdated and unsupported" over "actively damaged at arbitrary interva
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That's why my gaming pc I still run windows 7
it's being patched till 2020, by that time it'll be obsolete but it's overkill at the moment
x79 chipset intel core i7 3960x
32 gigs ram
2 x evga 670 ftw editions sli
ssd system drive
wd black hdd for game installs
I should be fairly good to go with windows 7 for a while longer. At most perhaps a video card upgrade in a year or so. :P
then 2018 I'll start rebuilding new game pc
I always try to build one to last 5 years so i tend to go overboard, but all my past systems
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For people making the conscious choice to move to 10, ther
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Whether they *should* and whether they *must* or *can* provide bugfix/security updates for old platform is a different thing. No you will not get a refund on your 10 year old copy of Windows when you are no longer able to run it either.
Note that as much bitching there is about MS, there isn't really a game in town with a better track record. Windows 7 is older than Ubuntu 10.04, but Ubuntu EOLed 10.4 last year even for servers (and much earlier for desktops). Centos6 came out two years after 7, but will
Late to the game (Score:5, Informative)
Windows 10 surpassed XP back in October [statcounter.com].
It has now passed every OS other than Windows 7.
Re:Late to the game (Score:4, Insightful)
Well, using Win10 is not dumber than using WinXP. At least there is still some kind of support for Win10 instead of using a security nightmare, potentially connected to the internet. "Better" is relative, though. It's kinda like sitting on a pile of broken glass instead of using a rotating saw as a support device for your ass.
If it was, say, using Win10 instead of Win7, yes, you'd have a case.
Now that's a low bar (Score:4, Interesting)
Unfortunately this is no a limbo contest. Crossing such a low bar of an obsolete unsupported os installs with a flag ship os that older os try to force on you is not impressive.
Netapplications a dubious source for this (Score:5, Interesting)
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Only if you're using IE, you can still access such sites using Firefox which has its own SSL libraries.
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You REALLY expect people who still use XP to even KNOW that there are other browsers?
Re: Netapplications a dubious source for this (Score:2)
Or developers are tired of workarounds from IE specific bugs and CSS.
Most sites are still html4 and CSS 2. Just do not want rendering bugs
Tracking 40,000 Web Sites + 430 search engines. (Score:3)
Many websites are blocking Windows XP as it doesn't support stronger than SHA-1 certs so the numbers will be skewed.
But not enough to matter.
We collect data from the browsers of site visitors to our exclusive on-demand network of HitsLink Analytics and SharePost clients.
The network includes over 40,000 websites, and spans the globe.
We 'count' unique visitors to our network sites, and only count one unique visit to each network site per day. This is part of our quality control process to prevent fraud, and ensure the most accurate portrayal of Internet usage market share.
The data is compiled from approximately 160 million unique visits per month.
The information published on www.netmarketshare.com is an aggregation of the data from this network of hosted website traffic statistics.
In addition, we classify 430+ referral sources identified as search engines. Aggregate traffic referrals from these engines are summarized and reported monthly. The statistics for search engines include both organic and sponsored referrals.
These statistics include monthly information on key statistics such as browser trends (e.g. Internet Explorer vs. Firefox market share), search engine referral data (e.g. Yahoo vs. Bing vs. Google traffic market share) and operating system share (Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux market share or even the iOS market share vs. Android) The data is made available free of charge on a monthly basis that includes monthly usage market share and trends for browsers, operating systems and search engines.
I would like to see some examples of sites which are blocking XP and draw numbers on the scale of, let us say, Amazon.com, CNN, Fox News, Disney or Universal Studios.
This numbers are dishonest (Score:4, Interesting)
Microsoft is forcing people to update, which makes these numbers meaningless. The only people who arn't going to update are the ones with the knowledge to block it.
This is like saying murders are way down, but ignoring to mention that you've put the entire population in straight jackets.
The fact that despite these strong-arming efforts, they're *still* only just now surpassing XP and Win8, says a lot about how much people don't want this latest and not-so-greatest OS.
I feel bad for Microsoft developers. When I tried the OS, I actually *liked* it. But then Microsoft had to go screw everything up with their OS-as-a-privacy-killing-service bullshit.
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It doesn't make the numbers meaningless. The meaning of the numbers are just different from what you seem to expect.
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Well, I was thinking in terms of Microsoft using the numbers to show how much people love their new OS, which is something they love to crow about. I didn't think of other possible interpretations.
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Microsoft is forcing people to update
I wasn't aware that MS was forcing the update to win 10 only that it was offering it in an annoying manner that only the initiated can get rid of.
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Someone has written a tool to automate and manage the problem:
http://ultimateoutsider.com/do... [ultimateoutsider.com]
And as a sister comment said, Microsoft has switched the update to "Recommended" status. It's only a matter of time before they decide it becomes Critical.
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I imagine they would need to do something to stop it from offering it to incompatible hardware since the gwx keeps offering it to me even though my stuffs not compatible.
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Well, Microsoft isn't even trying to block the update on incompatible machines. I've already read stories elsewhere about people running into this exact issue.
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It's the single best one I've found so far. And the creator is constantly updating it to keep up with the changes Microsoft has been making.
It also has a monitoring mode where it stays in memory and warns you if Microsoft re-enables the updates.
The numbers are objective facts (Score:2)
Microsoft is forcing people to update, which makes these numbers meaningless.
No it doesn't. The numbers are what they are. It's not a measure of voluntary vs involuntary use. Market share is an objective fact regardless of the reason for it.
The fact that despite these strong-arming efforts, they're *still* only just now surpassing XP and Win8, says a lot about how much people don't want this latest and not-so-greatest OS.
No, it says a lot about how people shop on the Windows platform. Most people upgrade their OS when they buy a new machine. If what you have works then there is little reason to upgrade. I still have Windows XP machines here in my shop that will only get upgraded when they die. No reason to replace them as they work fine for their intended
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And that's all fine and good. But if you're using anything newer than Windows XP, you are going to have to jump through hoops to NOT get upgraded.
That means all machines released in... what? The last 10 years, give or take, are going to be forcibly upgraded to the new OS unless you know enough to stop it.
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Microsoft is forcing people to update, which makes these numbers meaningless.
This statement just shows you are thinking about the situation from completely the wrong angle. The numbers are not a way to win a popularity contest (and MS are cheating and should be disqualified!!1!111!1), they are a reflection of reality. Regardless of what causes people to migrate to Windows 10, the number show that they are migrating. If you are writing software or websites then these numbers means something very important.
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True, however Microsoft will also use those numbers to represent popularity of their OS. Mark my words, in a few weeks Microsoft will be putting out a press release about the sudden jump in numbers, and trumpet how much people are "loving" Windows 10.
I realize my reaction is fundamentally an emotional one. I just find Microsoft's behaviour really galling. So much for Microsoft trying to clean up their act.
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I like 10 better than 8, but 7 JUST WORKS. 7 is not annoying, file sharing makes sense, and everything works as expected.
With 10, file sharing is different, authentication is different, it messes with the start menu still, but golly gee things are shiny. Not a fan, but you're better off with 10 than 8.
I've been using 7 since it's been out and I plan to keep it for a while yet. However I am getting ready to move to linux with an assortment of VMs of 7 for all my specific windoze needs. I plan to keep 7 worki
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Maybe our three-lettered friend could add the MS domains to his hosts file?
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There you are, I was just talking about you.
Are the MS domains responsible for spying on customers in your hosts file?
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If you using 7 or 8 the telemetry stuff is being backported and applied to your OS.
If you aren't sure how to prevent 10 from leaking info, then you aren't sure how to prevent 7 or 8 from leaking info either, and not upgrading isn't really a win for you.
This is my current go to:
https://www.safer-networking.o... [safer-networking.org]
If any one has any criticism of it, I'm definitely listening.
For what its worth, I've upgraded my main PC to 10 now, and after a few customizations to basically shut off cortana, web search from the st
Well, Timothy beats this with 100% share (Score:2)
Of Slashdot posts...either the poor lad's working around the clock or Whipslash and the others are posting using the Tim profile.
I understand that these things take time, but guys, if you could avoid posting Windows 10 non-stories every 5 minutes that would be an improvement.
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You really think something good could come out of a Win10 update?
Hardly anyone installs Windows (Score:2)
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Someone should tell HP they are supposed to check their software as every single hp/compaq machine I have ever did a wipe/reset with the built in recovery the hp get started wizard is slow and jittery and then after you get into windows it prompts you to allow it to check for updates from hp and the prompt promptly hangs there for a few minutes before it lets you make a selection. It's been like that for years.
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Too bad it doesn't work. (Score:5, Interesting)
I was called to a friend's house to fix his PC. He has downloaded and installed the Windows 10 update on his Win 7, HP-1100 series box. The box itself is completely stock because my friend doesn't know much about the inner working of PCs.
Either way, Windows 10 refused to see the CDROM/DVD drive, which, being HP, is I believe is also a lightscribe burner. But I digress.
Hardware manager took a long time to find, but once found, was useless. It's not that it didn't recognize the hardware due to a lack of driver, it's as if the hardware physically did not exist. You couldn't even force Windows to try looking for it because it claimed there were no hardware problems.
So, I go to HP's website to try and find a driver that would force Windows to admit a CD drive existed. HP's site offer to diagnose my PC's problems. I let it. Animated graphic cycles for what seems like a day, and then I get the wonderful message "An error has occurred, please try again later" Bullshit -- this has probably never worked, but HP won't admit that. I try and manually find the driver based on the Box's model.
There are no drivers available for this machine. At least, nothing for Windows 10. How is this possible?
I was unwilling to take apart the machine to find the type of CD drive it is (assuming HP had marked anything), so, with little choice left, I had Win 10 degrade itself back to Win 7.
After 30 minutes of that; we were back to Windows 7 and the CD drive worked as expected.
Windows 10 is a piece of shit, and it's apparently an unsupported piece of shit. Why are there no drivers or any way to force Windows 10 to look for a common piece of hardware? a CD/DVD drive? That's like not recognizing a mouse.
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That's interesting. We have a laptop here that after the Windows 10 upgrade also has a non-functional CD drive. I haven't bothered trying to fix it because frankly we haven't used the drive in about 3 years. But interesting to see this isn't an isolated problem.
Weren't CD drives handled generically anyway?
Re:Too bad it doesn't work. (Score:4, Funny)
It's probably a CD on a PATA interface that's not supported by Win10. That would cause the drive not to show up at all. You may have an error elsewhere showing a controller not supported. I'd swap out the drive for a modern SATA DVD or blu-ray drive, either plugging it into an open SATA port or putting in a SATA controller card if none exists.
Oh, who am I kidding? I wouldn't do that. I'd just backrev to Win7 like you did. Win10 doesn't have anything worth having that justifies screwing with the hardware.
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Unix and linux are for morons. Come on guys get with the f*ckin program.
Ok then, I guess, according to you, I'm a moron then, since I don't use ANYthing on my computers besides Linux. But though I'm a moron, I'm
a thousand times more intelligent than *you*... Of course, that goes without saying since you don't have the balls to post without hiding behind
AC...
Re:This is excellent news (Score:5, Funny)
I actually use both. I find Windows 10 a well-made OS, finally catching up to Linux at current. It's usable and reasonable, although I had to go into the installer and modify the boot.wim and install.wim file because it was hard-freezing my CPU at boot. Had to remove the GenuineIntel_mcupdate.dll file out of system32 (it was inserting invalid microcode). This is still a problem on the current Windows 10 release.
I use Linux a lot more, but Ubuntu doesn't support ASP.NET development. Mono installs pretty broken, and monodevelop is horrendously unusable. Besides that, I wanted Windows for Unity 3D.
The Microsoft graphics stack still has some bugs, enough for OpenGL rendering of 2D canvases to stutter and spit when trying to use graphics applications. Things like Krita work better on Linux, although Wacom driver support is slightly better on Windows. ArtRage works decent, too, but only on Windows.
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How did you get windows 10 to only use 6GB HD space after install and updates?
The computer I'm writing this on is a windows 7 laptop the windows folder is 62.6GB. As it happens I have a few machines running windows 10 all up to date:
A Lenovo win10 bare install 8.84GB
A Dell upgraded from win8 9.49GB
A Hp upgraded from win8 15.9GB
A Hp upgraded from win8 21.8GB
Windows seems to like space on a old sony vaio VGN-UX490N after reinstalling windows vista from recovery iirc it only had 3GB free space.
Sure you can
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32-bit is much smaller than 64-bit, for one thing.
That's how my HP Stream 7 is using only 23 GB in its Windows 10 partition, and I have Office and Olive Tree Bible reader on there as well as my standard Ninite.com freeware.
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Hey Sparky.. you'd lose that bet BIG time... I tried Windows 10 for a couple of weeks on a spare system, and all I could think of, was HOW THE FUCK ANYBODY can use this crapfest.. I went back to Linux and reformatted the Windows 10 disk.... shudder
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Nah, actually very comforting.
As long as the market share is low, there's no reason to worry that malware will find its way onto Linux. Like any software, it's a business. Infections happen where people are who are using it. Nobody using Linux on a desktop, no worry that it would become a target platform.
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What are we talking about?
Because windows and more linux distros than I would like are now heavily slanted toward users with touch screens. That's fine if you have a touch screen but even microsoft had to admit windows 8 is crap without a touch screen and while windows 10 does a lot to address the problems I still don't like it as well as 7. But I'm probably not the typical user as I personally don't care if the UI looks like windows NT just as long as it doesn't lag every time I open a window for some fanc
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It still is.
Though, admittedly, that got easier in the past few years.
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Does windows 10 have ip over firewire support? I know vista doesn't
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Or American conservatives bragging that they've finally raised their average IQ to 85.
:-)
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Worse, even. They can't even cram it down everyone's throat.