Poll: Will You Get Windows 10?

kinkinkijkin · 10-02-2014, 03:32 PM **#21**

I prefer the start menu over the start screen, though I agree that this start menu isn't exactly great.

It's also going to take some time to get used to booting straight to desktop.

One thing I like a lot, though, the boot manager actually installed itself correctly this time. I should've installed arch first.

**Garteal** · 10-02-2014, 06:01 PM **#22**

(10-02-2014, 02:49 PM)Jhonn Wrote: Are you sure? Installed in a separate partition today and at least here, everything feels faster, apps open faster and I can hardly see that typical Welcome screen. Performance did improve here when compared with Windows 8.1...

Yeah this. Applications and the like open much faster and things seem snappier all around.
Boot time is insane as well. I don't even see my BIOS and Windows loading.

(10-02-2014, 03:27 PM)Jhonn Wrote: Well, I'm using Technical Preview for around 6 hours now and, believe me or not, I really miss the Charms menu: I know they moved the options you would usually find in charms menu into a new button in the title bar from modern apps, but I still find myself pushing the mouse cursor at the edges looking for the Charms menu, if it's gone forever, I'll take some time to get used to its absence. Also, I didn't like the new Start Menu. In fact, one of the first things I did were enabling the so hated Start Screen again...

And compared to Windows 8 Release Candidate, Windows 10 Technical Preview is much more stable. I'm even thinking in completely replacing my current Windows 8.1 install and use the Technical Preview as my main OS

No it's not gone. If you switch to a touch screen device it should come back if Continuum is in these builds. Otherwise, if you really miss it, simply hit WIN + C and there it is.

**mbc07** · 10-03-2014, 01:42 AM **#23**

It's good to know. Tested more and now I can say Windows 10 is lacking several customization. For example:
• If I want the old charms menu gesture, I must have a touch screen. Otherwise I'm limited to the Win+C shortcut (like Garteal pointed)
• If I use the new start menu, I'm tied with that blueish color (looked everywhere and didn't find an option to change the color scheme when using the new Start Menu).
• The new search button, there's no way of removing it from the taskbar. What if I want only Start and Multi Desktop button? Or if I want only the Multi Desktop Button and use the old Start Menu Gesture from Windows 8. Or, more radical, if I don't want any button at all, just the gesture to open the Start Menu/Screen?
• The modern apps, where I can choose to always open them in a pre-defined window size? Or to always go full screen like in Windows 8.1 (automatically hiding task bar/title bar) if I click Maximize button?

I know that's a Technical Preview, but I hope we get more customization when the final version ditches in...

**Garteal** · 10-03-2014, 01:49 AM **#24**

The start menu changes with whatever color you have your window decorations set to.
(Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Personalization\Color and Appearance)

Yeah I agree with the task view and search buttons. I don't need them, but they probably put it there to highlight it as one of the main new features of the OS. It will probably (and hopefully) change along the way.

Definitely make use of the Windows Feedback application for all feedback, bugs, etc you have as they're monitoring it.

teh_speleegn_polease · 10-03-2014, 03:12 AM **#25**

Anybody have a comparison between 7 and 10? Would it be worth upgrading?

**mbc07** · 10-03-2014, 03:51 AM **#26**

(10-03-2014, 01:49 AM)Garteal Wrote: Definitely make use of the Windows Feedback application for all feedback, bugs, etc you have as they're monitoring it.

Of course I'm reporting, let's see what they do...

(10-03-2014, 03:12 AM)teh_speleegn_polease Wrote: Anybody have a comparison between 7 and 10? Would it be worth upgrading?

Personally, even Windows 8 is worth upgrading. The only reason many people stayed at Windows 7 were the Modern Interface. Now that Windows 10 has a start menu, there's no excuse to stay at Windows 7, well, unless you have some obscure device that doesn't have updated drivers...

**KHg8m3r** · 10-03-2014, 09:28 AM **#27**

Going from Windows 7 to the Tech preview is pretty nice. I've used Windows 8 where I work, and it was not a fun experience. But this feels like a natural upgrade to the Windows 7 platform (what windows 8 should have been) and is so much nicer than windows 8.

Also, I think I know why they call it Windows 10. I read some article (IGN maybe?) that was saying that Windows 95 and 98 were referenced as Windows 9x by people who wrote code. They didn't want any confusion between that and a new Windows 9

teh_speleegn_polease · 10-03-2014, 10:07 AM **#28**

Right, gonna try installing it then, hopefully withing a couple of days. Tongue

**mbc07** · 10-03-2014, 02:43 PM **#29**

Aaaand it's my main Windows OS now. YAY!

10-03-2014, 06:20 PM **#30**

How does MS enforce people signing up for the insider program, if at all? I didn't sign up, created a local account, and can't tell the difference.

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