Windows 10 - free upgrade to those with PC using Windows 7 or 8

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Bing Gains due to Win 10:

"Search queries on Bing in the U.S. last month increased by the largest margin since Windows 10's launch, hinting that Microsoft's strategy to embed the search engine in the OS may be working....."

http://www.computerworld.com/article...ors_picks=true

Obviously. I never search using Bing, as soon as I'd activate Cortana, it'll search the web using it. I wonder if the EU will step in. It looks like Microsoft hasn't learned from the last time they bundled products and services with the operating system.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

It looks like Microsoft hasn't learned from the last time they bundled products and services with the operating system.

Or perhaps they learned to keep within the letter of the law while continuing to crush it's spirit. Evil does that.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by kennyc

I do.

I having prefer physical media. I OWN the media, but I can play it on almost anything that has speakers

[Shane R]

Originally Posted by kennyc

I do.

Ah well.

And I saw someone using a flip phone the other day too. These things will go the way of the horse and buggy...someday.

[Shane R]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

Oh, and on the latest Windows 10 update: I hate it. More different font sizes. More tiny fonts despite me setting the font size at 11, more black stuff, and more sub-menu's... and all of that, combined in the right-click menu of the start-menu icons.

Black means no dropshadows. It makes windows and menu's blend into one another, and that's not good. (At work, I detest Windows 8.1 for that; everything is flat and white.)

See that attachment. That's three (!!) different font-sizes in about 1/8th part of my screen; compare the left menu, the start menu icons, and the taskbar menu...

And what's with the grey Firefox (and, beneath the menu, Thunderbird) icons? Since this update, their background is suddenly grey.

Too much focus on design, and not enough on usability. I agree; no need to make changes just for the sake of making changes.

[Shane R]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

No. I'm not missing anything.

Mac OSX.

I don't think we can blame them for moving on from the PowerPC variants. That was a very significant architecture change. But if they do it while on the Intel processors, I'd concede your point.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Shane R

Ah well.

And I saw someone using a flip phone the other day too. These things will go the way of the horse and buggy...someday.

Bye-bye.

[MikeB1972]

Originally Posted by Shane R

Ah well.

And I saw someone using a flip phone the other day too. These things will go the way of the horse and buggy...someday.

They are making a comeback
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_smw2...news-15077.php

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

They are making a comeback
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_smw2...news-15077.php

[Shane R]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

They are making a comeback
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_smw2...news-15077.php

We define comeback differently, I see.

[wodin]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

Even though I've got a lot of bad things to say about Microsoft and Windows, I have to say that they've mostly got their compatibility sorted. The only exception normally are very old devices on new Windows versions, and the other way around, because manufacturers don't create the drivers.

Microsoft has always had a philosophy of being "backward compatible", meaning that newer platforms could run older software, while Apple has not. In the days of the original Macs vs. DOS/Win 3.11 that was one of MS' selling points at the expense of sometimes hobbling newer OSs like Win95/98.

MS has not always been able to conform to that philosophy, but they at least have always tried to, and the fault usually could be placed squarely on the third party developer; while Apple never did... buy a new mac, be prepared to buy new software.

[Freeshadow]

Originally Posted by theducks

I having prefer physical media. I OWN the media, but I can play it on almost anything that has speakers

^that. As long as I can have original physical media with the content in a simply accessible format I can convert it to anything which may come up in the next years. And no company takes it away when they go the way of the dodo.

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by Freeshadow

^that. As long as I can have original physical media with the content in a simply accessible format I can convert it to anything which may come up in the next years. And no company takes it away when they go the way of the dodo.

If you can deDRM digital content or it comes without DRM, and it's in a lossless format, it's just as good.

For some stuff, there is no difference. It does not make a difference to me if I get a program or a game on a CD or as a download, as long as it does *NOT* require online activation.

For some programs or I make exceptions, if they're very cheap and I don't mind losing them at some point in time. In case of Windows, I make an exception because I just *need* that particular operating system at this point.

[Fluribus]

Originally Posted by Shane R

Really?!? I'm not a Mac user and that doesn't sound like a platform I or anyone else would want to use. Yet their Mac and laptop sales are growing.

Something must be missing from your statement.

Mac has always had a certain aura of being cooler, better, and easier than Windows. Has tended to have less malware. Now Apple has become such a behemoth, that the aura only grows.

I use some Apple products. Like them. Don't find them to have the astonishing superiority that many claim for them.

Veering to the topic of Windows 10, I like it so far. I had a few weeks of errors that Cortana and the Start menu weren't working. Forced me to log out each time. I had to install new audio drivers to get Audacity working again. Otherwise, it's been painless. Nothing like the horrendous experience that was my brush with 8.1.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

(And I still haven't seen a decent alternative for Foobar, and CD-ripping software. That stuff is just much better under Windows.)

I don't know what Foobar does that makes it unique, but I have good luck with Asunder and EasyTag in Linux Mint. These fill my CD Ripping needs quite well.

Asunder review (more or less picked at random) ...

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/73323.html