The tech preview will be available from 5pm UK time tonight (9 A.M PT /12 PM ET)
Edit: Available now
Specs for the preview:
Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB)
Free hard disk space: 16 GB
Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver
A Microsoft account and Internet access
I'm not sure what to make of it apart from that this is less of a new OS announcement and more of a big "we don' know what the hell we're doing!" announcement.
It seems like a mish-mash of Windows 7/8 interface and yet again, another misguided and uneducated attempt an unifying the desktop system with the mobile platforms that nobody outside of "yeehaw and American product" land really wants to buy.
And dear God....it'll mean shelling out ANOTHER grand for the compatible version of Visual Studio. Is suppose I can make it a tax write off though...
Windows ME and Vista had such a short lifespan because they were piles of dung, not because they were consumer OSes. ME wasn't even a Windows version, it was just a collection of bugs that should never have been released. The only good thing that came outta that version was System Restore - if your computer would boot up, that is Vista was crap as well. It's always been banned in my house and that won't change. Windows 98 was consumer as well but 98SE was usable up until 2004/2005.
My old 2003 XP desktop originally had Windows NT4 installed! It was a business machine and dad had to help me install XP on it (I was 13 at the time but I knew what I was doing. He'd give me the instructions and I'd follow them). Windows XP lasted so well partly because it was both business and consumer oriented and Vista sucked. If Windows Longhorn had been released in 2005/2006 then maybe XP would have died out in 2010 after Windows 7 came out. I can see W7 sticking around til 2020 unless everyone goes mad for Windows 10.
Haha :D:D
I always thought the 8/8.1 thing was a throwback to the Windows 3.0/3.1/3.11 era. Apple's version numbering wouldn't really work for Windows. They're two completely different OSes
To be fair to Vista, it became quite a functional and useful operating system after the addition of the service packs but it was too late by then because the reputational damage had already been done so along came Windows 7 (aka Vista SP3). It's a pity that Microsoft didn't learn from that experience so we've had the Win 8/8.1 omnishambles followed by Win 10 scenario - an avoidable groundhog day situation!
The tech preview will be available from 5pm UK time tonight (9 A.M PT /12 PM ET)
Edit: Available now
Specs for the preview:
Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB)
Free hard disk space: 16 GB
Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver
A Microsoft account and Internet access
Over the next few days and weeks, I'm going to taking an interest in all the articles about the new Win 10 to see, in particular, whether it's a worthy successor to Win 7.
UK 64 bit iso Installs nicely in vmware.
Windows 8 install, but quick to install.
Firstly, no more modernmix and a start menu thats really nice to use
Need to get onedrive in file manager, its not by default. Not sure I will use the app.
UK 64 bit iso Installs nicely in vmware.
Windows 8 install, but quick to install.
Firstly, no more modernmix and a start menu thats really nice to use
Need to get onedrive in file manager, its not by default. Not sure I will use the app.
My first reaction was Windows 8.1 with a weird start menu and ModernMix.
If it's going to until mid 2015 then a lot of new stuff is missing because Stardock did this ages ago.
Yes working now, must have been an early glitch.
Hope we will be able to change the search engine from Bing to other.
Never use the search on W8, just ghastly, but this makes it useable and useful.
I will feedback I want my search to be Google
Hardly surprising when its a alpha version of the alpha version designed more to get details of what people think of it so they can alter it to make people happy
Hardly surprising when its a alpha version of the alpha version designed more to get details of what people think of it so they can alter it to make people happy
I haven't done much with it yet, but it's surprisingly stable, no troubles in paradise yet.
Only had it installed for a few mins, liked win 8.1, but liking this even more, not as busy as win 8.1
had to fill in a few more security stuff, eg send security code to a mobile number, but not great hassle.
Loving how since using win 8.0 and registering with microsoft, it just loaded all my stuff from that onto my freshly formatted HD with win10 on it.
Like how you can move the task bar to a vertical position on the left, just like my linux setup
now wheres the dam multiple desktop setting, i like it even if some dont ;-)
Appreciate its not released until next year, so has great potential :cool:
That does make sense and I don't know why they didn't say that at the outset. Mind you, just how much 9x software and how many Win 9x systems are still in operation?
Something underlying has changed as I can run an old program that always refused to run in any mode under W8.
Been using a VM running Vista for it, nice.
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Edit: Available now
Specs for the preview:
RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB)
Free hard disk space: 16 GB
Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver
A Microsoft account and Internet access
It seems like a mish-mash of Windows 7/8 interface and yet again, another misguided and uneducated attempt an unifying the desktop system with the mobile platforms that nobody outside of "yeehaw and American product" land really wants to buy.
And dear God....it'll mean shelling out ANOTHER grand for the compatible version of Visual Studio. Is suppose I can make it a tax write off though...
To be fair to Vista, it became quite a functional and useful operating system after the addition of the service packs but it was too late by then because the reputational damage had already been done so along came Windows 7 (aka Vista SP3). It's a pity that Microsoft didn't learn from that experience so we've had the Win 8/8.1 omnishambles followed by Win 10 scenario - an avoidable groundhog day situation!
Over the next few days and weeks, I'm going to taking an interest in all the articles about the new Win 10 to see, in particular, whether it's a worthy successor to Win 7.
This is what puts a lot of consumers off Win 8 & 8.1 too. Many folk don't know about the local account option.
The boot screen is currently pure Windows 8.1 so not much change there yet.
Windows 8 install, but quick to install.
Firstly, no more modernmix and a start menu thats really nice to use
Need to get onedrive in file manager, its not by default. Not sure I will use the app.
Firefox and Chrome installed fine, don't use IE
My first reaction was Windows 8.1 with a weird start menu and ModernMix.
If it's going to until mid 2015 then a lot of new stuff is missing because Stardock did this ages ago.
No charms bar or crazy corners, just mouse and keyboard a joy.
The snap is really easy with a mouse.
First bug, search does nothing...
Search works for me. I installed 64bit US ISO.
Regards to the start menu size? Bet it will be customisable like a lot of things.
Is that internal number confirmed?
Yes working now, must have been an early glitch.
Hope we will be able to change the search engine from Bing to other.
Never use the search on W8, just ghastly, but this makes it useable and useful.
I will feedback I want my search to be Google
That is what the command line reports
Hardly surprising when its a alpha version of the alpha version designed more to get details of what people think of it so they can alter it to make people happy
I haven't done much with it yet, but it's surprisingly stable, no troubles in paradise yet.
had to fill in a few more security stuff, eg send security code to a mobile number, but not great hassle.
Loving how since using win 8.0 and registering with microsoft, it just loaded all my stuff from that onto my freshly formatted HD with win10 on it.
Like how you can move the task bar to a vertical position on the left, just like my linux setup
now wheres the dam multiple desktop setting, i like it even if some dont ;-)
Appreciate its not released until next year, so has great potential :cool:
That does make sense and I don't know why they didn't say that at the outset. Mind you, just how much 9x software and how many Win 9x systems are still in operation?
Been using a VM running Vista for it, nice.