Review time

Got it up and running, we shall see.

 

[strongm]

Yep, installing it here too.

 

[2ffat]

So, what does the interface look like. Any better than W8/8.1?


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[vacunita]

Well its essentially the same interface. But the Desktop mode gets the Start Menu Back with some live tiles instead of the familiar locations of Windows 7.

e.

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[strongm]

And Charms are gone

 

[strongm]

And it's still the Vista kernel, now at v6.4

 

[2ffat]

Next question: with this being a "pre-beta" version (as some are calling it) this may be hard to tell but it administration any easier in 10 than 8/8.1?



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[kjv1611]

Little late to this thread, but I played with this back on 2nd or 3rd day I guess of release in a virtual box virtual machine... then I ended up reformatting the whole computer it was on anyway b/c of a couple of things that were bugging me.. so my experience is pretty slim. But from what I remember, I would say it's an improvement over Win 10 in finding things, at least. I didn't dig too much yet, but what little I did, it seemed a little more familiar, at least.

"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57

 

[strongm]

>Next question

Dunno. What difficulties were you having in administration? And are you referring to a standalone environment or a corporate environment?

 

[ProxyPirate]

the start menu is much nicer! dont know what the hell they were thinking hiding the actual desktop with the annoying sliders

 

[strongm]

Sliders?

 

[kjv1611]

ProxyPirate,

Are you referring to the "tiles"?

See these references on live tiles to make sure on same page:

http://www.howtogeek.com/197836/8-ways-to-customize-the-windows-10-start-menu/

http://www.windowscentral.com/exclusive-exploding-live-tiles-launch-windows-10

- referring to phone mainly, but still same terminology.



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[vacunita]

I never understood what was so difficult about clicking on a tile clearly labeled "Desktop" to get to the Desktop. Its like people seem to think like babies or animals; if you can't see its not there.

Anyway, I'm installing the W10 Preview on a virtual Machine using Oracle's Virtual Box to test it out.

So far, this looks like Windows 8: Service Pack 2. but hey... If people need a new number to distance it from the "oh so horrible" Win 8 that's fine.

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[vacunita]

Fascinating. Since I used my Microsoft Account on my windows 8 Installation, When I logged in to the win10 preview with it, it brought over not only my wallpaper, but my task bar arrangement, and couple other settings.

That´s nice.

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[kjv1611]

I personally like it to be left offline, and just linked to a local account only, but I can see the desire for being able to just log-in, and it restore your settings, like Apple and Android phones.

"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57

 

[xwb]

I've been using W7/8/10 on local account since I found out how to create them. I'm not connected to the internet most of the time. Just hate it when applications and OSs want ET to phone home.