Final countdown for the release of Win10

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	FIELD NOTES Final countdown for the release of Win10
	By Tracey Capen Microsoft has apparently gone quiet as it approaches the Windows 10–release deadline; the folks in Redmond are likely putting in some long hours. Still, there’s much to be revealed about the new OS — not just on launch day, but over the weeks to follow.

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The full text of this column is posted at WindowsSecrets.com/field-notes/final-countdown-for-the-release-of-win10/ (opens in a new window/tab).

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Last first, let me just recommend Android to you. My first Android, a Nexus 7, is still going strong for a friend. My second and third Android, Samsung S4 and Samsung Note 10.1, are nearing two years old and I have no thought to change them.

But on the migrating to Win10, I’m downloading 10240 now. Based on the previous three betas, I’m pretty well confident in Win10 and expect to upgrade on my primary laptop right away. Not only is the migration easy, but the software just is more intuitive than either Win7 or Win8 ever was. There’s lots of new stuff to learn (Edge, Cortana, Photos, etc) and I haven’t even tried it all, but the apps I do use (like Chrome) work just fine with Win10, so I’m willing to put up with some startup bumps. There are things that pre-10240 I’m still not happy with (Edge and Photos) — still issues to resolve. But most of that will settle out in the next 10 days and just the feel and usability of Win10 over Win8.1 (or even Win7 that used to be on this old laptop I’m testing with and responding to you with) are so good that it makes no sense to me to wait.

Am I a longtime Windows user? — Yes, way before you started. Have I always been happy with new Windows releases — Hell, no! (Win8 was a particular loser.) But while Win10 may not be an amaze and wow release, it looks good, it’s stable and it’s much more useful and usable than any previous release.

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In his article Tracey said: Looking at build 101652, I think Windows 10 is shaping up well. My one standing complaint, however, is the start-menu box for Universal (Metro) apps. When open, it still takes up a good portion of the screen. Would it be that difficult to have it automatically shrink to fit the number of displayed tiles? Perhaps I’m missing something. If so, I’m sure I’ll hear about it.

My main complaint with Windows since before I can remember is its ability to remember a window has been restored DOWN but for some reason cannot remember when a window has been restored up (maximized). I know this has been an annoyance with many users but MS has never seen fit to fix it. I can deal with an oversized app menu if the restored size of a window can be remembered. If I am missing something I hope someone will point it out to me.

Don

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Tracey,
You hit the nail on the head in the “The strange case of the reappearing iPad” part of today’s article. I have an iPod Touch 4th generation (essentially an iPhone 4 without the phone) and it becomes less useful with each passing day. It has iOS 6 and can’t be upgraded any further. Any software I find that I want to install requires iOS 7 or higher.

That brings me to my perceived “beauty” of Windows 10. It is my understanding that Windows 10 is the last major update to Windows and ALL future updates to Windows will be incremental. That implies to me that PC hardware running Windows 10 will be able to take future operating system updates for a much longer time, perhaps for as long as the hardware lasts.

The next step in my logic moves to smartphones that will be running the Windows 10 operating system. I believe they will be released in the coming months. If the same can be said for the mobile version of Windows 10 as the PC version, I would expect the obsolescence rate of the Windows 10 smartphones to be dramatically slowed down. Do you agree?
Stu

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I have an IPad 1 as well. Apple is such a funny company – they seem to be the only company that actually makes a device with a battery that lasts forever, but then stops supporting the device for software updates. It’s backwards.

I am very frustrated that my Safari browser often crashes on the IPad 1, perhaps I will find another browser…

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Would like to see an article on replacing Windows Media Center as it goes away with Windows 10. Something as simple as WMC.

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How do you get away with referring to your wife as “spousal unit”? Maybe you should upgrade your reference to something more personal and human like she-who-must-be-obeyed ….

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Win 10 UI is dreadful. I can’t think of any reason for anyone to upgrade until it is fixed.

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In Windows 10, build numbers mean a alot. Build #101652(Tracey) and 10340 here in the comments I have never heard of. I am hoping that the numbers are typos because I have run ever Build Gab Aul and team have officially and publicly release and none had those numbers.

I know there were even more MS Internal Builds and some of them were leak, but I wouldn’t think it is appropriate to discuss them here?

Just say’n,

Crysta

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1. Tower Totals: 2xSSD ~512GB, 2xHHD 20 TB, Memory 32GB

SSDs: 6xOS Partitions, 2xW8.1 Main & Test, 2x10.0 Test, Pro, x64

CPU i7 2600 K, SandyBridge/CougarPoint, 4 cores, 8 Threads, 3.4 GHz
Graphics Radeon RX 580, RX 580 ONLY Over Clocked
More perishable

2xMonitors Asus DVI, Sony 55" UHD TV HDMI

1. NUC 5i7 2cores, 4 Thread, Memory 8GB, 3.1 GHz, M2SSD 140GB
1xOS W8.1 Pro, NAS Dependent, Same Sony above.

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	FIELD NOTES Final countdown for the release of Win10
	By Tracey Capen Microsoft has apparently gone quiet as it approaches the Windows 10–release deadline; the folks in Redmond are likely putting in some long hours. Still, there’s much to be revealed about the new OS — not just on launch day, but over the weeks to follow.

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The full text of this column is posted at WindowsSecrets.com/field-notes/final-countdown-for-the-release-of-win10/ (opens in a new window/tab).

Columnists typically cannot reply to comments here, but do incorporate the best tips into future columns.[/td]

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Hi

I have a Dell and having religiously followed Fred’s advice to build a back up decided to test it after upgrading from Win 8.0 to 8.1. only to discover that the recovery partition remains at Win 8.0 and that nothing would work without the serial number of the original installation buried in the bowels of EUFI. I have never managed to resolve this concern (that a full recover will drop me back to Win 8.0) and the one time I did need it Dell Techhelp did exactly that and I had to re-update to 8.1 (which left me with strange blips in my admin rights).
Now with the advent of Win 10 the situation looks set to get worse. Even if I buy a Win 10 recovery disc; how do I avoid the need for the serial number buried in the machine to make it all work?

Ciao
martinloat

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