Windows 10 has been installed on 700 million active devices

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Windows 10 has been installed on over 700 million active devices.



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[ImprovizoR]

Remember when they wanted to get it to 1 billion devices in a year or so? That was a fun ambition.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Still dislike 10 but what choice do I have?

 

[sheroo]

Still dislike 10 but what choice do I have?

Totally agree, haven't seen any benefits over 7 since I installed it...

 

[AlienALX]

Totally agree, haven't seen any benefits over 7 since I installed it...

DX12 !. Oh, wait...

Actually in the 30 seconds since I posted that I realised that if it were not for Cortana I would be eating burnt dinner every night. And that is 100% straight up. I use it every single time I cook, or I would forget about my dinner completely and it would be burnt to a crisp.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Totally agree, haven't seen any benefits over 7 since I installed it...

It's far faster
Updates are way better. No longer takes 2 days to update.
Much better/snappier UI
Better support for higher resolutions.
Has FLAC native support
Faster on all hardware platforms. 10 will run better than 7 on a minimum requirement PC
Can have features updated more frequently as well as add more features
Got rid of service packs which were useless. Now a more modular OS.
Better support for touch devices
Better support for modern technology, SSDs, NVMe, power management features, USB 3.1/2 native support, better USB audio standards(which is about damn time!)
More secure support for biometric logins
Better memory management
Better CPU management
and last one off the top of my head is better compatibility between Microsoft devices, like PC and Xbox.

 

[sheroo]

It's not the functionality that's lacking for me, I hate the start menu & that there's so much white in the interface - just don't like the feel of it compared to Windows 7. Bring back aero...

 

[AlienALX]

It's far faster

It's not. It is cheating. Let me explain..

In Windows 7 the hibernate function was disabled. Most of us would remove it and delete hiberfil.sys and gain back up to 10gb on the SSD. You had to, because SSDs were 32gb then. However, all they have done with Win10 is force enable it and you can't delete the hibernation file as it's now part of how the OS functions. So boot times are quicker, but only because it is using a pre made hibernation file. Which can also be really annoying, because it then opens everything you had open at the time it made the latest hibernation file.

Once into the OS it is no faster than 7. It may boot quicker because of this fat old file on your SSD but that is it.

 

[Warchild]

It's not. It is cheating. Let me explain..

In Windows 7 the hibernate function was disabled. Most of us would remove it and delete hiberfil.sys and gain back up to 10gb on the SSD. You had to, because SSDs were 32gb then. However, all they have done with Win10 is force enable it and you can't delete the hibernation file as it's now part of how the OS functions. So boot times are quicker, but only because it is using a pre made hibernation file. Which can also be really annoying, because it then opens everything you had open at the time it made the latest hibernation file.

Once into the OS it is no faster than 7. It may boot quicker because of this fat old file on your SSD but that is it.

Somewhat disagree there. My hibernation feature was enabled (edited because of my backwards thinking ) on Win 7. Yet Win10 was indeed faster for me. Not ground breaking, but it was definately noticeable.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

It's not the functionality that's lacking for me, I hate the start menu & that there's so much white in the interface - just don't like the feel of it compared to Windows 7. Bring back aero...

It's why I have been buying Start8 and Start 10 from the get go. Well worth its price! I also use the black themed windows.

 

[Dark NighT]

Or, you could use this, its free and its perfect after setting up your preferences

http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/

 

[NeverBackDown]

It's not. It is cheating. Let me explain..

In Windows 7 the hibernate function was disabled. Most of us would remove it and delete hiberfil.sys and gain back up to 10gb on the SSD. You had to, because SSDs were 32gb then. However, all they have done with Win10 is force enable it and you can't delete the hibernation file as it's now part of how the OS functions. So boot times are quicker, but only because it is using a pre made hibernation file. Which can also be really annoying, because it then opens everything you had open at the time it made the latest hibernation file.

Once into the OS it is no faster than 7. It may boot quicker because of this fat old file on your SSD but that is it.

False. It's not force enabled. It's also a faster OS.
Disagree all you want but even if it's "cheating" it's still faster. So my point still stands.

 

[sheroo]

Thanks for those links, I'll have to try them out.

I also find it less stable than win7, I could sleep & resume win7 for months without a hitch, win10 blue screened on me at least 4 times last week...

 

[AlienALX]

Somewhat disagree there. My hibernation feature was enabled (edited because of my backwards thinking ) on Win 7. Yet Win10 was indeed faster for me. Not ground breaking, but it was definately noticeable.

On exactly the same hardware?

False. It's not force enabled. It's also a faster OS.
Disagree all you want but even if it's "cheating" it's still faster. So my point still stands.

You can enable it in 7 too. Still, if you think it's faster then fair play. Nice bonus

As for it being force enabled? try and delete hiberfil.sys and see what happens.

Thanks for those links, I'll have to try them out.

I also find it less stable than win7, I could sleep & resume win7 for months without a hitch, win10 blue screened on me at least 4 times last week...

I ain't gonna lie I like 10. I would do, I've been on it from day one. However, what annoys me is that M$ apparently are not making any more PC OSes and are just going to keep evolving 10. Which means that every now and then they release an update for it that makes my PC run like garbage until they get enough error complaints and fix it. I've been on numerous stable releases only to find it turn to hot garbage a couple of months later, right after my PC has updated.

As I said though, I do like 10. And I was deadly serious when I said were it not for Cortana I would eat burnt dinner every single night. But faster? I recall my PC booting on a Corsair X32 SSD in about 26 seconds from POST. If that much. And that was on a Phenom 2, many years back.

I also liked Windows 8, once you got a proper start button on it. So much so I used it daily, because it supported more cores at a OS level.

 

[NeverBackDown]

It works. I've done it on dozens of devices.

 

[AlienALX]

It works. I've done it on dozens of devices.

I tried when 10 first came out (first port of call) and it warned me not to do it. Going back to force enabled? dude, every time I start my PC up it loads up exactly what was open when I shut it down. I did not enable the hibernation, it's done that itself.