[AccessD] Windows 10...

Why do you think it's on an old computer with a brand new hard drive?  What
they do get is feedback, and a lot of it.  I'm not putting anything vital
on it, I'm test driving how it works.  I don't have most of the apps I use
regularly, and my banking is not done on that machine.

Charlotte

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> Are you guys who have installed it aware of just how much information you
> are giving to MS?
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/07/windows_10_data_collection/
>
> --
> Stuart
>
> On 4 Oct 2014 at 8:36, Charlotte Foust wrote:
>
> > I installed it, but honestly I hate the new start menu.  It has to
> > have charms to accommodate Touch but it's awfully cluttered and poorly
> > organized. You can resize the charms but not replace them with a list.
> >  You can uninstall apps from the start menu, which is handy for things
> > like Xbox and Sports.  Of course all that may change by release.
> > Overall, I like most of it (except for the ugly start menu).  You
> > still have the right-click menu on the Windows logo, so I tend to use
> > that.  And of course applications now install an icon on your desktop
> > by default, even the touch versions.  I put it on a 6-year old laptop
> > with 4 GB RAM and a 300 Gb hard drive, and it's working fine.
> > Installing it as an upgrade from Win 8.1 was a no brainer.  I didn't
> > have to touch the machine until I logged in again. It kept all my
> > settings and drivers,  but I didn't actually have any apps except
> > dropbox installed, so I can't say how other programs might have been
> > affected by an upgrade.
> >
> > I don't have it on a touch-screen box, so I can't test that, and apps
> > do behave differently on a touch platform.  It feels a lot faster than
> > Win 8.1 with the default boot to the desktop happening right away.
> > Haven't tested it yet using the start screen, but we'll see.  Overall,
> > I'm having a positive reaction to it.
> >
> > Charlotte
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > It's now on-line:
> > >
> > > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview
> > >
> > > /gustav
> > >
> > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > > Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> > > accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Gustav Brock
> > > Sendt: 1. oktober 2014 09:20 Til: Access Developers discussion and
> > > problem solving Emne: Re: [AccessD] Windows 10...
> > >
> > > Hi Darryl
> > >
> > > Don't forget that this really isn't much more/other than a new
> > > Windows 8.1 skin for the wimps.
> > >
> > > That said, I look forward to the desktop switching option.
> > > So, certainly, this is marked as a must-do task for the weekend. I
> > > couldn't do otherwise as I've run Windows 8 from the very first
> > > developer preview (with the outstanding desktop betta fish).
> > >
> > > I'm impressed that MS has been able to hold the 10 tight while
> > > everyone was talking about 9. What a surprise - and that is, of
> > > course, the intention behind. It worked. Kudos to marketing dept.
> > >
> > > /gustav
> > >
> > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > > Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> > > accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Darryl Collins
> > > Sendt: 1. oktober 2014 00:52 Til: Access Developers discussion and
> > > problem solving Emne: [AccessD] OT: Windows 10...
> > >
> > > Worth a read.  Looks better than 8.1 :)
> > >
> > > <<
> > > http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2014/09/30/announcing-windo
> > > ws-10/
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Darryl
> > >
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