Strategy for Winders 10?

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SimonMac replied

8 June 2015, 09:17
Originally posted by DaveB View Post

Nope, but you can put 7 or 8 on it with bootcamp and get the free upgrade anyway.

Why bootcamp it?

Once you go Mac you never go back, I have a VirtualBox machine installed for the once in a blue moon that I have to use Windows for a specific application
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TheFaQQer replied

8 June 2015, 08:58
Originally posted by PerfectStorm View Post

Of course IT is full of people who are so risk averse they're still using XP...

Not risk averse, just stuck on the only version of Windows where my key development tool works
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DaveB replied

7 June 2015, 23:07
Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post

Will a Mac have Windows 10 pre installed then?

Nope, but you can put 7 or 8 on it with bootcamp and get the free upgrade anyway.
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xoggoth replied

7 June 2015, 21:35
I got a pop up the other day. Having spent hours sorting out my new machine I don't think I could manage any more problems without having a stroke.

PS Not the enjoyable sort of stroke.
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eek replied

7 June 2015, 14:20
Originally posted by mudskipper View Post

3.11? What's this workgroups thing about then?

Isn't it just a gem ripoff
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mudskipper replied

7 June 2015, 13:59
Originally posted by zeitghost

FTFY

3.11? What's this workgroups thing about then?
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TykeMerc replied

7 June 2015, 11:23
Originally posted by DaveB View Post

<obligatory fanbois post>

Get a Mac.

</obligatory fanbois post>

Will a Mac have Windows 10 pre installed then?
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DaveB replied

7 June 2015, 10:50
<obligatory fanbois post>

Get a Mac.

</obligatory fanbois post>
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cojak replied

7 June 2015, 09:56
Originally posted by RetSet View Post

Yeah, I know this should be in technical, but this is the only forum here I read, and if I put it elsewhere I'll only forget...

Anyway...

Being only a Thick Tester, I don't want to have to do anything clever or technical...

Yeah, thick enough not to put it in technical and subscribe to the thread.
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anonymouse replied

7 June 2015, 08:55
Windoze 10

If your not wanting to go down the beta test route, then stay away until it's officially released.

10130 has just been deployed, and again there's more issues; like the Start button & icon don't work, networking doesn't work either. After about 5 releases I'm about done with it, I'm going back to the Metro tiled UI Windoze 8.1. Having a 23 inch touch screen, it's works like a large tablet, so all the apps show across the screen, rather than a silly list on the left hand side. Then there's the old style Settings, with the new style Control Panel. You can't change the Wifi network key from the Wifi icon anymore, it has to be done in Network settings. Then there's the...now where's me backup drive?

There's always the Office 2016 Beta to have a go at.
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NotAllThere replied

7 June 2015, 06:52
Originally posted by PerfectStorm View Post

... course IT is full of people who are so risk averse they're still using XP...

And thereby exposing themselves to all kinds of vulnerabilities that will never be patched.
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DannyF1966 replied

7 June 2015, 00:38
I'll probably wait a few months to see if some of the early bugs get ironed out. Still on 7 here, didn't like the look and feel of 8 at all so not really looking forward to it. If I build myself a new box in the next 12 months (nothing wrong with the computer I have now, it's 4 years old now so maybe getting a little long in the tooth) I'll get Win10 OEM or whatever at the time.
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PerfectStorm replied

6 June 2015, 23:46
I tend to go for full risk on these things and just install them. No serious issues yet, if there are someone will flag it and things usually get patched up pretty quickly.

Of course IT is full of people who are so risk averse they're still using XP...
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RetSet started a topic Strategy for Winders 10?

6 June 2015, 23:35
Strategy for Winders 10?

Yeah, I know this should be in technical, but this is the only forum here I read, and if I put it elsewhere I'll only forget...

Anyway... I see the new Win 10 free upgrade icon in my system tray (currently running Win 7).

Do I:

a) Reserve my upgrade for this machine

b) Wait until I can get a new machine with 10 preinstalled.

c) Wait until the first big patch release and get a new machine with 10.1 preinstalled.

d) Ask AndyW's mum what I should do.

Being only a Thick Tester, I don't want to have to do anything clever or technical...
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