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Post by [-44-] Pendragon on Feb 11, 2016 9:04:06 GMT
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Post by [-44-] preacher on Feb 11, 2016 13:53:35 GMT
Strangely enough, i was going to ask this coming w/e peoples opinions of W10, I will do it now, but what yuo have said has already given it a negative in my eyes.
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Post by [-44-] Pendragon on Feb 11, 2016 16:58:24 GMT
Privacy concerns aside it's quite good. For someone like me that is the go to person to fix everyones computer it's great. All of that "telemetry" is supposed to make it more reliable. It's much better at looking after itself needing much less maintenance. Ya for me, no more calls from members of the family asking to "just have a look at my computer will you"
It's a good option for "regular" users, however is you are concerned by all of this tracking then maybe not. It's also not great for tinkerers like me. Make a change to your system like change your graphics card or something as simple as flashing your BIOS. Windows 10 will deauthorise and Microsoft expects you to buy a new licence key! For someone like me that is forever messing about with the inner workings of his computer I would have to buy a fresh copy a couple of times a year!
Linux lets me do all I need with a computer without any of these issues. I think with the advent of Windows 10 we are going to see the end of the "Windows Power user" as a group on the platform. These people will hang on to Windows 7 for as long as they can or do as I have and make the swap to Linux. So Windows 10 is great for muggles but Wizards run Linux.
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Post by [-44-] MaryPoppins on Feb 12, 2016 11:12:01 GMT
just to add to the confusion. Although Pen is correct in saying that if you alter some hardware Windows 10 has a hissy fit, you are allowed to do this unless you have to comply with an oem installation. So unless MS intend to issue a warning with each copy then they will have to come up with a method to allow hardware changes.
As of October Windows 7 will no longer be available as an oem product which means business will have to start buying oem copies of 10. There is no way a business network will allow that kind of unchecked reporting to happen. In future as users make hardware changes especially processors then you will have to buy windows 10 as newer hardware will not not be fully backwards compatible.
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Post by [-44-] Pendragon on Feb 12, 2016 16:54:50 GMT
Apparently is you have the retail version you have much more leeway with hardware changes.
OEM: Will deauthorise if you make changes. Microsoft expects you to buy a new licence because it is effectively a different computer. Retail: Will still deauthorize but just tell MS that it's only installed on one computer and all will be fine.
These have always been the rules with Windows licences, however in the past MS had no real way to enforce it. Now they do. Guys like me that have always built our own computers we would buy an OEM version of Windows because it was cheaper. Back with Windows 7 the OEM would be around £70 but the full retail would be several hundred. At least now the difference is as little as a tenner. Thing is my copy of Windows 7 is OEM, so with the free upgrade my Windows 10 license is OEM. If I want to run Windows 10 properly I would have to buy a retail copy of Windows 10 at £89.99!
Given my concerns with what MS is upto plus this licensing malarkey I'll just run Linux, it's way easer...
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