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Its faster afaik
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Some common-sense at last from Microsoft amazing.
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Yes but that's associated with the hardware id of the machine (which can change if you change hardware), now it can be associated with you as a person so of the hardware id of your pc changes enough to break activation you can say this licence applies to this pc.
You can't say Windows 7 looks modern when the clear trend in UI design over the last few years has long since moved away from transparency/translucency, big shiny physical-style buttons and soft edges. The bold, flat look is everywhere now, while the Vista/7 era design is gone.
I think the main reason they have changed it because ms wanted 1 OS for all devices and windows 7 was designed for the desktop and laptop user.
The mind boggles
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I've gotten really used to the way Windows 10 looks.
I used Win 8 from the beginning so it's been a while with the new look.
Win 7 looks really dated now.
The transparency hasn't really gone away, there was a trend away from it but it hasn't been popular a more toned down version is coming back.
Have to admit though with my setup/theme on 7 the big shiny buttons are significantly toned down and bolder edges over the softer ones - I'd forgotten a little what stock 7 looks like that said 10 aesthetically is nasty at best and looks pretty ugly compared to how I have 7. The difference is it is fairly trivial to do in 7 in 10 they've stripped out much of the UI customisation options.
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Thanks... I was able to hide a printer update that would fail every single time.
If i look at windows 7, there are at least 3 options under the the 'device installation' options in advanced settings. Windows 10 has 1. What a backwards step. Not to mention, as has been said, it doesn't even frigging work anymore.
I am having to put up with 15.12 drivers at present due to this (and that's at worst. I don't even dare look at my Chipset Driver version).
I know this has probably been asked thousands of times but I still find answers confusing.
I have an older PC using XP but still good enough for a while, the pc needs a new drive and the OS reinstalling.
I see little point in installing XP again as a lot of stuff no longer works.
So what would be the best upgrade path, with a possible new PC around the corner say New year time.
Cheers.
Update.
Not keen on it being tied to one PC as I've had issues before when a PC was a pile and needing binning.
I have an older PC using XP but still good enough for a while, the pc needs a new drive and the OS reinstalling.
I see little point in installing XP again as a lot of stuff no longer works.
So what would be the best upgrade path, with a possible new PC around the corner say New year time.
Cheers.
Update.
Not keen on it being tied to one PC as I've had issues before when a PC was a pile and needing binning.
Not sure what is going on with that setting in 10 - they changed the wording of the description and the official response I got from MS is that it now only blocks automatic installation of additional software other than the core driver files which still are automatically updates. But for some people I've seen with my own eyes it still blocks automatic driver updates while for others including all my installs it does not block core driver automatic updates.
Updated yet another laptop to Windows 10 over the weekend (from Windows 7), and apart from taking a very long time, went perfectly...
I'd also suggest it's running smoother too!
I updated a couple of older laptops - one because the owner asked me to and the other out of my own curiosity - talking single core atom in one and older celeron in the other, mechanical hdd, etc. performance is very mixed at times its a lot better than 7 at other times it grinds to a halt especially when doing anything non-trivial with explorer.
Because more often then not there's no windows 10 drivers, so you can't upgrade to it.
Well, last night my windows 10 upgraded pc from win 7 packed in on me with corruptible prompts galore from boot up, couldn't get back in to windows at all, and tried disk part repair and other stuff, etc.. to no avail. Also things like system restore broke, repair wouldn't work, from whatever media. so basically I had to restore a windows 7 image last night (about 1.5 terabytes) and left it overnight and is all fresh again. runs very smooth. I didn't back up win 10 unfortunately.
I'm wondering if I should try for windows 10 again? any long term pros for a reason to do so? (apart from DX12 which I'd probably miss as I'm going for a GTX 1080 soon from over clockers). Also I notice the CPU in 3dmark 11 seems much faster in win7. 10,345 3d11marks, in windows 7 versus about 9,300 (at best) in win 10. is 10 a CPU hog?, or doesn't it like 3dmark 11 too much ([email protected])
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I'm wondering if I should try for windows 10 again? any long term pros for a reason to do so? (apart from DX12 which I'd probably miss as I'm going for a GTX 1080 soon from over clockers). Also I notice the CPU in 3dmark 11 seems much faster in win7. 10,345 3d11marks, in windows 7 versus about 9,300 (at best) in win 10. is 10 a CPU hog?, or doesn't it like 3dmark 11 too much ([email protected])
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Windows 10 can be a bit of a CPU hog, but usually only with lower end hardware. I would not worry so much about bench-marking software, how did it feel to you in everyday use?
Now you have activated your hardware with Windows 10, there is no hurry as you have qualified for the free upgrade. When you finally do reinstall (which I suggest you should), I would do it as a fresh install, using your Windows 7 product key.
I wouldn't call geforce 6 and 7 series graphics cards really ancient hardware.