Windows 10

Oh wow. Drained laptop in under two hours, well more like 90 mins.
Not sure what settings power are untill I can get home and turn it on. No more F1 on sky go tonight.
 
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W8 was showcased at developer preview and then latter consumer preview. Developer preview was released 13months before general sale of windows 8.

With windows 10 were at technical preview which is before even developer preview.

Seems laptop drained so fast for two reason, it's not switching to battery power mode when unplugged and it's constantly using gfx card, instead of using on board graphics for most tasks.
 
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Having a bit of a play with this, I like the 4 way snap, start bar works well enough, mix of old and new.
Theres a bit in the video's showing a popup when keyboards are connected and disconnected, not getting that on my original Pro that I have dropped it on...
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That's called continuum, it's not in the technical preview yet.
 
On top of that what ever they've done under the hood, will do under the hood and features that will be put in there.

People seem to forget this is a technical preview. It's earlier in development, than we've ever seen before.
 
It isn't the final release though.
Non of the consumer side is in which will be announced at build 2015.
Then we are expecting Cortana.

Continuum isn't implemented diet but coming etc.

Basically this version is literally testing the UI and features will be added over the next year.
 
Is there windows media centre?
I now they stopped development. Bit after fighting with xbmc fir a few weeks, just purchased windows media centre for £6.99 and it works flawlessly out the box. Not even any real set up, just a few is this the right info screens.
 
I doubt it and I don't know why people don't want to it's basically nothing anyway. You don't get spam emails or anything else.
 
Is it me or has there been zero updates, I would have expected a steady steam of updates. Especially with apps and other easy to fox things. With all the feedback they are getting.
 
Other than defender only have 1512 and it's saying upto date.
And the three I'm missing are only security updates anyway rather than bugs/improvements.
 
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It's just totally bugged. Hot corners etc don't work even if you enable them.

They have said a new version is coming very soon, hopefully fix some of these basic issues.
Apps should just remember if you want them full screen or not.
 
Most of the changes in this build will be invisible to you, but we’ve made nearly 7,000 improvements and fixes to the product between 9841 and 9860. Many of those fixes were based on problem reports that you submitted in the Community forum or through the Windows Feedback app. Thanks! We also have a few visible changes that you’ll notice.

We are getting a taste of the new Action Center for Windows PCs. This means the Action Center in Windows Phone is now in Windows 10. Only basic notifications are enabled for now, with quick actions and a cleaner interface coming late




Other new features in Windows 10 build 9860 include the ability to move apps easily from one monitor to another, and animations for switching desktops. "One of the pieces of feedback that you gave us was that it was hard to know when you were switching desktops. We addressed your feedback by adding an animation to make it clear that you are switching,"

Microsoft warned however that the new build does includes some problems: the search index won't be available immediately, because it needs time to rebuild and for OneDrive to sync, and the UI design has gone “backwards” temporarily. It's harder to join a Wi-Fi network, for instance, and the interface looks more rough (especially Internet Explorer glyphs, among other things).

And finally, Microsoft has launched an option that allows you to choose how often you receive new builds. You can now select between slow and fast settings. Such a setup could allow you to get updates with fewer or more bugs, depending on how often you receive build updates.
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Continuum is mire dynamic changing for 2 in one devices like surface. Rather than metro.

And no hot corners still aren't working.

Theres an additional beta PC settings called zPC Setting
So many more options which makes it much easier to find stuff.
Also shows something's that will be coming. Like wp8 built in apps. Like Data Sense, storage sense, battery sense and setting option for maps, so can only assume bing or Nokia maps will be in built with downloadable maps like wp8. Basically all settings from wp8 will be included by the looks of it.
 
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finally got round to installing 9879, modern apps now remember if you make them full screen :), :( only seems to work if the app has been updated. like mail. 3rd party apps don't remember :(
 
nope, the setting still doesn't work.
right click taskbar > properties > navigation

but as I say it still doesn't do anything.
at least win + c works now. not even that worked on the first build.
 
MS is have a windows 10 event on 21st of Jan.
As they said more public focused parts will be released in Jan. Then I'm thinking consumer preview.

And if you want news, they have also said the insider hub in the newest build will be the only place for all news, as some news won't be released on their blog.
 
If anyone is having problems running a game, it could well be missing some dlls. Which steam isn't telling you about.

But if you go find the application in the steam folder and launch it manually, it should tell you.

Most likely dx9 and c++ 2010 dlls, with c++ remember to install x86 even if you have x64 os, as the game will almost certainly be installed in the x86 folder. Or just install both.
 
Not sure I like those icons, they look great there, but once you add other programs which won't be that style, it'll look a mess.

New browser I hope is good, but please have a seprate favourite bars and tabs bar option.

Although pinch of slat, as it goes against other leaks and I can't see MS going that plain, probably a fan mock up.

Wish 21st would come on by, especially as it's confirmed they'll be talking about windows 10 for phone as well.
 
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