Windows 10

Spacedeck · 13 Nov 2019 at 11:28

Did this latest update add Evaluation copy to the bottom right of the desktop for anyone else?

willhub · 13 Nov 2019 at 13:33

Spacedeck said:
Did this latest update add Evaluation copy to the bottom right of the desktop for anyone else?

You must be in the fast ring.

Orcvader · 13 Nov 2019 at 13:49

A PC I'm setting up for work just got the 1909 update. Wow, I'm surprised how fast it installed even on an old HDD. Memory usage seems better as well, it was hovering around 2.1gb on this low end 4gb PC on 1903 but it's now averaging at 1.5gb.

LoadsaMoney · 13 Nov 2019 at 14:24

mrk said:
Right click windows logo then Shutdown menu
Any power user knows that all things useful are via the right clicking of the windows logo.

Or create pinned shortcuts:
https://winaero.com/blog/create-shutdown-restart-hibernate-and-sleep-shortcuts-in-windows-10/

Oh yeah

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Nov 2019 at 15:04

Orcvader said:
A PC I'm setting up for work just got the 1909 update. Wow, I'm surprised how fast it installed even on an old HDD. Memory usage seems better as well, it was hovering around 2.1gb on this low end 4gb PC on 1903 but it's now averaging at 1.5gb.

Probably because you rebooted.

4K8KW10 · 13 Nov 2019 at 18:41

Orcvader said:
A PC I'm setting up for work just got the 1909 update. Wow, I'm surprised how fast it installed even on an old HDD. Memory usage seems better as well, it was hovering around 2.1gb on this low end 4gb PC on 1903 but it's now averaging at 1.5gb.

Google Chrome with only 5 tabs - 5 GB of memory gone...

mrk · 13 Nov 2019 at 18:47

Memory usage is a bum road usually because every system will vary. I've got 16GB and 2GB is used by Firefox with 9 tabs. By comparison I have Lightroom open and that's merely using 320MB in the background!

b00merang69 · 13 Nov 2019 at 19:35

Why would you want free memory, it should ideally be caching as much as possible (so make sure your actually comparing use ram not cached ram)

jonneymendoza · 13 Nov 2019 at 19:48

4K8KW10 said:
Google Chrome with only 5 tabs - 5 GB of memory gone...

Good thing?

mrk · 13 Nov 2019 at 19:57

b00merang69 said:
Why would you want free memory, it should ideally be caching as much as possible (so make sure your actually comparing use ram not cached ram)

Correct, utilised RAM is efficient memory usage. My post was more amusement at a web browser using more RAM than a heavy photo editing package processing full frame DSLR images

jonneymendoza · 13 Nov 2019 at 20:06

mrk said:
Correct, utilised RAM is efficient memory usage. My post was more amusement at a web browser using more RAM than a heavy photo editing package processing full frame DSLR images

Check edge

mrk · 13 Nov 2019 at 20:09

jonneymendoza said:
Check edge

I've already read one class A joke today on the forums, I don't need another just yet lol

jonneymendoza · 13 Nov 2019 at 20:14

mrk said:
I've already read one class A joke today on the forums, I don't need another just yet lol

Lol bro loads of people been slating chrome and most people using Edge now as it uses way less battery and cpu apparently

mrk · 13 Nov 2019 at 20:16

Who are the loads of people? I don't use Chrome, I use Firefox and don't have a battery or CPU issue with it. Edge is good for watching Netflix stream at 1080p or above (Netflix enforced) and that just about covers it

b00merang69 · 13 Nov 2019 at 20:28

mrk said:
Correct, utilised RAM is efficient memory usage. My post was more amusement at a web browser using more RAM than a heavy photo editing package processing full frame DSLR images

My reply was to Orcvader as I left this page open earlier and never refreshed as I typed it lol

Orcvader · 13 Nov 2019 at 21:07

mrbell1984 said:
Probably because you rebooted.

The thing is I just did a clean install of it this morning, so uptime wasn't that high before the update arrived

. Just finished installing the necessary stuff needed for it and a quick test run for it's daily usage, then did a final check on the updates and saw the 1909 update. Did the same test run a few times and noticed the lower RAM usage. Of course, the rest is used by cache but that's fine.

jonneymendoza · 14 Nov 2019 at 08:44

mrk said:
Who are the loads of people? I don't use Chrome, I use Firefox and don't have a battery or CPU issue with it. Edge is good for watching Netflix stream at 1080p or above (Netflix enforced) and that just about covers it

Mostly everyone in tech forums and reddit places lol

mrk · 14 Nov 2019 at 08:51

Hmm maybe Chrome is worse than Edge then, but certainly not Firefox, especially v70 which we are on which has been a tuning success even on these forums.

4K8KW10 · 14 Nov 2019 at 11:29

mrk said:
Hmm maybe Chrome is worse than Edge then, but certainly not Firefox, especially v70 which we are on which has been a tuning success even on these forums.

No.

Google Chrome is the fastest, most stable, most responsive and overall the best internet browser currently available.

DXP55 · 14 Nov 2019 at 11:47

Has it been 4 yrs since W10 came up on us! Time does fly.
Anyway 5 yrs or so ago I came on OCuk and was pointed in the right direction for a new build (Spec in sig) and also purchased a OEM W7 disk to go with it. I like W7 but time is now running out.
Not long back I purchased a W10 key here on MM so my question is should I now convert to 10 with the setup I have - I am willing to buy a new SSD to put it on. I do have a laptop with W10 on but just can't stand it due to slide finger mouse bit - Using a mouse was better.
Is it just a case of getting used to it or is W10 really that much better.

Thanks