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No pressure, right? I'd like to point out that ZDNet and CNET sometimes go into some of the more technical features that I don't. This ZDNet article goes into a feature that is similar to system restore, but specifically lets you revert the computer to factory defaults, with options to keep certain things. Probably a handy alternative for people that like to periodically re-install Windows. I mostly focus on the things that I think the average user will notice and don't comment on minor bugs that I expect to be patched out in the next build.Thanks fr the review Cabal. Been keeping my eye on this, I think your reviews will determine if I'll update to 10 or not.
I don't think performance will get any worse, but I'm not sure if it will be noticeably better either, outside of boot times. It really depends on if DX12 will work with games that use older versions of DirectX. If it's like the older versions, it will need to fall back to DX11 to run DX11 games, but if it is backwards compatible, then there may be performance improvements in older games. Either way, the Xbox One is getting a system update that will have it run some version of Win10, replacing the cut-down Win8 it has now, and that will include DX12, so DX12 adoption will probably be faster than DX10 and 11 adoption (the 360 uses 9.0c, so devs tended to just ignore 10 and 11 when making cross-platform games). DX12, and by extension, Windows 10, could be a common system requirement in a couple years.I am currently running Vista on my gaming laptop. I have been considering this to see if performance improves any. Will keep an eye out on how things progress for sure.
Also, Newegg leaked some of the prices of fresh 10 disks. $110 USD for the Home OEM version and $150 USD for the Professional OEM version. This is significantly cheaper than previous versions. They also leaked the minimum system requirements:Microsoft officially says Windows 10 available on July 29
This was included in a system update a while ago. I think it was set to activate when the system clock hit a certain date. It should only show up if you're running 7 with SP1 or 8.1 with Update 1 (the versions that 10 is being offered to for free).Anyone else got a small flag in the notification area of the start bar (Windows 7) saying "Get Windows 10"?
Excitingly, Windows 10 will also allow users to select their own wallpapers again, a marked change from the Windows 9 experience, with its unending slideshow of depictions of human suffering.
Good, because I've got another one.Thanks for the constant updates mate. Keep them coming when you can. A lot of us here do read them and get something out of them.
I am currently in the process of imaging my Windows 7 partition in preparation for the official release of Windows 10 tomorrow. Windows 10 has an option to roll back to 7 if you don't like it, but I figure 'better safe than sorry.'
I did find a problem. If you are dual-booting Linux with Win10, you may have noticed that you can't access any NTFS partition that Windows was using. This is because, starting in 8, Windows defaults to a hybrid shutdown that merges aspects of hibernate to improve boot times. To fix it, do the following:That's pretty much it unless I run into some sort of crippling error in the next few days. I did do a day-one installation of a Microsoft product, so that's not exactly unheard of. But unless that happens, I believe this is my final review.