I looked at it from this pint of view.
I like the way Windows 7 is overall (with some modding)
Then i looked on Google what is different between 7 & 10.
And i looked at the list of new or changed things and i liked NONE of them on Win 10.
There really is not much to say is improved on Windows 10.
On Win8 i heard they had made some improvement in how the GUI was rendered
which improved performance slightly.. but that is negligible.
Then i thought ok i HAVE to have my collection of mods i do like my own custom XP style start Quick-Launch.
And i also want to strip and remove or disable anything that i do not need like the printer service.
SO i quickly came to the conclusion that Windows 10 would be a nightmare!
I would have to spend huge amounts of time trying to figure out how to kill TONS of stuff (like Cortana)
So on a fresh install i would have a hell of a lot more work to do to set it up how i want it.
I also have a lot of stuff that is designed for Windows 7 such as my custom theme and start-button changer.
Then what if i mod stuff and this "never complete" (Windows as a service) cloud beta test OS reverts stuff on me?
Like what? ..well, the Telemetry "Spying" supposedly had options to disable them buried somewhere.
So i just learned that people found out one of the updates re-enabled all the Telemetry data collection.
This is not a cool stunt to pull on your customers who value their privacy and security.
And you may think ok Spoetnik well, why can't we just not install that update?
Why? Because updates are Mandatory and forced on users with Windows 10.
And ever seen a program ask if you would like to send feedback to the company etc?
Take Google Android or Mozilla Firefox for example.. both present you an OPTION to CHOOSE!
Options such as being able to turn on or off window transparency.
I did not even get started.. the problems i personally have with Windows 10 are massive!
A huge deal breaker for me is the fact you can not install "Windows Media Center" on Win10.
That alone would be enough for me to say no thanks.. i'll pass.
If guys like it then fine but i do think it's odd how people say Win10 is better looking. (the main topic point)
It literally actually looks like a version of Windows that came out before Windows 95 ..Hilarious
- I never did like XBOX and i had refused a free one before with games like GTA etc.
- Think the Zune was a hilarious failure.
- Office has always sucked balls.
- Azure is scammy shit coin hosting platform.
- Windows is so ruined and fucked up i would never in my life use another version again.
- Windows Phone is a pathetic POS of a joke and is dead and i feel sorry for them.
- Surface is another attempt to rip-off Apple with some crappy bullshit we don't need.
- Outlook.com is an irritating HDD grinding pile of BS (now you have to pay to remove Ad's)
They have veered so far of course from their old days that i am done with Microsoft forever.
I was a supporter of theirs for a long time but i just can't anymore.. I feel betrayed and let down by them
You can tell by their actions and comments that their entire agenda is to copy cat Apple
and try and beat them at their game.. APP's
They recently were getting criticized for loading Ad's on users who launched IE on Win7
that was nagging users to upgrade to Windows 10 NOW!
Then..
I seen a comment from the head of marketing where he defended 100% their overly aggressive Win10 marketing.
Such as saying they have yet even more plans for tactics such as Windows 7 users getting tricked
into installing updates that do nothing but nag them to upgrade to Windows 10.
The head of marketing said this while defending their stunt they pulled when they forced the update on us all.
Categorizing the Windows 10 upgrade as a recommended update meant..
a lot of people woke up the next day after the update came out stunned to see their machines
had already downloaded and started the upgrade procedure to update to Win10 (with out permission)
Their sleazy underhanded deceptive aggressive practices are CLEARLY done for ONE reason.
They want every Windows user on Earth to adopt the "App's" Sales Platform ... NOW!!!
This why they are using unfair & dishonest aggressive gorilla tactics on their customers.
And even simply.. giving the OS away for free.
When Adobe switched to a Cloud based subscription model i was sure more would do it.. like Microsoft.
I just don't get how people out there are getting worked up, excited and happy to be a part of this crap.
There used to be a time when i would be ALL OVER every alpha and beta OS version but those days are long gone.
Microsoft has made a fatal mistake and it will cost them in time.
I think even if they stopped the direction they are going in, it would be a good decade to repair the damage.
Microsoft is in a lot of trouble.. they fucked up bad!
