Windows 10 is forever

[Common]

Or Android.

Or the next, as I hear Google and Apple are working together on a new OS.

I dont think android would be good for desktops

[Common]

*fist pump*

Fight the power man, fight the power.

Fear profits a man nothing.

Linux has advanced and it might very well be as good as windows. Like always its software developers dont write to it. So you are limited to what software you can run.

Im going to put linux on my laptop, i dont need much software on there.

[Common]

I just got an HP specter 2- it is loaded with Windows 10.

Is that a tablet

[Peter1469]

Is that a tablet

It is a hybrid. A tablet with a keyboard that it attaches to. Just got it today. Still checking it out.

[Standing Wolf]

I bought a new desktop a few years ago and made a huge mistake by letting somebody put Windows 8 on it. Now they tell me that Windows 10 is like Windows 8, in all the myriad ways I despise, only more so. I still have Windows 7 at work and love it, but the IT guys at work tell me there's no way to get Windows 8 off of my home desktop and load 7 onto it. Windows 8 sucks, and I can only imagine 10 sucks harder. I'm ready to do something.

[Don]

Windows 10 is OK. I think it works better on newer computers. Microsoft said that Windows 10 would be the last and that they would just keep updating it. No windows 11 or Vista supreme or anything like that. I wouldn't be surprised if they renamed it though. "Windows" is old and sounds dumb now. Maybe MOS like they used to have DOS.

When they said Windows 10 would be the last I don't think they meant forever. 5 or 10 years from now someone might develop a radical new computer that needs a radical new interface or operating system. Something else about Microsoft. Bill Gates said years ago that having the best didn't matter as much as making people need what you have. Microsoft is so entrenched in business software and so many software developers have made their software compatible with Microsoft operating systems on PC's they will be around til someone develops a system that truly can compete with them and replace them as the top dog. I'm sure Microsoft will be keeping an eye out for that. I'm betting that the company isn't forgetting what their founder said.."Success is a menace, it seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."

[FindersKeepers]

I bought a new desktop a few years ago and made a huge mistake by letting somebody put Windows 8 on it. Now they tell me that Windows 10 is like Windows 8, in all the myriad ways I despise, only more so. I still have Windows 7 at work and love it, but the IT guys at work tell me there's no way to get Windows 8 off of my home desktop and load 7 onto it. Windows 8 sucks, and I can only imagine 10 sucks harder. I'm ready to do something.

Windows 10 is not as bad as 8 -- not by a long shot. I resisted until I bought a new desktop a couple of months ago - and it came with 10 installed.

The interface is fast -- it's intuitive -- but it has a little spy in it -- Cortana. Cortana is a search engine/monitor of all you do. LOL

I disabled Cortana in the settings but, after the last update, it now restarts itself in the background. I just keep Task Manager running and check it every day or so -- when Cortana restarts -- I end the process. It takes a few times to make it "stick" but then it stays off until you either restart your PC or it updates. Then, I do it again.

[Chris]

I dont think android would be good for desktops

Been using as desktop. May not be a gaming platform but as an office platform and regular at home machine it's fine.

[Chris]

Windows 10 is not as bad as 8 -- not by a long shot. I resisted until I bought a new desktop a couple of months ago - and it came with 10 installed.

The interface is fast -- it's intuitive -- but it has a little spy in it -- Cortana. Cortana is a search engine/monitor of all you do. LOL

I disabled Cortana in the settings but, after the last update, it now restarts itself in the background. I just keep Task Manager running and check it every day or so -- when Cortana restarts -- I end the process. It takes a few times to make it "stick" but then it stays off until you either restart your PC or it updates. Then, I do it again.

Agree, Windows 10 is fine. But it will slow down older machines.

[exotix]

I still have an 'ol Windows 95 machine ... I'm keeping it until its worth $822,000.