Win10 upgrade on desktop was garbage for me, i ended up doing a clean install and it's so much better, faster, smoother, nicer .... except now i'm confused when using my Surface 3, have defaulted to using tablet view there, but still getting used to it.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Chris Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > Im having the reverse..definitely faster for me.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Thane Sherrington" <[email protected]> > Sent: 8/13/2015 8:25 AM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [H] Is W10 available yet? > > You find 10 faster to boot and snappier than Win 7? That's completely > the opposite of what I've found. The laptop I upgraded myself is > definitely lethargic (there is a hesitation after every click) and I've > seen two PCs where the owners wanted them rolled back to 7 because of > how much slower they had gotten. > > Perhaps a fresh install might be faster, but I haven't had time to test > that yet. > > I would expect games to be faster due to the new DirectX, but > unfortunately I don't have much time to game any more. > > T > > On 30/07/2015 3:26 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: > > I've been a Win10 preview insider for several months now and the final > version got automatically downloaded and installed a couple weeks back. It > has patched itself several times since but seems quiet this week except for > Nvidia drivers. Honestly I like Win8.1 which is a lot faster booting and > snappier to use than Win7 Pro which is still on my other two boxes. Win10 > Preview was a "bug festival" with hangs and spontaneous reboots etc. I was > lucky if an individual build ran problem free for one day especially while > gaming. The one program I had most trouble with was Folding@Home but it > was Nvidia's fault for not including the "opencl.dll" driver with their > Win10 driver releases. That has been fixed now and all is well with the > final build and I can't recommend it highly enough. Coming from Win7 and > 8.1 it's very easy locating the controls to configure it to my taste. If I > don't know where something is Google finds it real fast. I especially like > it with the latest Witcher 3 Wild Hunt 1.07 patch. Smooth. > > > > > > On Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:11 AM, Thane Sherrington < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Duncan, > > I think July 29th is the release date. > > > > T > > > > On 25/07/2015 5:25 PM, DSinc wrote: > >> I've been waiting patiently ever since W10 was mentioned on our List. > >> I > >> My OB mentioned getting an email (NO I don't know any more). > >> Anyone else? > >> Is it available yet? > >> I'll keep waiting patiently and cpying the mail. > >> Thank you. > >> Duncan > >> > >> > > -- > Thane K. Sherrington > > Computer Connection, Ltd. ...taking the mystery out of computers since > 1982. > Winner of the 2012 Ian Spencer - Excellence in Business Award > Winner of the 2014 Reader's Choice Best Computer Store > 95 College St., Antigonish, > NS B2G 1X6 > 902-863-3361 (phone) > 902-863-2580 (fax) > [email protected] > > > > >
