Cheers Softies, I'll most definitely hold off for the foreseeable future then if there' s no great gains.
Adam. On 26 November 2015 at 10:57, skuby <[email protected]> wrote: > If you have very new hardware, it's probably safe to try, though I would > do it on a separate HDD if feasable so that going back is painless. I've > had multiple issues with W10 on multiple computers but none of them were > brand new. I heard that the newest release (perhaps it's still a preview > build) allows you to start with a clean install instead of requiring an > upgrade to register first (if you are doing the free upgrade path, > previously you had to upgrade/register first and later you could do a clean > install), so try that on a separate HDD, if it works, great. > > If you can wait, I would honestly wait, you aren't missing out on > anything, it doesn't add anything new/great if you are a Windows 7 > Workstation user and a problem-free system with Windows 10 is no guarantee > unless you buy like a brand new Surface device or something along those > lines. > > I'm running Windows 10 on a convertable laptop that has a built in Wacom > in the screen and nothing in Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 was any sort of an > improvement for a pen/touch system. They still don't even have SWYPE style > key input for touch typing. > > In the future you will likely have no choice but to eventually make the > switch because DX12, as far as I understand it, is going to be a Windows 10 > exclusive. > > MS management is still sketchy at best, with it's ridiculous design > decisions (aka. now half of the control panel functionalities are exclusive > to the new "settings" window, but the rest of the old but essential control > panel items are still only in control panel, so while it all used to be in > one spot, now it's in two and in some cases, like power management for > laptops, it's split accross both, the new settings window but then the old > control panel when you go into advanced settings). That's just one > example, personally I think it's quite a bit of a mess, but it is still > use-able. > > I can't honestly think of a single (non-minor) feature from Windows 10 > that is a must have over Windows 7 (except for DX12 in the future). All of > the new stuff doesn't do a single useful thing for me. I might like it > better if I was running it on a new, top of the line Surface 4 or something > but even then, I doubt it. It works, fine, but the weeks of head-aches and > trouble shooting weren't paid off by any great new features. > > Cortana, Windows Store Apps, etc.., it's all been a major let-down and > while I pop in once and a while to try them, none of it has made it in to > my daily routine. 100% still desktop apps and I use it like it's a Windows > 7 machine. Currently making the slow and painful migration to Linux > (openSUSE) on another system, so much to learn, so little time....... > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 3:17 AM, James De Colling < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> clean and upgraded (from 8.1) installs around the office here, no >> problems with SI, Maya or Unity. >> >> all machines running GTX960/970 cards. >> >> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 7:02 AM, Stephan Woermann < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> At SI start, i have problems with floating windows. The first opened >>> have sometimes no buttons and is frameless. Especially with the render >>> preview. >>> When all floating windows are closed with the help of a script, the >>> issue is gone... >>> >>> Latest NVidia driver is used. From SI2013-15. >>> >> >> >
