In Reply to: RE: one final question, does everyone hate Windows 10? should I really get Windows 7 instead? posted by fmak on March 16, 2016 at 05:59:43:
I used Windows 8.1 on a tablet for over 12 months. I used this system for reading PDF documents, web surfing, and accessing other computers with remote desktop access and as a TV remote control. The user interface was tolerable, but barely so. I switched this machine to Windows 10, because a friend was planning to buy a new computer and had been advised to get one preloaded with Windows 10. I knew that she would require help with her new computer and so I figured it might be best for me to upgrade my tablet to Windows 10 so I would know its quirks. I was pleasantly surprised that the upgrade resulted in a much improved user interface which worked well both with the touch screen and with the optional keyboard.
I did not have to "tame" this computer. After two years the battery failed and the computer became unreliable, even when connected to the charger. I replaced the battery and the machine has run well since. I do fault Asus for a machine that crashed even while connected to the charger. This was not an O/S problem because the problem appeared while running the BIOS to restart the machine.
I can not comment on spyware. I assume that all computers are subject to spyware, trojan horses, etc... If I were doing anything that I had to keep private I would not use any electronic devices to do so, except possibly machines that have no permanent storage and that boot off of read only memory, e.g. using the Tails operating system.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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- RE: one final question, does everyone hate Windows 10? should I really get Windows 7 instead? - Tony Lauck 03/16/1610:27:06 03/16/16 (1)
- RE: one final question, does everyone hate Windows 10? should I really get Windows 7 instead? - fmak 06:58:15 03/17/16 (0)