Good? Bad? Indifferent?
I hear there are some privacy concerns with Windows 10, that can be mitigated if you know how to circumvent them. Just curious as to what our tech experts think on 10 and the new Edge browser, that replaces IE? My 8 or 9 years old PC might conk out at any time. I see you can still buy Windows 7 machines (but MS wont be supporting 7 after a few more years), and I dont think I'd ever go Windows 8.1, so is 10 worth it?
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I've been using Windows 8.1 for 2-3 years now. Don't know what the problem is.
Windows 10 is very new. The "Edge" browser I had some issues with when attempting to access virtual servers.
In my professional opinion, wait until service pack 1 comes out for Windows 10, especially if you're happy with your current system
Waiting for the first service pack or patch for anything Windows related is always a good idea.
The anniversary to windows 10 is just being released this week....
The download takes awhile, for me about 30 minutes,
I'm using now for the first time, so far so good, the edge browser is much much better in the update. 
good luck
Does Edge allow you to download things where you want? The last time I fired up W10, the browser wouldn't let me save the download of Firefox where I wanted, forcing me to save it to the Downloads directory.
(One of the many reasons I wanted a dual-boot system. Booting into Windows is as rare as hen's teeth.)
"The save to the download directory" is the default setting in all the windows browsers, opera, chrome, ff and edge.......but good news, these settings are easy to change. If u are still using Firefox,
1. single click Firefox in the upper left hand corner of the browser
2. In the box that pops up, click OPTIONS, and to the right click OPTIONS again
3. In the left pane, single click GENERAL
4. Scroll down to DOWNLOADS
5. Click the box " ALWAYS ASK ME WHERE TO SAVE FILES "
your done
all the browsers can be changed to this setting....good luck
I'm using Linux.
My point is that Edge doesn't let you change the download location. At least, not without editing the registry. (Ditto, a Windows 10 computer connected to the modem/router via ethernet can't turn off automatic updates by setting the computer to a metered connection.)
QUE???! You can do all that on dial up???
Firefox released a new version 57.0 today.....they claim its fast, TWICE as fast as version 56 ......my only comment so far is brace yourself its really fast out of the box. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/...tm_campaign=whatsnew
Working great on my Win 10.1 laptop.
Some problems on Win 7 Pro desktop.
No probs on either anymore, except it freezes now and then on X4.
Bvan that problem is related to Viking Trolls not Windows!
Windows 11 First thing you will notice in your taskbar, icons are bigger and are centered instead of being on the far left. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh microsoft 
My CPU is more than 90 days old so I won't be getting Winders 11.
How are you going to keep up with all the Badger scoring with that antique ? 
I think a Commodore 64 can do that job. 
Why did the Badgers pick IOWA as their homecoming game? You are supposed to schedule a game you plan to win!
@PackerHawk posted:My CPU is more than 90 days old so I won't be getting Winders 11.
You could do like I do and get an external drive and put Linux Mint on it.
So when the Fed's kick in your door you can just grab it and run to your bunker?
@Fedya posted:You could do like I do
Yeah, I stopped right there.
I don’t t even know what I run.
I have people for that.
Should they know something new is happening?
