I am still undecided about Windows 10. I have been running it as my primary OS since release day and while it isn't bad I don't really see any benefit to it either.
Cortana isn't as helpful on my computer as it is on my phone but even then I don't really care about talking to my devices. The most helpful it has been is reminders, being able to say "remind me to call John at 5pm" is kinda nice.
Multiple desktops are very goofy on Windows 10. Not as good as on Linux or even OS X.
Microsoft's built in apps for media are pathetic still.
There are many annoying things also such as uninstall store apps constantly reinstall such as 3D Builder, Get Skype and Get Office. Even after I have Office installed!! Selecting a new Note from the Action Centre can only load the gimped built in OneNote not the full OneNote that is part of Office. Same with clicking the Surface Pen.
The start menu is seriously limited in where I can put things. I can't really personalise it much beyond putting tiles in the designated areas.
Edge is pretty awful with its current feature set.
Basically Windows 10 was released 6 months too early. I don't really understand why they were so desperate to release in July? Surely it would have made more sense to push back to October (Threshold 2 release window) or maybe even into 2016 when they can have a proper v1 version of Edge and more features in things like Groove Music which lacks even basic library management features like editing a songs tags.
Then we have the UI which is an inconsistent mess. Different styles all over the place.
So reading all this you would think I hate Windows 10 but I don't. I am disappointed with it as is but I am still using it over Windows 8.1 although it is more because it isn't worse than 8.1. At least not enough so to fall back to it anyway. It doesn't really give me anything amazing over 8.1 though.
I should add that I am not a Windows Store app user. I fucking hate how bland and limited most store apps are. There is no simple way to store app settings in a transportable way such as an ini file on a pen drive, for that you need to stick with old Win32 portable apps. For a tech professional/power user store apps are horrible.
Basically Windows 10 was released 6 months too early. I don't really understand why they were so desperate to release in July? Surely it would have made more sense to push back to October (Threshold 2 release window)
You're right in saying that it would have been a better release if they'd waited for Threshold 2, but that's different from saying it would have been better to release it then.
July 29 hit the back-to-school sales market, and Microsoft must have calculated that OEMs would sell more Windows 10 PCs than they would have sold Windows 8.1 PCs.
So Windows 10 didn't have to be technically perfect, it just had to be more marketable than Windows 8.1, which it is.
The move to continuous updating helped, of course. Microsoft wouldn't have been able to release Windows 10 in its July 29 state if that had meant committing to shipping it in the same state for several years.
My biggest issue is I can't right click on the title bar of an app and send it to another desktop. I have to open the Task View and move it that way. Not very user friendly.
Cortana isn't as helpful on my computer as it is on my phone but even then I don't really care about talking to my devices. The most helpful it has been is reminders, being able to say "remind me to call John at 5pm" is kinda nice.
Multiple desktops are very goofy on Windows 10. Not as good as on Linux or even OS X.
Microsoft's built in apps for media are pathetic still.
There are many annoying things also such as uninstall store apps constantly reinstall such as 3D Builder, Get Skype and Get Office. Even after I have Office installed!! Selecting a new Note from the Action Centre can only load the gimped built in OneNote not the full OneNote that is part of Office. Same with clicking the Surface Pen.
The start menu is seriously limited in where I can put things. I can't really personalise it much beyond putting tiles in the designated areas.
Edge is pretty awful with its current feature set.
Basically Windows 10 was released 6 months too early. I don't really understand why they were so desperate to release in July? Surely it would have made more sense to push back to October (Threshold 2 release window) or maybe even into 2016 when they can have a proper v1 version of Edge and more features in things like Groove Music which lacks even basic library management features like editing a songs tags.
Then we have the UI which is an inconsistent mess. Different styles all over the place.
So reading all this you would think I hate Windows 10 but I don't. I am disappointed with it as is but I am still using it over Windows 8.1 although it is more because it isn't worse than 8.1. At least not enough so to fall back to it anyway. It doesn't really give me anything amazing over 8.1 though.
I should add that I am not a Windows Store app user. I fucking hate how bland and limited most store apps are. There is no simple way to store app settings in a transportable way such as an ini file on a pen drive, for that you need to stick with old Win32 portable apps. For a tech professional/power user store apps are horrible.