Topic: Windows 10 and Bitcoin Discussion (Read 7384 times)

It has been pretty public that 10 is going to be their last windows and they will start selling the updates to like Windows 10 Evo or whatever they want to call it. The other push is to get their market out there since a lot of the base is on 7, they want the profits from that.

Hopefully the steam machines will bring gaming over to it and introduce a large amount of people to it and we a see an increase. My other hope is window 10 images that get modded and take out all things like this.

Well apple doesn't see it that way and I think Microsoft "thinks" they can make more money if they don't view it that way either but what it will do is push everyone away to a new competitor.

After some more research, testing, and reflection I will leave most of my windows boxes as 7 and put off upgrading to 10 for at least a few years , if not indefinitely. The whole WIN 10 OS is built as more of a cloud based and dependent OS focused on SAAS products for MS to shill and control. Our privacy tweaks don't completely disable this at the moment and may never do a sufficient job. 

Glad I kept my windows 7 VMs.

Probably won't upgrade for a long time.

Microsoft products tend to suck. I hate being a beta user unwillingly or without being told.

This whole windows 10 saga reminds me of Windows Vista saga of bullshit bugs etc.

Since windows 10 have many bugs I still quietly enjoy windows 8.1 

Why Windows 10 Sucks Or Everything Wrong with Windows 10

http://linuxfonts.narod.ru/why-windows-10-sucks.html

This article was not created to say that Linux is better (it's definitely not). It was created to stop Microsoft fans roaring in regard to Windows 10 and how it's better than Windows 7 in every regard - it's actually worse in most regards aside from DirectX 12 (which is actually hidden from the user and it's only exposed in games).

* Windows 10 spies on you aka phones home (welcome NSA/CIA/thoughtcrime/1984)!

* You've got no real control over crucial features of the OS:

   - Windows 10 will have no service packs which means it will always be a work in progress and you are a perpetual beta tester.
   - Forced upgrades you cannot opt out of (and Microsoft have borked quite a lot of them recently so prepare to see your Windows die after installing a new portion of updates - actually Microsoft has already borked one update, read horror stories about KB3081424).

* Windows 10 features terrible UI inconsistency, not limited to:

   - Two kinds of fonts antialiasing (ClearType v2 for classic applications and some awful dirty grayish shit for Modern apps).
   - All kinds of varying visual decorations and styles (some people have discovered up to seven varying styles in Windows 10).
   - Absolutely dissimilar classic and modern (PC settings) control panels.
   - Different fonts faces and sizes all around.
   - Different styles of settings for modern apps.
   - Absolutely different context menus and their appearance in different applications and apps.

* Terrible hardly configurable appearance, dubious design choices and extremely limited functionality (vs Windows 7/XP):

   - Two Control Panels with absolutely zero thought given to how they differ and why each one should be used.
   - Some Control Widgets are spread between the two Control Panels which is utterly confusing (e.g. Users Management).
   - No Windows classic UI for windows decorations. Windows decorations can hardly be configured at all in Windows 10.
   - An awful choice of colors/palette.
   - Absolutely awful, childish and amateurish icons as if we live in the era of 8bit displays (only rivalled by those in Windows 3.1 from 1992). Windows 2000 in 1999 looked better than Windows 10 in 2015.
   - A big number of Windows 10 apps are still NOT on par with their classical counterparts from Windows 7/Vista/XP (many features are missing or many options are not configurable).
   - The start menu is an unusable abomination. Applications are listed as a list which is nigh impossible to scroll.

* Windows 10 sucks terribly if you are an unlucky user of a metered Internet connection:

   - It features huge mandatory system and apps updates (you cannot disable them, you can only postpone the system reboot after their installation).
   - As if it wasn't enough, Windows 10 gets downloaded automatically if you run Windows 7 or 8.1. We are talking about 3 gigabytes of data some people absolutely do not need.
   - It uses your free bandwidth to distribute updates to other users nearby you.

* With Wi-Fi sense enabled anyone you have in your Skype, Outlook or Hotmail contacts lists — and any of your Facebook friends — can be granted automatic access to your Wi-Fi network as long as they're within range.

* A newly created user profile weighs over 300MB (!) while containing zero (!) information about the user.

* A newly created user profile is populated with all the default apps instead of giving the user a choice.

* In certain cases Windows 10 may kill your display if you are an unlucky owner of a laptop made by Alienware, LG or Samsung.

Just before you call me anti-Microsoft, a Linux shill, zealot or fanatic, here's a wonderful list of Linux problems that I've been compiling over the past six years. The truth is I don't plead allegiance to any OS on the market. So, sorry, Windows 10 sucks no less than Linux sucks, it just sucks differently. So far, Microsoft has two great modern OSes: Windows XP and Windows 7 (in the past they had rock solid Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000).

Sources:

http://linuxfonts.narod.ru/why-windows-10-sucks.html
https://edri.org/microsofts-new-small-print-how-your-personal-data-abused/
http://localghost.org/posts/a-traffic-analysis-of-windows-10
http://fudzilla.com/news/38470-windows-10-sniffs-for-piracy
http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/
http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-problems-missing-features
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/windows-10-upgrade-warning-for-alienware-owners.779449/
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/862417/geforce-drivers/windows-10-official-353-62-drivers-are-killing-samsung-and-lg-notebook-lcd-display-panels/1/

sure?
whether if microsoft dismiss security update to Windows 7 if you still use it? and if you still feel safe?

Considering the push to have all users move to Windows 10 and the suggestions to do it
I am a bit suspicious of their intentions and will be delaying my upgrade until I am certain its non-malware
(Of course once installed activate the settings and look for workarounds but for now I'll hold my current version of Windows)

Thanks for sharing how to do this. I just updated my settings to disable the "Delivery Optimization" thanks to this.

This is pretty horrible but can be stopped -
WUDO will not use connections marked as metered. To mark a connection as metered click Start > Settings > Network & Internet > Wi‑Fi > Advanced options and use the toggle switch under Set as metered connection.

WUDO can be disabled. Go to Start > Settings > Updates & security > Windows Update > Advanced options and then select Choose how updates are delivered, and use the toggle to turn Delivery Optimization off.

that's why i still use windows 7... I stopped at this version and feel safier;]

Keeps getting better and better
Now they are stealing your bandwidth.

Source:

Gamers are going to love their ping times when the forced updates are in progress.

The hardware Microsoft is trying to disrupt/ban is mods made to xbox 360's and xbox one's. The mods allow you to play copied games. Windows 10 allows you to stream xbox one games to play them on a PC. The wording of Microsoft's EULA is ambiguous enough to cover future possible mods/hacks. They are not worried about controllers

I upgraded a win 7 pro with win 10 pro on a 5 year old Dell Precision workstation. Mining a handful of gridseed 5 chips for scrypt and U3's and an ultrahoist for SHA256. Still trying to get some solo mining to work on it at the same time. Seems win 10 is working OK. no problems yet.

vj

Omg, This is insane information. I heard about spying, I know that facebook and every other social network is monitored, but to include spying features in windows 10 on such huge scale is unthinkable.
Big brother are watching us all. Now, I will forever stay with some previous M$ OS unless these spying features will be eliminated.

Agreed. It was everyone acceptance of a walled garden that prompted this move. Apple always had a smaller market share but it was Google and Sony that made the software as a service model acceptable for operating systems.

Linux needs to come into the 21st century and put these guys to sleep once and for all.

This is only the beginning, soon all the software will transfer all of your personal data

They need to remember that is it our hardware and we have just bought some of their software to run on it. Using their online services should not be a pre-requisit for using the software on our hardware. Its not theirs and they are not the internet prison service searching our cells, confiscating belongings and turning lights on and off as they see fit.

afaik its for windows-online-accounts which are needed for things like cartana and may be used as a login.
btw also some hardware may get you flagged and banned from there. not sure what hardware. maybe some other controllers?

Windows 10 can seek out pirated software

Instead of becoming better, they are making things worse. Luckily I've already downgraded. It looks like Windows 7 will be the best mainstream OS for people who are aware of the situation. Millions were tricked into this 'free' update.