Windows 10

[Xalphenos]

So anyone else upgrading to Windows 10?

Usually I approach new Operating systems with a bit of reservation. But for some reason my laptop popped up saying it was ready to install win 10 last night. I wasn't planning on doing it and had only signed up for the upgrade on my old desktop. My Desktop still says it's waiting and I wanted to try it out so I figured what the hell.

Bottom Line up Front: I like it. It's definitely an upgrade from 8/8.1 IMO. Everything about it feels better. It's still too early to tell if I like it more than 7 but I at least like it as much as 7.

This laptop is ancient so like I said I wasn't planning on upgrading it. It's an Acer Extensa 4620z. Intel 965 chipset so dick all for graphics and originally 2gb ram and a Pentium dual core 1.4ghz. Needless to say it was crap. But I upgraded some things. Swapped out the processor for a 2.4ghz core 2 duo and upped the ram to 4 GB about a year ago. Also Installed windows 7 and it turned into a pretty nice laptop. And since upgrading to 10 I haven't noticed any performance hits.

The only problem I experienced with the upgrade was with windows chosen WDDM version of the GMA 965 driver. There where no glaring problems after the upgrade and it wasn't until I went to play ppsspp on it that I discovered the problem. All of a sudden it didn't work anymore. It kept telling me my opengl version(1.1.0) wasn't high enough. I looked online and the GMA965 supports opengl 1.5. And it worked before the upgrade. So I went to Intel's website and downloaded the latest Win 7 drivers and installed them. Despite the warning that the already installed version was newer the older drivers restored my opengl performance.

A minor problem I just noticed today is that Applocale no longer works in 10. It hasn't been officially supported since Vista I think and it seems that now it is no longer an option. I've moved on to some other program to make up for it.

Beyond that I'm completely happy with the upgrade. And will be upgrading my main rig which I hadn't been planning on doing.

[Xalphenos]

Aug 16, 2015 3:19:24 GMT -5 Truner said:

I'm about to do it soon. Problem is, I hear driver problems potentially screwing Windows into a BSOD loop. Not sure if it'd happen to me (my notebook is only a few months old), but I that sounds like a lot of time wasted if it happens! D:

Yeah I've heard a couple stories too. But windows 10 has been used by a lot of people for quite a while now. You should be able to find someone out there with a similar system or drivers if they had any problems. For instance if I search now for "gma965 windows 10" I find some people had issues. Most are from back during the open preview where the chipset wasn't supported at all. But they all said you could still install 10 you just had to manually install the graphics driver. Well apparently you no longer have to manually install the graphics driver but you get better performance if you do.

Aug 16, 2015 11:31:33 GMT -5 MP83 said:

No Windows 10 for me anytime soon. I'm perfectly happy with Windows 7 until I'm forced to upgrade, like if there's a game that I really want to play, but it won't run on Windows 7. This way I don't have to worry about any issues that usually comes with new operating systems.

This is usually how I am as well. I guess I changed around the time 8 came out. I read about the better usb3 and sataIII support and took advantage of the $20 upgrade for my main rig. Ultimately while I had no problems with 8 I definitely preferred the UI of 7. 10 is at the very least a huge step forward from 8 in that department. With 8 I always felt shoehorned into a tablet/mobile interface; I feel like I'm back on a PC with 10. As an added bonus since windows 8 the older direct draw and directx emulation has been much better then 7/vista. Wander Wonder still works full screen no problem and other older windows games run better, without the rull screen/ rainbow color problems that vista/7 had. Haven't tried Ys complete yet. That was one that definitely had the rainbow color problems.

Again I'm definitely upgrading my main rig so I can get the hell away from metro.