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Early impressions:
  • Clean installation was quite fast.
  • Windows sync from cloud worked at retrieving all login and individual settings stuff from my Windows 8.1 account.
  • Glorious return of Start menu, with that Live Tiles hybrid thingy (best of both worlds, ain't it?)
  • Search box which kinda works like OSX's more recent Spotlight web-inclusive search.
  • Task View which works like a poor man's version of OSX's Expose/Mission Control.
  • Modern Apps run in windows and are resizable.
  • Explorer's Home shows favourite, recently accessed folders and documents. Explorer's interface is very clean (perhaps too clean?).
  • OneDrive sync from cloud worked, kinda gives Dropbox a run for its money now.
  • The frickin window borders are 1 pixel wide. HUZZAH!
  • Was gonna say Windows Store didn't work, but it connected now. So downloading all my Modern Apps.
  • IE11 is not as shitty. So stop it with the IE is slow jokes.
  • Overall, it feels very snappy. I really like it.
What's not working:
  • Yiynova driver didn't work. :(
  • Tried to install 3dsMax 2015, but the installer failed because it couldn't connect to the Internet. Will try again later, because the Windows Store also failed earlier on. Worked.
What to take note of:
  • There are already reports that Microsoft IS LOGGING EVERYTHING YOU DO in the Technical Preview. So don't be stupid like accessing sensitive materials such as banking, buying stuff from Amazon or browinsing for MLP porn.
  • Gonna try Steam and some smaller games later.
 
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Some "winsiders" are reporting that Windows Media Player is removed from the Fall Creator's Update.

We will see... can't say there aren't better alternatives for years anyway...
Groove had already replaced it as the default player anyway (and Groove itself isn't going anywhere, just the music pass is).
 
#1,146 ·
Groove was trash, it barely reads any file formats and is as configurable as a toaster. It keeps getting updates yet the vital functions expected never improve.

Did anyone even still use WMP? Like IE11 and its Trident rendering engine, I suspect it was kept just so classic apps still dependant on its presence did not break.
 
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Groove plays music right from OneDrive which is kind of cool.

Perhaps WMP is still used by some as a music player since it's there by default and it's at least better than iTunes for Windows... as a video player it was long obsolete.

I think Media Center (remember that?) required WMP...
 
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I'd like to try out Mixed Reality and get one of those headsets. The problem is I'm afraid Microsoft will cancel it soon enough.
Because of their mobile fiasco and several other reasons I have a hard time trusting Microsoft on sustaining a platform if it isn't immediately successful.
So, MR will probably take off slowly (if at all), partially because people don't trust MS anymore, and that in turn might cause MS to kill something off early yet again.
Well done MS, you might have already dug MR's grave by yourself.

It's up to them to prove me wrong.
 
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Last time I did a fresh install of Windows for my personal use was on my desktop when I swapped the 128gb ssd for a 250gb ssd. The 128gb has Windows 7 still on it while the 250gb has Windows 10. Good way to go about it incase I want to go back to 7. Also 0 issues with the Fall Creators Update on my laptop so far.
 
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I did a fresh install last week, so I actually upgraded this time. I had expected servers under heavy load but I had no problems downloading it at all.... does MS have that much capacity or is Windows so unpopular these days?

first impressions....

- The new UI elements make it look a bit better.

- I checked MR (VR) compatibility, as expected I get a warning sign as the GTX780 is just outside of the recommended spec. and SLI is not supported... not yet, at least (if ever). That means MR will probably work with some lowered settings.

- I wanted to try that MR viewer app (AR) but you need a webcam, and then I realised I threw them (2 old ones) away when moving.
Ordered a new one for the grand price of $5.

- I wanted to link the phone with the PC but you need Cortana for it and Cortana is still not supported in the Netherlands. There's probably ways around that but I'd really like MS to care a bit for once or just enable/provide the English version.
 
#1,163 ·
I installed Windows 10 twice this weekend on a PC i built for a friend and a laptop for my daughter. I used a USB 3.0 flash drive and absolutely flawless installation on both. I even installed different versions using the Windows 10 creation tool where one was in Spanish and the other in German holding both 32 and 64bit version.

I even changed my mobo recently and still everything is rock solid. Either i'm extremely lucky or you guys do something wrong because i haven't had a single issue with Win10 so far......

actually wonder why....
 
#1,171 ·
The SD slot on my Thinkpad T420 doesn't work with Windows 10 so NOT all hardware on newer laptops work.
Really??? i've never even used it not even on Win7, have a Kingston MobileLite G4 reader that I use instead plugged into either one of the usb 2.0 ports or the StarTech usb 3.0 expresscard both of which run Win10 on a drive or usb stick fine.
Only issuses i've had is Widi / Miracast casting / Allshare screencasting is no longer a option under Win10??? although it never really worked well under Win7 either and activating the onboard bluetooth.
 
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I just experienced similar problem on my laptop after updating yestarday and then put the laptop to sleep after that 3 hours updating ordeal.
Nice greating I get when turned the laptop on(I had to lose all I had opened becase force shutdown was my only choise)

When I wake up the laptop,I first see a black screen and then gray one with lines.

I fix the problem by updating the igpu drivers

msi ge72vr 6rf 6700hq,hd530/1060
 
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