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originally posted by: markosity1973
a reply to: ketsuko
The update pop-ups.
I get one every single time I log on.
It goes away if you disable automatic updates, but then you miss all the security fixes, which are still coming through.
originally posted by: fossilera
Hopefully, this rant can help to save other people from the hassle known as Windows 10. First of all, I am not computer illiterate; my degree is in software engineering, and I've been around multiple operating systems since Windows 95. I've set up new laptops, dual boots, triple boots, and even kicked Windows 8 off my primary laptop and got Windows 7 to run flawlessly. However, my main enemy has come to haunt me: Windows 10.
-fossilera
originally posted by: imthegoat
I just factory reset my laptop to get rid of Windows 10. I didn't have many issues with it all aside from performance. It was starting to get pretty sluggish on my laptop (which is only a year old). During the finalized installation it was nagging the piss out of me, with every step, that "Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 10," it is slightly annoying.
The main concern with Windows 10 is the amount of data it sends to Microsoft despite everything, including Cortana, disabled. I don't like it. So I took the hit of losing everything to revert back. I might just start running linux again to get away from it all.
I would not use Windows 10 for your main machine and certainly not rely on an email log in system. In the future Microsoft will use your data on the cloud and hold it ransom and charge people to use there own data, the cloud age.
originally posted by: stormcell
originally posted by: imthegoat
I just factory reset my laptop to get rid of Windows 10. I didn't have many issues with it all aside from performance. It was starting to get pretty sluggish on my laptop (which is only a year old). During the finalized installation it was nagging the piss out of me, with every step, that "Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 10," it is slightly annoying.
The main concern with Windows 10 is the amount of data it sends to Microsoft despite everything, including Cortana, disabled. I don't like it. So I took the hit of losing everything to revert back. I might just start running linux again to get away from it all.
The slowdown is caused by all the log files that Windows builds up over time. The registery tends to get cluttered too. If you have lots of icons and files on your desktop screen, that causes slowdown too.