What's to Love about Windows 10?

Installed 10 on a PC here at home. Used a straight installation from disk as the live installation kept failing. Well, I used 10 for a few hours and was unimpressed with the interface and performance. The wallpaper was nice but I grabbed it off the net already and am using it now.

Any features that really get anyone? I have 10 imaged, but I have returned to 7, which I think I can safely say is better for me. 10 just appears to have all the same difficulties under the surface as 7 (especially net security), only with a little bit simpler structure...(too simple? :-orolleyes:confused)

Oh yeah. Shortly after this I tried the Windows 10 Skin Pack for Windows 7. I would NOT recommend this to anyone as it installs 3 or 4 programs, and there are 4 or 5 others that install because of the installer if one isn't careful enough (Hello :-o). Man, I loved the 10 theme and part of the package was Start Menu Reviver, which I have on another PC and really like ALOT. Those two together were really great, so I will say that about the 10 concept...

 

• Better performance than 7
• Better SSD support than 7
• Continuum
• Support for higher resolutions with high-res resources and proper scaling
• DX12
• Cortana
• Mutltiple desktops
• Enhanced desktop notifications/action center
• Improved cmd and powershell
• Universal app support
• Microsoft Edge
• MSA integration which can use 2-step authentication
• Windowed Modern apps
• Multiple sign-in methods

If you were looking for a major desktop overhaul, you are looking in the wrong place. Windows 10 is a continuation and refinement of 8/8.1. If you didn't see a need to upgrade to those, you won't see it in 10 either.

It is inherently more secure than Windows 7, but probably not 8/8.1 unless used in an enterprise setting.

 

I just love powershell, still a newb with it, but I find it great that with windows 10 powershell brings in what linux has had for quite some time. The ability to to install packages via one-get, similar to chocaltely, but built in. One-get. awesome.

 

I don't know if you noticed, but there is now a persistent command buffer. Even after closing and reopening, tapping the up arrow brings in your history of commands.

 

Wow, nice that they add those command to the clipboard! I'll have to test that out another day.

 

Its not clipboard, though it may be for that session. It survives through reboot! I cannot tell you how long I have waited for this feature.

 

Must be a log somewhere then, if it survives in a reboot. Awesome feature, since there has been times that I forgot to write down certain items, since I had to quickly shutdown my work laptop for various reasons.

I now really look forward to the 29th. Funny that most sites that talk about features of windows 10 don't mention this. Then again, this is mostly for sysadmins I guess.

 

I think it was snuck in with 10240. Unless the update deleted prior history.

 

I'm still searching for where it keeps this info.

 

I started a thread on Powershell, seeing how you and I have similar interests