QUOTE(yokoloco @ Jun 1 2015, 01:20 PM)
i just got a notification on my windows 8.1 asking whether i want to reserve a spot to upgrade to Windows 10..
how is Windows 10 so far??
to me, so far so good. i have tested a few hardware (i.e. laptops, desktops) up to 3-years old, compatibility issues are minor. (no problem with common drivers, minor issues if proprietary)
if you're used to w8.1, it's easy to use w10. note that ms has arranged and integrated common stuff into one single place called settings. access to some of them need a bit of time to adapt.
QUOTE(Marcion @ Jun 1 2015, 02:38 PM)
about reserve, I got desktop and laptop, do I need to do 2 different email to made confirmation?
i think you can use a single email account to do that, but i'm not sure.
QUOTE(cstkl1 @ Jun 1 2015, 02:50 PM)
Question 1:
Laptop. Isnt uefi install activation is based cert in the bios for win 8/8.1.
So what happens with the upgrade??
Same activation code??
Question 2:
isnt upgrade always full of garbage thats scattered.
Isnt it better to do a full proper install. Been like this since vista/7/8/8.1 for all the sp revision n 8.1.
So what has change with w10?? Are we finally seeing os upgrades like mac osx/ios. ??
1) i think the code should be different (as this is a major version change). the common way to use a new key is to create a usb install media, and put the new key in pid.txt (x:\sources\pid.txt, x is drive letter of usb stick). this is how we install w8.1 pro in a w8 single language machine.
2) i never do upgrades (due to various issues during upgrades). clean install is still the best. w8.1 has a link to download a full iso that let us do clean installs. i bet later we will have that also for w10.
at first glance, nothing much changed, except for edge browser, cortana, dx12, better mail and calendar integration (basically tighter integration with MS services), and rearrangement of settings. (as of tech previews, most of the things are still the same) i am testing desktops only, not sure about how good the integration is with phones, tablets, and xbox.