Originally Posted By: Triple_Se7en
That's funny!
Privacy (as-in ads / shopping habits....etc) is the only backstep Microsoft has taken since Windows 7 years ago. The operating systems today are much better now with Windows 10.
If Microsoft wants to know that I like oil forums, gun forums, baseball forums and hunting forums, that's OK with me. Go ahead and cater ads to suit my surfing and buying habits online. I really don't care - especially since I haven't seen an ad on my computer in several years, thanks to Adblock Plus, Malwarebytes and UBlock Origin.
Microsoft's Windows 10 is so much better than 7 or 8.
Yes, privacy was indeed a major issue. But functionality isn't even as good as 7. The search bar is still broken. That in itself is enough to still consider 10 as "not yet" better than 7. Can it be one day? Maybe. But it isn't yet.
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
The problem with Windows 10 isn't that it is "bad" per se, but rather that it is, like any other "new" Microsoft OS, not "final", which makes dealing with it in an enterprise environment difficult.
Since SP1, Windows 7 has been very static. What works with it works with it and nothing magically changes itself seemingly without warning. The same cannot be said for Windows 10 where with the major build updates still being rolled out, things change significantly.
The problem for me however is that MS's approach with 10 has changed in that it will never be "final", that there will supposedly always be another "release" around the corner which, for environments that depend on static images, promises to upend the stable model which they have traditionally followed.
When discussions like these invariably come up I find it quite common for Jimmy Home User to thump his chest telling everyone how awesome Windows 10 is, just like he did with Windows 8 and 8.1, neither of which ever achieved any significant penetration in the Enterprise. The logistical challenges posed by an OS still in a state of flux; still a moving target doesn't register on his radar, nor should it, as those challenges are generally unique to large-scale deployments with which he is unfamiliar.
That's my 2 cents anyways.
The healthcare industry is still rolling out Windows 7 in new deployments and Lenovo, HP and DELL still sell business systems with 7 as the default image, demonstrating that even in smaller scale deployments where a common image and downgrade licensing aren't in place, that a significant demand for 7 still exists.
Bingo!
Originally Posted By: Garak
You do know the solution to that.
Linux. But of course the main point here was about stability and reliability for home *and* business. I have a Linux Mint bootable USB that I use from time to time when I feel like being masochistic (kidding). It's a nice environment, but not for the uninitiated.
