I hate Windows10

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Erika Furudo said:
But how long can you realistically keep going when it's not supported? Do the lack of updates not cause any issues?
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Nah. I still use Win 7 SP1 on my laptop (which I only use for internet browsing) with updates completely disabled and it's never been an issue. The only reason to stay current with OS's and their updates is gaming.
 
Kosher Dill said:
I think the biggest issue is software developers dropping support for Win 7/8. I'm starting to see this already.
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This is definitely true of games. The problem is mainly DirectX 12, which is Win 10-exclusive. In a few years, the vast majority of major PC games will probably be DX12-based and most of them probably won't even have a DX11 option at all. A few developers (like id and maybe Rockstar) will maintain Vulkan options but most of them probably won't want to deal with multiple API's.
 
ive never had a problem, updates never broke my pc and i have it set to update at 2am.

hell you can get win10 for free jf you can live with the buy a license watermark.
 
MrTroll said:
This is definitely true of games. The problem is mainly DirectX 12, which is Win 10-exclusive
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Not just games, but regular software and hardware too.
Microsoft is killing pre-10 support everywhere they can get away with, for obvious reasons - Office 2019 will refuse to run on 7/8 for example. Similarly with how they patched 7/8 to refuse to run on modern CPUs. (There's a hack to undo this but I don't know if it still works)
Other developers are just lazy and either don't want to keep testing their product on multiple Windows versions, or started using some API that's only available in 10.

Drivers are another area where rot is decidedly setting in. Apart from the intentionally crippled CPU support, you can't get a WiFi 6 card that'll run on Windows 8. Nvidia drivers for Win7 still exist, but not every feature of the card is supported (I believe USB-C is missing)

If you're never planning to upgrade your hardware or software, maybe Windows 7 can still work, but at this point I recommend that people either learn how to set up a telemetry-disabled Win10 installation, or go to Linux hell. And I say this as a die-hard Win8.1 dead-ender.
 
OneOfThemDamnAnimeAvatars said:
Yeah, Windows 10 (and Windows 7 and Windows XP to be honest) just suck. They're the worst OSes. Except for all the other ones.
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I have no idea why everybody loved and still loves Windows XP. It was the most easily hacked and broken piece of shit I've ever used. I went to some shady site once using XP, and ransomware somehow locked my computer down and demanded payment. Had to reinstall Windows XP. Another time I was reading a website with a bunch of ads on it, and I'm guessing there was some vulnerability issue with the ads, because the entire computer bricked and I had to reinstall Windows XP again. Windows Vista and later Windows had much better security.
 
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What a great moment for Justin RPG to remake one of his famous songs.
In my experience Windows 10 run smooth until I play videogames. That OS fucked me a lot when in the worst moments.
 
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People loved it back then because there was no competition. Not everyone had the funds for a Mac (or technical knowledge to install OSX on a PC) and Linux for your average everyday user was even less of an option back then than it is now.
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Windows XP was compatible with just about every PC game, so it was still worth it.
 
I managed to somehow disable the updates on my laptop after a restart cost me a weekend's work. Still better than my Ubuntu experience where the question isn't if the whole thing is going to break but when.
 
Erika Furudo said:
Just back it up on a usb/HDD/SSD, you stupid coomer. I just bought an old ass laptop I can risk trashing, and I am going to find out how to run Linux on it. I still need windows for a bunch of things that I can't avoid because EVERYONE uses and insists on using windows. But I'm really getting sick of windows 10, it always gets worse and fucks up my PC, always more telemetry, more bloat, more shit I don't want or need. I figure it's worth looking into linux now, because I doubt Windows 11 will be any better than 10, and it will be easier to move if I learn now instead of waiting until windows becomes even more shit, and then having to scramble to understand Linux. When I'm confident with Linux I will move on to Wine and then I can still use office and avoid any of the useless shit (everything else) or maybe I could look into dual booting and only using windows when needed, either way this will only get worse because everything from 7 onwards has got worse.
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I've found virtual machines to work pretty well for this use case actually: far more convenient than dual-booting, and not as error-prone as Wine (at least in my experience). e.g. I boot into Linux, but fire up a Windows 10 VM for those times when I want/need Microsoft Office and stuff.

Or actually, you could go the other way (even for your "learn Linux" plan): just make a Linux virtual machine on your Windows box so you can have a play and not have to worry about trashing anything while you're still figuring your way around.

Totally Awesome said:
I have no idea why everybody loved and still loves Windows XP.
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It was just a genuinely good OS. Sure, the security left a little to be desired (but Windows Vista's obnoxious "Are you sure you want to do this?" dialog boxes every second were a step too far in the opposite direction). But compatibility was good. And 'backward-compatibility' was good: e.g. if you'd used any Windows system before in your life, then you already knew how to use XP and there was nothing to learn. XP wasn't a jarringly new experience like Vista or Windows 8 (or even Windows 10, to some extent; I skipped Windows 8, so the new Start menu layout still kind of irks me, and I'm still surprised every time I see the right-hand side "Action Center" pane come up).

The fact that XP was flanked by Windows ME/2000 and Vista only helped it, too.
 
/chuckles in linux

unfortunately I was lazy and used the distro this laptop came with, filthy systemD filth is halfway to being on windows. I'll fix it with devuan soon enough. But at least Bill Zion Gates's evil isn't profiting everytime I wank now.
 
I remember being so in love with Windows 7. I was happy, carefree, elated. Nothing could be wrong. The days were bright, the stars were the limit.
And then it happened, they announced Windows 8.
Everything was wrong. The birds stopped chirping. Everything was hazy. The future bleak.
My body, mind, and soul had such a visceral reaction that I became gay and bought a MacBook

HONK HONK
 
Totally Awesome said:
Windows XP was compatible with just about every PC game, so it was still worth it.
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As a software developer (under a different name) I'm always trying to find ways to make my programs XP compatible out of autistic honour.
 
OP, if you absolutely have to use windows 10, perhaps you should try Windows 10 LTSC (Enterprise edition).

"Enterprise LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) (formerly LTSB (Long-Term Servicing Branch)) is a long-term support variant of Windows 10 Enterprise released every 2 to 3 years. Each release is supported with security updates for 10 years after its release, and intentionally receive no feature updates. Some features, including the Microsoft Store and bundled apps, are not included in this edition.[11][1][3] This edition was first released as Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB (Long-Term Servicing Branch).[12] There are currently 3 releases of LTSC: one in 2015 (version 1507), one in 2016 (version 1607) and one in 2018 (version 1809).[13]"

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