QOTW: Are you excited about Windows 10?

[azrael-]

TBH I'm still underwhelmed. Somehow I was expecting more from Windows 10. Still, I'll probably upgrade that Windows 8 license I got cheap back when Windows 8 was introduced.

[MrNeil]

More interested than excited ...Might wait awhile and see how it goes down with other people ..

[jigger]

The enterprise version is more interesting.

[hellig]

only reason to go buy windows 10, will be dx12, since i cant see them letting us use it on win7.

[Godric]

Still on Win 7 Pro and got absolutely no reason to upgrade.
Unless DX12 is a win 10 exclusive it will probably stay that way till I cba doing a fresh install.

same here I need WMC as I have a TV card so i'm sticking with windows 7 don't like the looks of windows 8.1 either

[tribaljet]

Looking forward to hear about the next DRM model used as well as how easily I can tweak UX back into (my) working shape, same as I've had to do on 8.x and 7.

From a technical standpoint it sounds interesting so far, but it does seem to expect users are coming from 8.x in order for a smaller learning curve to happen. Let's see what news come next.

[Saracen]

Excited? No.

Curious? Well, yeah.

I'm curious mainly to see if it repairs the damage Win8 did to my interest in Windows, or kills it off and seals the fate on a permanent move to Linux. Right now, the jury is out.

Certainly, much of the promoted new aspects of Win10 either don't interest me at all, or are a positive incentive to go to Linux, like Cortana or, if I dare say it, increasing cloud integration.

The chances of me going to Win10 depend entirely on what the final product looks like, does, and whether the things I adamantly object to can be disabled to my satisfaction.

I MIGHT yet use it, but free or not, it entirely depends on the final product implementation. But for sure, none of the new features MS have been talking about "excite" me. On the contrary, Linux is looking ever-better.

I get what MS are seeking to do, but every step they take towards it takes them further away from what I want from an OS. "Discouraged" would be a better adjective than excited. Or "disenchanted".

[Saracen]

.... Then there's the obvious privacy concerns with cortana, it could cause havoc with nda's for me personally let alone any 'personal data'.

That's partly what I mean when talking about 'personal data'. Yes, I do have personal 'personal' data too, I.e. data about me, like health records, financial records, etc, but the data I store, personally, on my home/office systems also includes both NDA material, and client data that is both confidential and commercially quite valuable. Which is why I'm so adamant about not permitting cloud storage knowingly, AND ensuring it doesn't happen in the background without my knowledge or intent.

[wasabi]

Scaling improvements for large monitors and improved performance appeal. Still not sold on the boxy look though - think they need to burn a few more bridges with Win8 on that front.

Suspect it might take off at work though where we are Win8 refuseniks.

[devBunny]

Am I excited about Windows 10?

No, but thanks for asking. It gave me a chuckle after a frustrating couple of hours. :-)

On which topic, can Windows 10 make online grocery shopping less infuriating? ;o)

[Otherhand]

Yes. I know Windows Phones aren't the best phones, but it's the mobile OS I like the best. Win8.1 works well to unify my phone and my PC, but it feels like its halfway to where it should be, and I hope Win10 will take them both one step further.

Win8.1 is great for me, and I don't miss Win7 at all. Nonetheless, the desktop part of it does feel like it's in need of an overhaul, aesthetically and ergonomically. The tile view was a good step forward into something genuinely fresh, but the desktop side retains a lot of glaringly outdated visual features and it doesn't find enough ways to incorporate the signature MS font. It looks as though Win10 is getting that right, and feels more like an OS should if it was being created from scratch today, whereas Win8.1 and below felt like a layer over the top of many other layers of history.

Perhaps I'll finally make use of Cortana now that it's an assistant on the screen! For whatever reasons, although it works well, I haven't gotten into the habit of using it on the phone.

[Output]

Excited? No.

Curious? Well, yeah.

I'm curious mainly to see if it repairs the damage Win8 did to my interest in Windows, or kills it off and seals the fate on a permanent move to Linux. Right now, the jury is out.

Certainly, much of the promoted new aspects of Win10 either don't interest me at all, or are a positive incentive to go to Linux, like Cortana or, if I dare say it, increasing cloud integration.

The chances of me going to Win10 depend entirely on what the final product looks like, does, and whether the things I adamantly object to can be disabled to my satisfaction.

I MIGHT yet use it, but free or not, it entirely depends on the final product implementation. But for sure, none of the new features MS have been talking about "excite" me. On the contrary, Linux is looking ever-better.

I get what MS are seeking to do, but every step they take towards it takes them further away from what I want from an OS. "Discouraged" would be a better adjective than excited. Or "disenchanted".

Pretty much my thoughts on the matter too, though perhaps more along the lines of sticking with 7 rather than heading to Linux.

[rpjkw11]

Excited enough to wait 6-7 months after release before upgrading, free or not. I remember Vista worked great as a clean install, but for those that simply upgraded, it was a nightmare POS. I'll wait to read user comments and reviews, but I'm interested.

[DizConnected]

The new images are up, loving the new build so far.

[Saracen]

Pretty much my thoughts on the matter too, though perhaps more along the lines of sticking with 7 rather than heading to Linux.

That too. After all, I still have some XP systems, and no plans to change them either.

[TooNice]

I have never been "excited" by the release of a new Windows, not even 95. That is not to say I have never been pleasantly surprised (Windows XP, 7), or unpleasantly so (ME, Vista), but I have always taken a "I will decide when I try it" approach. That said, I think that it is great Windows 10 will be a free upgrade, though I'd want to know what I am missing out by sticking to Windows 7 first.