Windows 10 coming this summer

It's sooner than you think: http://blogs.windows.com/...ies-and-111-languages/

Ah, Windows Biometrics  I bet the powers that be are all very excited.
 
One of the core features about Windows 10, strictly keeping all biometric data on the user hardware. I guess what Microsoft has done (and its based on old technology) is to use MS Passport as a link to the hardware ID and Biometric ID sensor hardware device(s) to replace software based passwords. Access to a user's Windows 10 system will require authenticated via biometric sensor, once confirmed the computer is ready...  from there on logins to sites will be authenticated instantly, no need to remember passwords. This also means that in the near future software installs will also be instantly authenticated, just run the install... Done (a computer voice will say: Your install, registration and activation is successfully completed)!
 
This ties in with what I have read about the RFID Chip, the size of a grain of rice that will be implanted in the hand. This chip will carry a unique ID number, so simplistic because that ID is basically all that's required to authenticate access to all services transactions and reports such as, credit, medical, criminal, retail/marketing, Internet activity and downloads. These chips can also be used for location tracking to catch criminals and to help protect the most vulnerable in society such as kids and invalids (i.e medical alert)! 
 
 

Waiting patiently. It will be nice to have a regular start menu back... otherwise windows 8.1 is working fine here.

No problems with 8.1 here either. In fact I think it's been the best Windows version to date so far. It took me about 5 minutes to get used to the new features and now I live and breathe them just like everything else in the OS. Never understood the complaints about it, I guess some people just want things to stay the same forever.

sharke
No problems with 8.1 here either. In fact I think it's been the best Windows version to date so far. It took me about 5 minutes to get used to the new features and now I live and breathe them just like everything else in the OS. Never understood the complaints about it, I guess some people just want things to WORK CORRECTLY AND SMOOTHLY

 
 
there, fixed that for you 

sharke
Nope, still not seeing it. Windows 8 works perfectly smoothly for me and I haven't had one single problem with it.

 

And that is wonderful it works for YOU, however the GENERAL consensus is it sucks and is equal in  crappyness to Vista, or do you not agree with the majority of windoze users experience?

Ham N Egz

sharke
Nope, still not seeing it. Windows 8 works perfectly smoothly for me and I haven't had one single problem with it.

 

And that is wonderful it works for YOU, however the GENERAL consensus is it sucks and is equal in  crappyness to Vista, or do you not agree with the majority of windoze users experience?

That General Consencus is an arse though, he don't know nothin. I know this because an old chum of his, Major Influence, told me so.
 
I agree that now I can turn off the stoopid charm bar Win 8 is actually fine and better in many ways than 7.

Ham N Egz

sharke
Nope, still not seeing it. Windows 8 works perfectly smoothly for me and I haven't had one single problem with it.

 

And that is wonderful it works for YOU, however the GENERAL consensus is it sucks and is equal in  crappyness to Vista, or do you not agree with the majority of windoze users experience?

That is not the "general consensus" at all. And quite frankly some of the butt hurt surrounding Windows 8 borders on the hysterical. Like having to click to get onto the desktop upon startup. Yeah I'd change this, but on my (rational) scale of life annoyances it doesn't even register. Others have made such a big deal about how much this inconveniences them that I feel like grabbing them by the scruff of the neck, frog marching them onto a plane to Africa and showing them some REAL problems.

My (objective, non-hysterical) evaluation of Windows 8 is that it is very slick, fast, looks good and has given me a slightly more stable Sonar experience. If I had the slightest problem with it then believe me, I'd say. I suspect that much of the butt hurt surrounding the OS consists of people who like to jump on bandwagons.

sharke

Ham N Egz

sharke
Nope, still not seeing it. Windows 8 works perfectly smoothly for me and I haven't had one single problem with it.

 

And that is wonderful it works for YOU, however the GENERAL consensus is it sucks and is equal in  crappyness to Vista, or do you not agree with the majority of windoze users experience?

That is not the "general consensus" at all. And quite frankly some of the butt hurt surrounding Windows 8 borders on the hysterical. Like having to click to get onto the desktop upon startup. Yeah I'd change this, but on my (rational) scale of life annoyances it doesn't even register. Others have made such a big deal about how much this inconveniences them that I feel like grabbing them by the scruff of the neck, frog marching them onto a plane to Africa and showing them some REAL problems.

My (objective, non-hysterical) evaluation of Windows 8 is that it is very slick, fast, looks good and has given me a slightly more stable Sonar experience. If I had the slightest problem with it then believe me, I'd say. I suspect that much of the butt hurt surrounding the OS consists of people who like to jump on bandwagons.

Interesting, I will tell our office of technology and help desk they are full of butt hurt since they will not  deploy win 8 because it does NOT work with some of  our apps..
 
and if win 8 is all that great, why did win 10 come out so quickly and do an about face with the cutsie swipe krap.
 
Anyway you like it , I and many others don't , my Sonar is very stable on win 7 so each is different
AFA win 10 I rolled back since some ham radio apps didnt play well on it, but in fairness its still beta.
 
So we both derailed from the original topic.
I wont change your mind, nor do i wish to, and you wont change a great number of others..

KenB123
Am I missing something? What happened to Windows-9?

The odd-numbered OS versions are the best so they're probably just wanting to avoid that this time and serve up another "Vista" experience. 

Ham N Egz

sharke

Ham N Egz

sharke
Nope, still not seeing it. Windows 8 works perfectly smoothly for me and I haven't had one single problem with it.

And that is wonderful it works for YOU, however the GENERAL consensus is it sucks and is equal in  crappyness to Vista, or do you not agree with the majority of windoze users experience?

That is not the "general consensus" at all. And quite frankly some of the butt hurt surrounding Windows 8 borders on the hysterical. Like having to click to get onto the desktop upon startup. Yeah I'd change this, but on my (rational) scale of life annoyances it doesn't even register. Others have made such a big deal about how much this inconveniences them that I feel like grabbing them by the scruff of the neck, frog marching them onto a plane to Africa and showing them some REAL problems.

My (objective, non-hysterical) evaluation of Windows 8 is that it is very slick, fast, looks good and has given me a slightly more stable Sonar experience. If I had the slightest problem with it then believe me, I'd say. I suspect that much of the butt hurt surrounding the OS consists of people who like to jump on bandwagons.

Interesting, I will tell our office of technology and help desk they are full of butt hurt since they will not  deploy win 8 because it does NOT work with some of  our apps..
 
and if win 8 is all that great, why did win 10 come out so quickly and do an about face with the cutsie swipe krap.
 
Anyway you like it , I and many others don't , my Sonar is very stable on win 7 so each is different
AFA win 10 I rolled back since some ham radio apps didnt play well on it, but in fairness its still beta.
 
So we both derailed from the original topic.
I wont change your mind, nor do i wish to, and you wont change a great number of others..

Every OS upgrade has come with compatibility problems to some extent. That's why they have compatibility mode. Companies are usually the last to upgrade their OS, especially when they've invested so much into a previous version. NYU hospital computers are still on XP. Does that mean Windows 7 is worse? Of course it doesn't. 
 
The time gap between Windows 7 and 8 is the same as the gap between 8 and 10, so I'm not sure how valid that argument is. 
 
Anyway I think you'll find that most criticism of Windows 8 centers around the Metro interface, and most of that is a combination of bandwagon hate for anything new (especially where Microsoft is involved) and also people who aren't prepared to spend 20 minute watching a tutorial video to get them up to speed with the new way of doing things (which is guaranteed to save a ton of headaches when switching to ANY new system). A lot of people base their entire opinion of a new program on their first impressions of it without giving it a chance. So you had people faced with a new style of interface which worked differently to the old one, couldn't be bothered to learn a few simple tips and tricks to make it work (the number of people who have no idea what the Windows key does is astounding), said "no sir I don't like it" and that was that. I've talked to people who spat fire over the Metro tiles and who had no idea whatsoever that you can switch the large tiles to a start menu style list. Why didn't they know that? Because they didn't make the effort to find out. 
 
 

No issues with Windows 8 & 8.1 here. OK the Metro Interface is ugly as sin, but if you organise it properly you have options that go beyond the start menu.

That said I will admit to being a dinosaur and use classic shell, not because the Metro screen is not function but because it looks so aweful.

sharke
If you click the down arrow on the Metro interface though, you're taken to what is essentially a very well organized Start Menu on crack. And you can set an option to have this start menu appear on startup instead of the Metro tiles. 

Thanks for that tip.

bitflipper
That pseudo-start menu works fine as long as you only have a few dozen applications. Beyond that, you realize why you've always organized your programs by function, not alphabetically.

In the top left corner, where it says "Apps," there is a drop down where you can choose to list your programs by name, date installed, most used or category. It works pretty well. And you can whizz through your start menu horizontally with the scroll wheel (I swipe the screen on my laptop).