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Post by MartinT on Sept 25, 2015 19:07:28 GMT
Well done, Steve. It's very satisfying getting W10 working on old hardware.
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 28, 2015 15:04:40 GMT
Yes, still going well. Good to be on 64bit which can see more than 2gb ram. Up to 8gb ram can be put in the x200!
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 30, 2015 11:10:17 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Sept 30, 2015 13:31:56 GMT
Yes, Defender in W8/W10 is the same core engine as Systems Center Endpoint Protection, used by many corporates. It does the job well and slugs Windows' performance the least amount.
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Post by speedysteve on Oct 1, 2015 11:53:10 GMT
Yes, least slugging is very welcome. Interesting it is the same core, didn't know that. I'll sleep easier now?  |
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Post by pre65 on Oct 5, 2015 11:30:25 GMT
I took the plunge this morning and installed Windows 10.
Took a couple of hours, and everything seems OK at first glance. 
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Post by MartinT on Oct 28, 2015 20:17:47 GMT
We've pretty much finished our Windows 10 migrations at work, that's some 180 machines which have received new SSD drives and been imaged with W10 / Office 2013 and a selection of other apps. It has gone remarkably smoothly with very few issues on a whole variety of machines. That's testament to a very stable OS. Meanwhile, I've just pre-ordered my Lumia 950 phone with W10 Mobile  |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 30, 2015 19:20:03 GMT
SynchronicityWell, you don't get this every day! Windows 10 desktop upgrading to 10576 while Windows 10 Mobile upgrades to 10581. 
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Post by MartinT on Dec 4, 2015 18:02:15 GMT
Lumia 950 Windows 10 Mobile PhoneThe phone arrived today, exactly as promised by Microsoft. It's the first to arrive with Windows 10 Mobile preinstalled. A lovely phone, nicely sized (just a touch larger than the 930) and with amazing screen resolution - I can't see the pixels even when trying hard. It comes with full W10M v1511 (10.0.10586.0), which appears to be well sorted, stable and fast. The 6-core processor and 3GB RAM make it smooth and very fast, from booting up to opening apps. No glitchiness in any of the apps tried so far, or task switching. My favourite features so far: Glance view (shows important info when the phone is off); very fast wired and wireless charging; iris scanning recognition (Hello); faster bluetooth, USB-C reversible cable, fast camera operation and superb photo quality. What I will try when the dock becomes available is Continuum (running as a full desktop PC into a monitor). I also loved setting it up with no hitches installing any of the apps and very quick to get things sync'd up from my previous phone via Microsoft Account. Contrary to the usual anti-Windows phone criticisms, there are NO apps that I am missing, I have everything I need for work and pleasure. What you don't get so much of are the thousands of useless apps available for iOS and Android. On the downside, there is no Here maps (sat-nav) any more, although Bing maps does the job nicely and the maps for anywhere in the world are still downloadable for free. This is a truly great phone. If you're tired of the limitations of iOS, want to get away from the version madness of Android, or need a truly integrated platform between all your Windows machines, single cloud storage and Office continuity (even to remembering the last edit point of any document on any of your machines), give it a try. 
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Post by stanleyb on Dec 4, 2015 18:33:01 GMT
No Here Maps??? That is a red line for me.
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Post by pre65 on Dec 4, 2015 19:00:19 GMT
I did my PC a while ago, and now I've just done my new Lenovo T540p laptop.
Easy, with no problems.
Does W7 (or 8.1) "drop off" after a set time ?
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Post by MartinT on Dec 4, 2015 19:08:07 GMT
No Here Maps??? That is a red line for me. I guess you can buy it? Haven't looked. |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 4, 2015 19:09:59 GMT
Does W7 (or 8.1) "drop off" after a set time ? Do you mean support, Philip? Yes, eventually they will end-of-life. XP is already obsolete and Vista will come soon, as it was unpopular (and a bag of shit). It'll be a while before W7 gets retired as there are so many corporate users. |
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Post by pre65 on Dec 4, 2015 19:15:36 GMT
No, not support.
I mean, do we loose the ability to go back to 7 or 8.1 ?
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Post by John on Dec 4, 2015 19:23:17 GMT
It will depend on how you did the install I think Stan did this when he upgraded
But not sure why you want to go back Phil
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2015 19:40:09 GMT
Well I am currently working with W10 for the new PC transport, due to advances with processors, motherboard technology and Intel 170 chip-sets. Coupled with the ability to use dual M2 PCIE SSD with 32G/ps data lines (3 second boot up anyone lol) and with W7 having issues with NMVe SSD drivers not being recognized arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh So now almost finished a dual OS system to help me with the removal of all the unnecessary B/S that comes with Windows, so a W10 boot disc, now enables me to access my tried and tested W7 OS from the previous set up in a genuine one to one comparison. First impressions, with stock BIOS, no tinkering what so ever in a comparison to the previous audio engine we wrote, We are 90% of the previous articulate, but with Bass to die for and far greater texture and three dimensional and that is also using the a basic Samsung 850 pro on SATA line as the file library , still getting to grips with the data transfer protocol's on the new PCIE configurations. Only using just over 1/3 of the 950 potential read speed, but still 920Mp/s without optimizing, and about 1/4 of the power consumed of even the best SSD 2.5 drives, temperature a rock steady 32C with just passive cooling no fans, CPU power 8 watts. This is really going to help redefine how the data files are stored, transferred and ultimately played back. Even looking at how our playback software now need adjusting to take into account of the new data lines and how we can load possible whole albums into the ram buffer. Just tried one of our 24 bit 352.8Khz recordings 1.488G (uncompressed) for a 12 minute track lol so many possibilities  Very promising start. Martin will give you a call about the phone But bloody exhilarating!!! |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 4, 2015 21:02:40 GMT
No, not support.
I mean, do we loose the ability to go back to 7 or 8.1 ? A simple image backup to a caddy will allow you to go back at any point. I was slightly confused as to whether you were talking about phone or desktop. For phone, there is no reason I can think of to go back to WP8.1 and you cannot go back to WP7 as it's different hardware. So for me, W10M is a no-brainer. Also, W10 is a no-brainer for desktop, I just don't see the point of going back when it's superior in every meaningful way. |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 4, 2015 21:05:16 GMT
@tonyc that's great to hear, knowing how optimised the core of W10 is I felt hopeful that it would sound better, too.
Yes, let's talk about the phone, it makes doing business so much easier if you fully use the Microsoft ecosystem.
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Post by John on Dec 5, 2015 7:58:06 GMT
My experience with W10 has been very positive it was a big step up from W8.1
Must admit Tony I hardly understood anything but sounds very promising indeed
I been blown away just how far my PC set up has changed in terms of depth resolution etc in the last 4 months. These days I just hear good music and imagine the sound quality is not where you have pushed it
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Post by MartinT on Dec 7, 2015 4:32:42 GMT
No Here Maps??? That is a red line for me. No need to worry, Stan. Yesterday I put the supplied Maps app into sat-nav drive mode and it worked very well. By downloading the UK maps it works just like any self-contained sat-nav unit and uses no data. Voice instructions were good and audible, too. The best bit is that the maps are all free to download, will auto-update, and the Maps app gets updated, too. It's not as feature rich as Here Maps, but it works well and it's free. |
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