Upgrading to Windows 10 anyone?

[bigfield]

You were on the right track with iiNet and AARNet. "Mirror" means that the company iiNet keeps a copy of the installer so that people can download it. There are lots of mirrors so that people can choose one that is close to them geographically for a faster download. You could pick just about any mirror you want, but picking an Australian one like AARNet or iiNet will give you the fastest download.

Unfortunately, since internet in Australia is shithouse anyway, downloading big files doesn't always work on the first try. It would probably work better on your second attempt.

Primary mirrors are kept up to date more often than secondary mirrors, but you could pick any of them and get the same result.

Thanks, you'd think they'd make it clearer and simpler for newbies installing these systems, like me for example...but I'll try it again on my old netbook, which still has windows xp, and see how it goes.

Here's the user guide for Linux Mint, Cinnamon Edition:
http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation/user-guide/Cinnamon/english_17.0.pdf

Or Google "How to install Linux Mint" as there are several other guides out there for people with various levels of experience.

 

[NobleSavage]

I love this: Microsoft is selling hardware that doesn't have bloatware, shovelware, and crap like Lenovo's Superfish:http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/Signature-Edition-Computers/categoryID.69916600

 

[crazyfingers]

This start menu makes me want to puke:

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It looks like there are ads in there. How hard is it to turn that shit off? I'm going to have to deal with this sooner or later.

Just delete all that stuff. Right click on them to remove them. Then put your own apps there and make the icons small.

Here is my Start button.

 

[NobleSavage]

I've heard that Windows 10 has several security loopholes. Also stuff about how it collects your data.

There is a good discussion here:

http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/96713/how-does-windows-10-allow-microsoft-to-spy-on-you

This is good too:

http://arstechnica.com/information-...ndows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/

 

[DBT]

So I assume that it would be a good idea to disable the 'cortana' function?

 

[crazyfingers]

Yup. That magnafying glass window by start is cortana. And disable lots of other stuff in a privacy settings. Especially if you let windows 10 do express settings and didn't use custom settings when it was about done installing.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

This start menu makes me want to puke:

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It looks like there are ads in there. How hard is it to turn that shit off? I'm going to have to deal with this sooner or later.

And some asshole put footprints in the fucking snow!

 

[DBT]

I hope that everyone is happy with their new Win10 upgrade. It should be an improvement on Win8.

 

[Angry Floof]

My wi-fi card is not compatible with 10. Now I have a choice to make in going to the trouble to replace the card on this old laptop or saving up for a whole new device. :/

 

[bilby]

My wi-fi card is not compatible with 10. Now I have a choice to make in going to the trouble to replace the card on this old laptop or saving up for a whole new device. :/

Or sticking with your old Operating System; or upgrading to Linux.

 

[NobleSavage]

My wi-fi card is not compatible with 10. Now I have a choice to make in going to the trouble to replace the card on this old laptop or saving up for a whole new device. :/

What are the specs on the computer?

 

[beero1000]

My wi-fi card is not compatible with 10. Now I have a choice to make in going to the trouble to replace the card on this old laptop or saving up for a whole new device. :/

You could also get a different wifi card. They sell little usb network adapters for ~$10.

 

[Angry Floof]

My wi-fi card is not compatible with 10. Now I have a choice to make in going to the trouble to replace the card on this old laptop or saving up for a whole new device. :/

You could also get a different wifi card. They sell little usb network adapters for ~$10.

Derp. Why didn't I think of that? For that price, I'll get two as my other laptop has a faulty adapter. Thanks!

 

[Angry Floof]

My wi-fi card is not compatible with 10. Now I have a choice to make in going to the trouble to replace the card on this old laptop or saving up for a whole new device. :/

Or sticking with your old Operating System; or upgrading to Linux.

I don't trust my skill level for upgrading to Linux.

 

[bilby]

Or sticking with your old Operating System; or upgrading to Linux.

I don't trust my skill level for upgrading to Linux.

Meh. Human beings do it; how hard can it be?

 

[Angry Floof]

I don't trust my skill level for upgrading to Linux.

Meh. Human beings do it; how hard can it be?

You mean human beings with skills. Even though I'm a lizard person shape shifter, I would still need some skills.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Or sticking with your old Operating System; or upgrading to Linux.

I don't trust my skill level for upgrading to Linux.

I've done Linux (Ubuntu). It really isn't that hard. Partition hard drive. Install Ubuntu first on one drive, Windows on another. It really isn't tough... or at least it wasn't tough. Windows 8, 10 may make this more difficult to do.

 

[KeepTalking]

I finally took the plunge, and upgraded my new Windows 8.1 laptop to Windows 10 last night. It was a painless experience, and I have had no issues since upgrading. The return of an actual start menu is certainly a plus for me, and worth the hour or two it took to install the upgrade.

 

[C_Mucius_Scaevola]

My 75-year-old landlady bought a new laptop with W8.0 installed. I updated it to W8.1 and installed the W10 upgrade for her. The 8.1 update took about 2 hours, longer than the 1½ hours for the upgrade. She spent the evening quite happily installing all her favourite software.

I'm sticking with 7 on my older laptop, but now I've seen 10, I'm considering upgrading the newer one.

 

[Draconis]

Apparently there are some security features that don't work on my current computer, and I'm not buying a new one just so I can run it.

Also a couple of my programs won't work without a paid upgrade. Sorry, what happened to backward compatibility?

This computer with Win 7 is fine and will be so for the rest of the decade, after which time no doubt I will buy a new computer with Windows 15 on it.