What are your thoughts of Windows 10 Technical Preview?

[ArtemusComputerTechnology]

I know the OS is still in its early stage but do you think it will have a bigger impact than Windows 8?

 

[nlinecomputers]

It seems to give back to Windows what was missing in 8. The start menu. They are still trying to push metro/modern/universal apps which I don't think is going to be all that useful. It's what 8 should have been from the git go. It's not going to save the PC industry. Not that the PC is dead but it is being supplanted in many situations by tablets and even more so by phones. Win10 will not stop that.

 

[Krynn72]

Win10 will not stop that.

Do you think that's what they're trying to do? From what I heard, win10 is supposed to be a multi platform os, which would suggest they're embracing it rather than trying to slow it down.
I haven't tried it personally, but from what I've seen it seems to be a fine compromise. "Metro"apps will never take off until third parties actually start caring enough to make good apps, so they will continue to be utterly useless until then. Everything else seems fine and dandy.

 

[cypress]

Windows 10 is a definite step up from Windows 8 which has gotten awful reviews that we all know about. I agree, that this is what Windows 8 should have been from the get go. I am not crazy about the Apps myself and never embraced but if SOMEHOW Microsoft does listen to what people have to say in the Preview it could get better.

I just really enjoy the Windows 7 format. It wasn't broke, so why fix it?

 

[lan101]

just like 7 is what vista should've been.

it's looking like 10 will be what 8 wasn't

 

[Moltuae]

My thoughts, after briefly playing with the preview, is that Windows 10 will be the Windows 7 replacement that Windows 8 never was.

That's not to say that it's anything special -- the changes are more evolutionary than revolutionary -- it's just generally more usable than 8, especially for desktop and business users.

To be fair though, what else is there left to do to improve a modern OS? Most changes now are cosmetic, and even those are more about fashion than function. We've already gone full circle in that respect, from the plain, flat appearance of earlier Windows OSes, through the graphically 3D "Wow!" of Windows Vista and the more subdued Windows 7, back to the flat, retro-look of Windows 8 and 10.

I'm not sure there are even enough changes under the skin now to justify a whole new Windows release from 7 to 8, let alone from 8 to 10. I think Windows 8 should really have been Windows 7.1 (broken edition), Windows 8.1 should be Windows 7.2 (new, improved flavour edition) and Windows 10 should be Windows 7.3 (fixed edition). But of course, that wouldn't have been good for business; old rope is much easier to sell disguised as new rope.

 

[Banks-Tech]

I agree with the thoughts posted above. It's an improvement over 8/8.1 and will be the next widely adopted Microsoft OS, but definitely more "evolutionary than revolutionary", to quote Moltuae.

I do really like the ability to have multiple desktops, this could be a driving feature for Win 10. Creating a new workspace for specific tasks is helping me stay focused on what I need to be doing at that particular time.

I'm also enjoying the ctrl + c and ctrl + v that you can use with the Command Prompt. Copy/Paste existed in previous versions, but was clunky at best. In Win 10 you can use the familiar copy/paste keyboard shortcuts when working in Command Prompt.

 

[Moltuae]

In Win 10 you can use the familiar copy/paste keyboard shortcuts when working in Command Prompt.

I didn't know about that. That's certainly an improvement .... and about time too!

 

[MauiTechGuy]

M$ gets every other OS right, XP=7, Vista=8, hopefully they "see" the pattern and learn something from it.

 

[Altster]

...if they'd just get rid of that "tiled" interface many people would like it more.