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Post by budgall on Jan 29, 2019 14:21:17 GMT -5
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Post by Everton on Feb 8, 2019 5:45:05 GMT -5
There is quite a lot to digest and understand but hopefully all will go smoothly.
I found the comments after it quite depressing - the usual doom and gloom mongers in full force.
I honestly don't know why they use something that upsets them so much. Even going so far as to want XP back.
They don't have to !
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Post by jholland1964 on Feb 8, 2019 9:09:07 GMT -5
Remember this article describes what is being TESTED at this time, no guarantee that any or all of this is going to be included.
Obviously a lot of those who responded do not understand that the features included in the Insider Versions may very well not be included in the actual update and in fact may never be available at all. If a feature tests well without any problems then it likely will be included but if problems are found during testing then there is a good chance it will not be included. I agree Eve, if all of these complainers hate Windows 10 then why are they using it? I personally love Windows 10, I have never had problem 1 with it. Certainly there are some things that were major changes from other operating systems but once I got used to them I don't even remember now what those happened to be. People must remember, if you are going to use computers then you must be willing to accept changes and learn those changes. If nobody was willing to do this we would all still be using Windows 3.0 |
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Post by budgall on Feb 8, 2019 14:24:22 GMT -5
I have the most up to date Windows Insider version installed on a laptop (Build 1903 18329.1 19H1) and have had no problems with it. As I type this 18334.1 is downloading and installing. I have not spent much time playing with the proposed April release or trying out all its features. Like the current Windows 10 it continues add unwanted and unneeded "features" in my opinion. I am still a Windows 7 user for most of my daily computing needs.
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Post by jholland1964 on Feb 8, 2019 14:32:40 GMT -5
I have the most up to date Windows Insider version installed on a laptop (Build 1903 18329.1 19H1) and have had no problems with it. As I type this 18334.1 is downloading and installing. I have not spent much time playing with the proposed April release or trying out all its features. Like the current Windows 10 it continues add unwanted and unneeded "features" in my opinion. I am still a Windows 7 user for most of my daily computing needs. I presume you give regular feed back information using the Feedback Hub as they request when you signed up to be a Windows Insider? Do they then correspond with you concerning your feed back? I don't have an extra machine to be able to do this but have always thought it would be interesting to participate in order to help others when updates are released. |
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Post by budgall on Feb 8, 2019 16:24:56 GMT -5
Yes I have sent feedback a couple of times and have only gotten a response from them once. I'm sure it would be an impossible task for MS to respond to all the feedback they receive as I'm sure they get a lot of duplicate feedback. My guess is that two way correspondence only occurs with unique feedback.
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Post by jholland1964 on Feb 8, 2019 16:30:56 GMT -5
Yes I have sent feedback a couple of times and have only gotten a response from them once. I'm sure it would be an impossible task for MS to respond to all the feedback they receive as I'm sure they get a lot of duplicate feedback. My guess is that two way correspondence only occurs with unique feedback. Thanks! I had always wondered how that worked. Bet you are right, that two way correspondence only occurs with unique feedback. Makes sense to me anyway. For instance, if 5000 people say something doesn't work then they would surmise that there is a problem with that section and they would work on a fix but if only a few report a problem with something then they are going to ask more questions, get more info about the person's computer, internet, etc. to further narrow down what might be the cause of the problem for these few people.
You are doing a service for others you know. I think that is great!
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Post by budgall on Feb 8, 2019 16:53:29 GMT -5
Over the years I've done a lot of beta testing of software. My all time favorite was OS/2 from IBM. In my opinion still the best desktop Operating System ever developed.
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Post by jholland1964 on Feb 8, 2019 18:08:41 GMT -5
Over the years I've done a lot of beta testing of software. My all time favorite was OS/2 from IBM. In my opinion still the best desktop Operating System ever developed. Good heavens! When was that? |
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Post by budgall on Feb 8, 2019 19:46:00 GMT -5
Pre Windows, IBM and Microsoft worked together during the development. At some point due to a disagreement they split and Microsoft started developing Windows. OS/2 could run Windows programs better than Windows could run them as well DOS programs. It was a full multitasking OS with the ability to run multiple OS/2 programs, multiple Windows Programs and multiple DOS programs at the same time. I at one time built a computer with an 8088 processor, 512K of RAM that I used as a demo machine machine. The demo would include running a cad program, multiple videos and multiple Windows and DOS programs at the same time. Each program ran in its own block of non shared memory. The programs in the demo didn't very run fast, but they did run and they did not crash. It was fun to watch the demo. Sold a lot of OS/2 systems after customers watched the demo.
The big problem with OS/2 was IBM, they didn't do a very good job marketing the product. They had some great TV ads but no ad ever showed the actual computer screen during the ad. The monitor could be seen, they would tell you about multitasking, but they never showed the screen. Microsoft's marketing department really out marketed IBM's.
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Post by jholland1964 on Feb 8, 2019 20:01:17 GMT -5
Very interesting! Certainly before I had a computer though.
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