Well, typically (in my opinion), Microsoft releases good versions of Windows every other release, so naturally, I was excited that Windows 10 was coming out, because I wasn’t a fan of Windows 8. Then, to make things better, they are giving it away to people. Jackpot… right???
Well, the interface is certainly better than Windows 8. MS finally remembered that not everyone using Windows is using a tablet or touch screen. There are still people using laptops and desktops. Crazy?!? Do they brought it back to more of the traditional interface, you get a Windows button/start again to launch apps and look for things. That I like. They added Cortana to Windows 10 as well. Being a geek, I like the fact that they incorporated the AI from one of the most popular games for the X-Box (HALO), who was named Cortana… I doubt that is a coincidence.
Now, there is always a downside. I feel like I’m in a Beta test version of it right now. I have a bunch of machines, servers, laptops, etc all used to keep my little JaveLLin empire up and running. So that means, I need machines that are reliable, and operating systems that work with the software I care about. Unfortunately, there have been a couple of key applications that Windows doesn’t play well with.
- Webex – being a consultant, means lots of conference calls. I usually have to jerry-rig jumping between browsers to get connected to a Webex call. Not cool.
- Virtualbox – had to download a new “pre-release” version just to keep things running. And of course, I’ve been having glitchy things happen. I’m working hard to keep all my systems up and running. A lot harder than I was before.
- Outlook 2013 – this one confuses the hell out of me. Shortly after I upgraded to Win 10, I had to delete all of my email profiles and create them again. I think it was because I also connected to an internet calender, but come on, this is a MS OS that can’t work with an MS application.
And of course, everything is different. it’s hard to find the control panel (at least the one I’m familiar with). At least Cortana is reasonably good at finding what I’m looking for. But in general, it’s still very buggy. I’m hoping that over the course of the next month, I’ll be able to spend more time learning my Internet of Things stuff, and less time administering Windows 10.
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