"Everything is easy - once you know how.."
"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." -- Ted Nelson
Stuart Lord wrote:
1. Is it worth switching now or better to wait until July in the hope that the bug that I described has been fixed?
Stuart Lord wrote:
2. How is Java treated on Windows 10? Is it easy for example to open the equivalent of the Command Prompt window and enter DOS commands? How do Java Updates work (or not!) on 10?
J. Kevin Robbins wrote:Stick with Windows 7 at least until the first service pack for 10 is released.
Jesper de Jong wrote:
I've never had the Start Menu freeze and I don't believe that this is a very common issue that many Windows 10 users are having, otherwise the whole Internet would be complaining about it and I haven't heard this anywhere.
"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." -- Ted Nelson
"Everything is easy - once you know how.."
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
"Everything is easy - once you know how.."
Stuart Lord wrote:I am and have been sceptical of Microsoft's attitude to Open Source products. They appear to want to tie their usership down to their ways of doing things, which follows logically if they want to create a monopoly over computing software in general. In this vein, it is pretty certain that the reason why Java works on 10, is because it is the property of Oracle, who have the legal clout to take on Microsoft in the courts.
As for how many have migrated to 10, well this Windows 10 usage stats makes interesting reading, what would be even more interesting would be to see how many have reverted back to 7 or 8..
J. Kevin Robbins wrote:... Stick with Windows 7 at least until the first service pack for 10 is released. ...
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