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Author Topic: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it  (Read 3370 times)

Chrysalis

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new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« on: April 26, 2016, 06:19:59 PM »
Sorry guys :(

the start menu looks really silly on the 768p resolution :p
Plus I can only see the forced reinstall of windows for every threshold release driving me nuts.

The inclusive hdd seems really slow, on the other hand the core i3 5005 is a pretty nice chip.

Will probably play with linux a bit on my existing laptop before I sell it.

I will swap the hdd with the ssd in my existing laptop, and probably upgrade the ram at some point next month (4gig currently will buy 2nd 4gig stick).
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Re: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2016, 07:52:52 PM »
on win8 now with the ssd out my old lappy :)

interestingly I was able to activate online using the key from my old laptop, no need to ring microsoft.
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Re: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2016, 06:03:28 AM »
I'd ditch it too, with Cortana now only limiting your searches to bing... How frustrating!
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Re: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2016, 05:54:12 PM »
768p resolution  :o

Still HDD  :o

Using Cortana to search  :o

I'm using 1080 resolution. SSD as my system drive and I only let Cortana search my computer.

Since using a SSD I've noticed the real slowness of the HDD these days.
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Re: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2016, 03:17:07 AM »
even at 1080p the start menu and various win10 UI elements are too big, the Ui feels like its designed for 1440p upwards.
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Re: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2016, 09:43:42 AM »
Apparently you can remove the tiles, and it will look more like Windows 7 then

http://www.howtogeek.com/197586/how-to-make-the-windows-10-start-menu-look-more-like-windows-7/

You can also adjust the size, but it won't let me go slimmer than 3 tiles wide.
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Re: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2016, 10:38:34 AM »
or just not use windows 10 ;)
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Re: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2016, 12:10:55 PM »
...  Or use Linux instead  ...    ;)  ;) sorry just could not resist that one

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Re: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2016, 12:15:15 PM »
Use a kernel for what?
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Re: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2016, 12:35:48 PM »
Quote from: Dray on May 22, 2016, 12:15:15 PM
Use a kernel for what?

OK lets not get techy here ... you know what I mean  ;)

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Re: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2016, 12:46:48 PM »
He's actually gone for an alternative old operating system. But your right, there are a number of old operating systems to choose from. I notice W10 flies on my Macbook Air, much faster than MacOS.
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Re: new lappy came with win10 but ditching it
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2016, 01:25:06 PM »
I did almost move to lubuntu on my laptop.
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