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Post by Graham on Jul 29, 2015 11:19:54 GMT
Has anyone tried Antenna on Win 10 yet?
I got it on my laptop and no real issues as yet but I have had the beta test for some months now and all has been running just fine
Graham
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Post by Frank on Jul 29, 2015 11:22:28 GMT
Is it nice? Is W10 ready for primetime? Cheers, Frank
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Post by Graham on Jul 29, 2015 11:24:57 GMT
It is here in Australia Frank it was released today, but I have had it for around 3 months now but only got the release copy today.
Yes is great a vast improvement on 8/8.1
Graham
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Post by Frank on Jul 29, 2015 11:28:08 GMT
That sounds promising. How about somebody coming from W7? Is it brutally different "as in a whole new learning curve"? Frank
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Post by Graham on Jul 29, 2015 11:30:32 GMT
It's different do a goggle search on it
Sent from my SM-N9005 using proboards
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Post by GRS-555 on Jul 30, 2015 14:17:26 GMT
Everything has good and bad. Being 'Old-School' I still love the traditional 'Windows'layout. The 'Push' for the 'relatively-recent' "UGLY" look of "FLAT LOOKING PURPLE & CYAN ETC BOXES" especially with Win-8 onwards, is actually aimed at the new (current) trend towards Touch-Devices and most modern screens/systems now that incorporate 'touch-screens' for so-called ease/standardisation of interfaces. I still "HATE" the look, although my latest 'Laptop' can slide down like a 'Tablet' and so can use it like a typical Windows/iPad interface etc. Many things are-being/have been done 'under-the-hood' in this regard and more, to account for the future, in this, and more future releases. How SOFTWARE behaves/is-viewed, (such as 'Antenna'), will NOT dramatically change in the short-term, as the conformity to 'basic' (new) HTML5, CS3 etc. is NOT something that a new Windows Version will interfere with. At least now, or in the near future. (Unless M.S. continue to try and be their own Global Entity!)
(I love hearing from others, but I don't expect a response from one person hahaha...)
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Post by Graham on Jul 30, 2015 22:39:56 GMT
We gave this a good test in our workshops as we are beta testers and everything we threw at it responded fine. When win 8/8.1 cam out we did the same and encountered tons of errors and glitches with it but this time around Microsoft seem to have listened to the critics.
I love the fact that I can customize it to how I want it and yes the tiles are ugly but on mine I don't have any tiles showing mine is like win 7.
For those that want to get adventurous you can even remove the tile colour completely, there is just so much you can no do with windows There are some great win8/10 tutorials out there that go indepth on how to make this version to your liking and as I said earlier my looks like win7 and behaves like win7 and it was all done in around 5 minutes of installing it and there was no 3rd party tweaks or hacks used to change it.
Hardware wise on things we tested anything up to about 4 years old was no issue this just worked from the get go. Software we installed some from around 5 years old and we did expect it to fail and it all ran fine.
These tests were mainly conducted on HP laptops and desktops as we are a HP dealer, we did test on some generic pc's and some MSI laptops but still no issue.
Everyone using it will have a different story to tell of its performance and usability but from and IT point of view this is a great winner we thing for now. Touch devices are here to stay for a while now until the next big thing comes along so we gotta embrace it and run with it if we want to keep up.
For those that have win10 and need a few tips feel free to message or email and I will do my best to assist.
Graham
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Post by GRS-555 on Aug 4, 2015 12:32:49 GMT
Great info Graham, and you are right. (I think i was in a cynical mood haha). I only use Windows systems, from the advent of the 1st pc that existed haha.. and always will. My only "rises-to-the-surface-sometimes" gripe with Microsoft is that they like to go on their own tangents, (VB, VBScript, XML, SHTML, Javascript/spinoffs, I.E. compatability, MSN..... variations) However, as you said, they must be finally actually listening to customers and what they want. Yes, i like the fact that you can change the look/feel/familiarity of it, (your case Win-7) Though i guess wee will all have to 'upgrade' in more ways than the obvious ways eventually... sigh. In the past, major changes like XP, Vista, Win-7 etc resulted in not only the operating system and its functionality, but at FIRST always caused problems with HARDWARE that you mentioned, and especially availability of specific 'drivers'. That DOES seem to be a relative NON-event now. You have greater resources available than most of us, and thank you for your shared knowledge.
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