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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2019 15:56:49 GMT -5
The "Explaining Computers" guy is a computer wizard. I believe he has a doctorate in Computer Science, he's done consulting work for large companies, speaks on computer topics in front of large groups/live & in person, etc.
If you watch the vid, notice how he doesn't use Windows 10 as a desktop or primary OS solution (only has it on a couple of his mobile devices). He has some interesting things to say about the industry's phasing out mainstream (PC oriented) computer OS's in favor of OS's as content & information sharing selling platforms. i.e. with the phasing out of Win 7, the primary function of a PC is no longer personal computing, but rather data mining of end users, selling their data, and selling & marketing sh!t to the end users.
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Post by Cop on Dec 22, 2019 18:04:48 GMT -5
But I only upgraded to Win7 last year, lol...
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Post by ForRealTho on Dec 22, 2019 18:17:36 GMT -5
Disclaimer I haven't watched the video, I'm right in the middle of something. He may cover what I am going to say in the video.
The Telemetry in Windows 10 was backported to Windows 7. Also Windows 10 is a better OS then 7. People can disagree with me if they want. The command line in Windows 10 is one area where it is better. It is just a smoother OS. I cringe when I have to go back to Windows 7.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2019 19:50:07 GMT -5
But I only upgraded to Win7 last year, lol... Big tech don't care. They want to know all of your dirty secrets, pr0n viewing, software piracy habits, and share it with the world.  You could set up Linux as your main OS and install Win 7 on it as a Virtual Machine. Or have dual OS's on separate drives, one with Linux (online) and another with Win 7 (always offline), and a NAS for sharing files. www.newegg.com/Network-Attached-Storage-NAS/Category/ID-241 |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2019 19:53:25 GMT -5
Disclaimer I haven't watched the video, I'm right in the middle of something. He may cover what I am going to say in the video. The Telemetry in Windows 10 was backported to Windows 7. Also Windows 10 is a better OS then 7. People can disagree with me if they want. The command line in Windows 10 is one area where it is better. It is just a smoother OS. I cringe when I have to go back to Windows 7. I've never had issues with Windows XP or 7. Windows ME was most troublesome tho. imo, probably the best Microsoft OS's ever were Windows NT/XP. |
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Post by Ambience on Dec 23, 2019 13:43:35 GMT -5
The old tradeoff between whether hackers get your personal information vs. corporations getting your personal information. Then of course there's the eventual situation where they both get your personal information.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2019 14:44:02 GMT -5
The old tradeoff between whether hackers get your personal information vs. corporations getting your personal information. Then of course there's the eventual situation where they both get your personal information. That brings up a major flaw with the consumer versions of Windows 10... forced automatic updates. Consumers are the guinea pigs for Win 10 updates (which often have security flaws, etc). When the flaws are found and patched in the consumer version, then Microsoft releases the more secure updates for Windows 10 Enterprise (which also still retains the option to manually install updates). |
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Post by Ambience on Dec 24, 2019 13:34:15 GMT -5
The old tradeoff between whether hackers get your personal information vs. corporations getting your personal information. Then of course there's the eventual situation where they both get your personal information. That brings up a major flaw with the consumer versions of Windows 10... forced automatic updates. Consumers are the guinea pigs for Win 10 updates (which often have security flaws, etc). When the flaws are found and patched in the consumer version, then Microsoft releases the more secure updates for Windows 10 Enterprise (which also still retains the option to manually install updates). It's not a flaw, it's the way other OSes like Apple have been doing it for ages. What was a flaw was allowing users to skip critical security patches that promoted laziness with updates and testing. Their poor coding practices aside, keeping things updated is far more secure than letting a user opt out. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2019 13:51:30 GMT -5
That brings up a major flaw with the consumer versions of Windows 10... forced automatic updates. Consumers are the guinea pigs for Win 10 updates (which often have security flaws, etc). When the flaws are found and patched in the consumer version, then Microsoft releases the more secure updates for Windows 10 Enterprise (which also still retains the option to manually install updates). It's not a flaw, it's the way other OSes like Apple have been doing it for ages. What was a flaw was allowing users to skip critical security patches that promoted laziness with updates and testing. Their poor coding practices aside, keeping things updated is far more secure than letting a user opt out. In older versions of Windows, MS had the updates (important and optional) separated out. I installed all of the important security updates. It was many of the non-essential updates and driver updates that I opted out of. I preferred having the option to manually install updates, because I didn't mind keeping older sound/graphics/mouse drivers as long as everything was working alright. Regardless, I got this from at least a few articles I read on Win 10... Microsoft indeed tests security updates on the consumer version Win 10 for weaknesses, before improving and moving them to the Enterprise version. |
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Post by Ambience on Dec 24, 2019 14:25:05 GMT -5
That sounds like Agile development to me. I wouldn't be surprised if they also test features through Xbox as well. They are lower risk systems with a large install base. All of that data is being used to feed analytics to be able to quickly fix and discover issues without putting the burden on high value targets. Home users treat their systems like shit, that's the fastest way they will find something.
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Post by Emig5m on Dec 25, 2019 23:09:58 GMT -5
I actually really like Windows 10! Yea my old laptop kept getting the end of support warning for Win7 but good riddance to Win7 and my old laptop!
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