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And breathe 
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Any new OS release is bound to have some issues with it, but all in all it works perfectly for me.
The one thing I am pissed about is the auto update mechanism which you can't switch off.
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Move out of granma's house ... cure your addiction to cat videos ... any pay something more for some decent ISP performance (given you install times).
All the small things revealed by you rant.
(and yes, there is a post category for that 
2 xbones, a surface pro and a desktop later ... no problems myself.
Not yet feeling at home with the new xbone UX, but time is my friend.
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"There were problems installing some updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help:"
Then a "Retry" button.
When you try to take care of the user that doesn't do updates by automating the process completely it really ought to work.
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Nope. Not particularly angry. There are other things to be concerned about than to get my shorts in a knot over an OS update. It works. I'm fine.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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I fought the upgrade for awhile but after I finally went to it's fine. There's a couple of little bugs here and there but they'll get to those in an update; nothing show-stopping. I'm actually impressed at how well it works with my complex set of development tools and utilities on here, I expected something to break. Nothing worth mentioning is wrong at this point.
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Hehe. I'm just going to sit here in my corner of the desktop usage share, and watch the newest Microsoft drama roll by with my pet penguin.
On a slightly more serious note, I did use the insider preview of 10 (now I have to work on my brother's machine, which got upgraded). It's junk the way I see it - especially if you're not using a standard setup. It feels more like they reskinned Windows 7 than did anything innovative.
Microsoft should stop trying so hard to be hip, and go back to the solid production machines they had a reputation for.
When I talk to people who don't even know what source code is, I open an editor window and say "This is what we go through every time you find a bug!"
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I too share your pain.
Recently I bought a Chromebook.It is refreshing to experience once again how a computer is supposed to work.
Seniors, in particular, should be spared the suffering of using an OS requiring such relentless doses of updates as Windows does. If all they need to do is browse the internet, why should they be bothered with useless eye-candy desktop widgets?
Simplicity is a requirement for efficiency.
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Not sure I agree with the Chromebook part.
But yeah. So much needless suffering on end users' parts.
Microsoft's brand is being tarnished. And Microsoft is the one doing the tarnishing.
If they'd not released 8-10 to the public, and just went from 7 to 10 SP1, well, that probably would have been smart. I, being a computer programmer, felt I should suffer through it. If my users were gonna, I should. I didn't suffer cuz I'm a dang computer programmer. But why so much needless suffering for the grandmas out there. People have bought new computers to find out they can't even use them.
You can't just tell your customers
oh, 8 was beta.
oh 8 SP1 was beta.
oh 10 was beta.
oh 10 SP1 might be beta. We'll let you know...
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I like Windows 10 just fine. However, it has the same just slightly flakey feel as a Linux distro. Stuff doesn't always work just right. I think Microsoft may be telling us there is no longer any difference between Windows and Linux. I think they'll eventually be sorry they did that.
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I haven't been assimilated into win10 yet. I feel your pain. Even with win8.1, I curse the guy that came up with metro tiles. It may look fine on a 10" screen, but I mean when you have a single 55" 4k for monitor, it looks horrible.
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well, i do recommend gettin onto 10 rather than stay on 8.
10 may not beat 7, but it beats 8 hands down.
and yeah the dude that ok'd win8 going out to the world should be shot.
and the dudes that coded it? well, they have my sympathies. i mean, that code is headin to deprecated faster than zune software. i sure hope so at least.
Does nobody remember Commodore? That c64 was king for a long time and the Amiga was beautiful.
Why did you die like that Commodore? I miss you sooooo much. Oh the grief.
Srsly.
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"Are there any good parts to windows 10?"
Sure, if you are MS or NSA or FBI or HLS. What? You didn't think all this was for your benefit, did you? They probably got more or will get from the Feds than regular licensing fees anyway.
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I disabled the Windows 10 upgrade for myself and everyone I know except my oldest daughter, so it's not an issue.
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I am ok because I have no intention of using it because it is marketing tool and not serious OS anymore.
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oh yeah? what serious os are you using then? i'm guessin ios? whatever the os, i need 4 usb'd midi devices on it.
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I am multi OS user/programmer with the exception of Apple products (well I had iPhone at some point if it counts). I was using preview Win10 for testing and did not notice any advantages of this OS. Latest Win OS in use is Win 8(1) (desktop mode only) and I probably stop there unless Microsoft will come back to earth from the cloud. Besides, latest erratic moves from Microsoft are an open invitation for competition to come up with good consumer oriented OS. Let's wait for long overdue change.
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i'd say so far that 7 > 10 > 8.
if I were you, I'd either try to roll back to 7 or go to 10.
But, of course, do what you want.
you never named an os, though...
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I have Win 7, 8, xp, Ubuntu, Fedora installed but no Win 10. I have checked 10. It is just 8 with new skin. Win 8 comes with emulators for GPU programming and is more useful in this regard. Win 10 has more background services running, uses my storage, bandwidth and CPU to conduct Microsoft business on unpredictable schedule. Therefore it is not even free. It is becoming more of an TV/advertisement box than computing workhorse. Because of that is not my preferred OS now. When they will provide solid, predictable OS then why not.
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Yeah that makes sense. i don't support pre win7.
I use linux at work (redhat), but that's just for boring webserver stuff.
I've done a teeny bit of Android, but although the quality is there, it's got a long ways to go.
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That person should go buy a lottery ticket.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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That. Is. Awesome! 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Very  cue the quote from the end of Blade Runner from Roy Batty...
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