Fun with Windows 10 (Technical Preview)

Posted by Astryl on Oct. 2, 2014, 11 a.m.

So Microsoft Announced Windows 10 a couple of days ago.

That's right, not 9. 10.

They released a Technical Preview for "IT Professionals" and suchlike yesterday, and I signed up.

Downloaded the ISO last night, installed it this morning… and voila:

Dunno if that embed is gonna work. I'm trying OneDrive out, as I haven't installed Dropbox yet.

Here's the new Start Menu, if anybody is interested:

One of the first things I noticed is that Win10 doesn't force you into the Start Screen. It's still around, if you choose to activate it, but isn't the default/imposed setting now.

Metro apps don't run in fullscreen, and instead start maximized and can be resized/moved like any normal Window.

Haven't had any driver issues, with the exception of the generic "Tablet Pen" drivers that were installed for my tablet. Basically, my tablet is one giant "Reset PC" button at the moment :P

On the installation front, installing was smooth, allowed me to install to a partition easily, and dual boots perfectly.

I'll add more pictures and stuff if I feel like it.

EDIT: Yeah, OneDrive doesn't like linking. I'll update the images when I've installed Dropbox.

Dropbox installed and images fixed.

Comments

death 10 years, 1 month ago

They skipped the "good" version and went straight to 10. Microsoft sure is sneaky.

Cpsgames 10 years, 1 month ago

I've been interested in giving it a try. Might just have to do so when I get home from work today.

Astryl 10 years, 1 month ago

@Steven: Fixed.

@death: Internally it's called 6.4:

death 10 years, 1 month ago

Maybe they mean Windows 10 (v6.4) ? Heh version numbers are always quite strange. I always got confused when trying to decide what version number I should use for my games and such.

My guess is Windows 10 is the product name, but not the version number. Obviously if they skipped 9, that makes sense but again, this is Microsoft we are talking about. They're the company that named their game consoles: Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One. They don't know how to count apparently.

Jeremy 10 years, 1 month ago

Astryl 10 years, 1 month ago

Well, all my drivers and commonly used programs are working fine so far. That includes Steam, Foobar, Winamp, gvim and a few other things.

@Jeremy: I was looking for that to post here…

Cpsgames 10 years, 1 month ago

That's hilarious if true.

Alert Games 10 years, 1 month ago

Looks like the way it should be. You should be able to snap windows they way you used to though, like half screen and stuff. Maybe they could make the half screen stuff work on dual screen setups as well cause that pisses me off on 7 and 8.

Astryl 10 years, 1 month ago

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You should be able to snap windows they way you used to though, like half screen and stuff
You can.

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Maybe they could make the half screen stuff work on dual screen setups as well cause that pisses me off on 7 and 8.
And that seems to be missing still. I'll file a complaint :P

Ferret 10 years, 1 month ago

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Metro apps don't run in fullscreen
That is a huge plus for me, hated the old system.

@Jeremy, idk, would they really care about compatibility with software from the 90s?