Review: Windows 10 not worth it yet

By Angel Sabater |

It all started in 1983, when Microsoft announced an operating environment named Windows and from then on, Microsoft had its ups and downs in the public’s eye, having rivalries with companies like Apple and Google. With the world now in even more advanced technology, it means much more, being able to connect with family and friends wherever they’re at. The first of Windows evolution is Windows MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System), which two years after the announcement, Microsoft shipped Windows 1.0, then over the years made phones, tablets, laptop, desktops and even gaming PCs. But with all this comes updates; and on July 29, Microsoft released its new Windows update called Windows 10.

Once you get a notification or read about Windows 10, you would probably want to download it, but downloading Windows 10 comes with a price, literally. Microsoft only gives Windows users a free Windows 10 update within the first year until July 29, 2016 and after that if you want Windows 10, you pay $119 for Windows 10 Home and $199 for Windows 10 Pro Version, but switching versions would cost $99  according to Neowin. At Walmart, the current price for Windows 10 64-bit Edition system builder is $98.20 and Windows 10 Home 32-bit/64-bit Editions are $119.

With the new functions and the endless possibilities of having Windows 10, how could it be a bad thing to have? Well, there are some good things about it,  like it’s similarities with Windows 7 start menu, although a bit different, because it has apps shown like Windows 8 and 8.1 with the live tiles. Another likable thing about Windows 10 is Cortana, like Apple’s Siri, Cortana is a software, where it’s programmed to be an intelligent personal assistant, Cortana helps with setting reminders, find things on your device, managing calendar, chat with you and even tell jokes.

Many know the lags of Windows 8 and 8.1 app store, whenever you would go on the app store, it would be slow or lagging while scrolling through apps, but Windows 10 app store is much faster and more convenient. Lastly, is Windows 10 flexibility towards games better than previous versions? According to PCGamer, Windows 10 is a lot like Windows 8.1 and when it comes to performance, it’s not so different than gaming on Windows 7.

This is Windows 8.1's Privacy settings with either choosing the "Express Settings" or "Customize Settings".

This is Windows 8.1’s Privacy settings with either choosing the “Express Settings” or “Customize Settings”.

When you upgrade something you always have to configure settings first. After upgrading to Windows 10, a blue screen will pop up that says “Get Going Fast” it will show a few paragraphs of promises that Microsoft will seem to keep, but what you don’t see, since Microsoft doesn’t make it obvious, is the “Customize Settings” at the bottom of the paragraphs and at the bottom right corner is the obvious options of going back to previous pages and “Express Settings,” which means all settings are set at default, even privacy settings. Unlike Windows 10, Windows 8 and 8.1 at least has the “Customize Settings” and the “Express Settings” side by side so windows users could chose which option to use.

According to The Windows Club, here are things that interrupt the speed of your upgrade, which some say that it takes 24 hours for the installation to complete:

1) Your hardware specification (Device model, manufacturers, speed of processor etc.)

2) Processor power (Device’s battery consumption, Central Processing Unit or CPU)

3) Disk space available (Device’s total amount of storage available)

4) Hard disk read-write speeds (The hard disk is a nonremovable disk with large data/storage capacity. The read speed is how long it takes to read something from the drive. The write speed is how long it takes something to save on the drive.)

5) Amount of data on your PC that is required to be backed up

6) The speed of your internet

Here are three most important points that Microsoft has identified about Windows 10 upgrade that seems to lag:

1) At 30-39 percent, a black screen with a blue circle is still downloading all dynamic updates for Windows 10.

2) At 96 percent, Windows 10 is busy backing up your data

3) At message, it takes a bit longer than usual to set up your device, but will be done shortly.

For more questions or concerns about your device not updating/installing or if your apps are not correctly working go online to www.thewindowsclub.com for more info.

For all the Microsoft Windows users you should not take the risk of downloading Windows 10 for free, because you might have a slight chance of your device crashing, getting a bug, having a glitch, apps not working or in the worst case scenario, privacy concerns.

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