Posts by ShaolinTurbo

Re: User Gets No Priority

It always makes me laugh, no matter how fast your computer is, you can bring it to its knees by ejecting the CD drive.

Re: Memory Utilisation

Just to add that Opera is no better than Chrome or Edge for sending data back.

Re: I am certain Microsoft have a reasonable understanding of how you feel

They did do that, the good thing is you can hack it off. But you cant in 10..

Re: Eyeo says it [..] wants "user empowerment"

To be fair theres an option in adblock to also block the "friendly" ads so you dont see any ads at all.

I use Origin though just because the applet is lighter.

Re: That EFF document is a solid gold reference

Agreed.. The French are giving it a go at least with some real legal challenge.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/20/france_windows_10_microsoft/

MS know full well what they are doing is cheeky. But they know they can get away with it for years before anything happens. Same happens with all these privacy and monopoly cases. It takes years and then there's finally a punishment but overall it still works out positive them.

The only thing that will change this merry go round is people voting with their feet. If you dont like it, dont use it. But we know that wont happen in any big numbers. So it is what it is.. and the big companies know it.

Re: Gotta be paying off a lot of governments with data

Hi, I only just seen this.. Here you go, the formal notice in full..

https://www.cnil.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2016-058_formal_notice_microsoft.pdf

Its long but jump to page 3, thats where it gets meaty..

Theres also an article about it here on the Reg somewhere.

Re: Apple

Im starting to lean to Apple too. Linux is still not refined enough and certain apps unsupported. Apple also has some privacy concerns but it seems that you can opt out of them easier and stay opted out.

Windows as a service is way too unpredictable. I see on a test laptop that Win 10 likes to reset app defaults and privacy settings after major updates. Until I can turn telemetry OFF and not just switch to Basic then I wont use it. Its not just privacy either. Ive lost all trust in MS to do the right thing and do it in my interests. They add and remove features at a whim and I actually find Win10 to be clunky.

Once my current laptop dies I'm leaning towards a Macbook Pro. I will just have to take the £££ hit !

Re: Symbian

I guess we will never know... As we are dreaming fantasies I would rather ask what if back in 2010 Nintendo teamed up with Palm and made a Nintendo phone based on WebOS. Mario giving me turn by turn directions on the maps. A quick bit of Mario Kart on the train to work. WebOS with a nice solid bit of Nintendo hardware. Now that's something I would buy!

Re: I've come to the conclusion

Ok when I say search of course I mean the Ad revenue that comes around search, thats what the term "search" includes. Im pretty much losing interest now but some more analysis lifted from another site.

"Search advertising revenue was up 23 percent, driven by higher search volume and higher revenue per search. On its earnings call, Microsoft said that Bing had made an operating profit, with quarterly revenue of more than $1 billion. This is a significant milestone for the search engine that is increasingly being integrated into Microsoft's other products, most visibly as Cortana. In September, some 20 percent of search revenue was driven by Windows 10 devices."

Win10 has only been out a short time so this will continue to rise.This is the main reason behind the hard push of Win10, they will have more control of search (Ads) this way. Also because its easier for them to push their cloud offerings on Win10. Why else would they offer it for free?

Google make a huge amount of money from search, that's why they pay people so they can be default. Most of their money comes from AdWords "search". http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/020515/business-google.asp

Re: AMD Drivers

Yep you are right, last thing I read they are behind on the all new AMD driver so it will come a few months later after 16.04 release.

I guess 16.10 will be the one!

I read that this clause is more related to the XBox side of things. Not scanning your PC for some torrent copy of C&C you might have knocking around. We will have to wait and see I guess.

Re: No mention of Tablets

Yeah nothing wrong with Win7. If I rolled from Win10 back to 7 I think there is only three big things I would really miss.

1. The task manager is much better in Win10 - It shows more info and is more powerful.

2. The super quick boot - Not just to login screen but the time to usable desktop is super quick compared to Win7.

3. Sound engine - The WASAPI and ASIO sound setup seems more robust. No more crashes and low latency.

For the future DirectX12 looks promising for games. Need to wait and see if that's really true though.

But you know really there is nothing wrong with Win10 and multi screen support. It works. Metro apps are not full screen, have them any size you want. Multiple desktops built in now.

Big downside to Win10 for me is all the tracking and privacy. I turn everything off but who knows if that makes a difference! Its the way everything is going now though. Andorid and OSX do the same.

Obviously there is linux but that is simply not a suitable option for the software and hardware I use.