Windows 10 has been released to manufacturing: reports - Polidicks

[url]http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-has-been-released-to-manufacturing[/url] [quote=Brad Sams/Neowin]After many months of hard work, late nights, bug squashing, and likely a few tears, Microsoft has signed-off on the RTM build of Windows 10. The OS will now be sent out to select partners so that they can begin testing the OS, loading it on to hardware and getting it ready for consumers around the world. While the company has not yet announced reaching RTM, we understand that Windows 10 has indeed reached this milestone, and The Verge is reporting the same information. Microsoft has been working on Windows 10 for several years, originally called 'Threshold', the OS is the follow-up to Windows 8 which received a less-than-warm reception by consumers. Windows 10 breaks from the past with a new 'free' price tag for upgrades, becoming Windows as a Service, and the core of the OS now runs on every device Microsoft builds and supports.[/quote] [url]http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/15/8950481/microsoft-windows-10-rtm-date[/url] [quote=Tom Warren/The Verge]Microsoft has now finalized Windows 10, ready for its release later this month. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that the software giant has selected build 10240 as the final release to manufacturing (RTM) copy, allowing PC makers to start loading the software onto new machines ready for release. We understand that Microsoft is signing off on the build internally today, and may announce the RTM publicly by the end of the week or choose to ignore the milestone and focus on the launch. While Microsoft is planning to launch Windows 10 on July 29th, new PCs with the software won’t be available until some weeks later. Microsoft is now pushing for existing and new device owners to upgrade to Windows 10 as part of a new marketing campaign.[/quote]

-snip- Edit: (Didn't notice that the OP Source said what I mentioned before) Well, I'm definitely going to download build 10240 now since it's open to Insiders!. Can't wait to try it out! :D Edit 2: 10240 has a couple changes here and there. Definitely glad to see the insider build watermark gone!

Nice. W10 is seriously the best version. Even if you're a diehard XP fan you will love 10. It's seriously faster than 7 and works really well on old hardware too. And it looks damn nice too.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;48216313]Nice. W10 is seriously the best version. Even if you're a diehard XP fan you will love 10. It's seriously faster than 7 and works really well on old hardware too. And it looks damn nice too.[/QUOTE] Agreed. It feels like they took all the ideas they've had and finally managed to get them put together in a solid version of Windows that has a nice minimalist style, swift performance, and none of the kludge of previous versions. Built-in apps are utter garbage and I really hope they'll fix that, but aside from that it's pretty okay. Don't store your porn or your excess pictures in the My Pictures folder if you use the Photos app. It digs into every subdirectory with no discretion and will spam display everything by date of creation as large thumbnails with no options to disable or selectively manage or sort anything. And if you have a lot of pictures it'll actually crash the app.

[QUOTE=Grimhound;48216829]Agreed. It feels like they took all the ideas they've had and finally managed to get them put together in a solid version of Windows that has a nice minimalist style, swift performance, and none of the kludge of previous versions. Built-in apps are utter garbage and I really hope they'll fix that, but aside from that it's pretty okay. Don't store your porn or your excess pictures in the My Pictures folder if you use the Photos app. It digs into every subdirectory with no discretion and will spam display everything by date of creation as large thumbnails with no options to disable or selectively manage or sort anything. And if you have a lot of pictures it'll actually crash the app.[/QUOTE] The apps are really bad from my experience too. They're slow, take far too long to load, have too little features and they love to crash or break in various ways.

remember to change your router name to add the "_optout" tag. so that you router Password is not shared on facebook or skype when another person logs in

[QUOTE=OmniConsUme;48216949]remember to change your router name to add the "_optout" tag. so that you router Password is not shared on facebook or skype when another person logs in[/QUOTE] Wait what?

Wi-Fi Sense has a glaring security issue, it kinda publishes the password on facebook friend accounts and skype.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;48216969]Wait what?[/QUOTE] Apparently if you add _optout to your SSID, it disables the Wi-Fi sense feature. [editline]15th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=OmniConsUme;48217033]Wi-Fi Sense has a glaring security issue, it kinda publishes the password on facebook friend accounts and skype.[/QUOTE] The way I understand it, it doesn't post the password, it just allows contacts on those services to autojoin the network. Which in all fairness still is a security issue, but its not nearly that bad. Not that it matters too much, wifi passwords are normally stored in plaintext anyway. :v:

I keep reading nothing but good things about it. FPS increases in games, a pretty decent browser, an all-around more solid OS... what's the catch? Kinda sounds too good to be true, at some points :v:

Still not a fan of the letter headings in the all programs list in the start menu but the tiles can be removed at least. I suppose it's about time to retire Windows 7 finally.

I cant wait to format my for Win10. Thats the only time i format is for new OSs.

[QUOTE=Demache;48217042]Apparently if you add _optout to your SSID, it disables the Wi-Fi sense feature. [editline]15th July 2015[/editline] The way I understand it, it doesn't post the password, it just allows contacts on those services to autojoin the network. Which in all fairness still is a security issue, but its not nearly that bad. Not that it matters too much, wifi passwords are normally stored in plaintext anyway. :v:[/QUOTE] originally it did post the password... they already fixed because of the Backlash?

[QUOTE=OmniConsUme;48217369]originally it did post the password... they already fixed because of the Backlash?[/QUOTE] If it ever did, it certainly doesn't now. Its encrypted until its handed to the user's PC.

Damn, and I finally just made the permanent switch to Win7 after all these years. Hrmm, will see how the final thing flies in the wild I suppose. I'm really keen to see how DX12 fares in the end, that's the biggest thing to me honestly. I'm not really a gamer any more but the fascination from my youth still lives on haha.

[QUOTE=Sobek-;48217540]I finally just made the permanent switch to Win7 after all these years.[/QUOTE] :suicide:

[QUOTE=Demache;48217042]Apparently if you add _optout to your SSID, it disables the Wi-Fi sense feature. [editline]15th July 2015[/editline] The way I understand it, it doesn't post the password, it just allows contacts on those services to autojoin the network. Which in all fairness still is a security issue, but its not nearly that bad. Not that it matters too much, wifi passwords are normally stored in plaintext anyway. :v:[/QUOTE] Less of a security issue, since it's an optional feature. All it really means that for whatever Wi-Fi network you enable it for, your Facebook/Skype contacts will be able to join that Wi-Fi network without the password. Might be my lack of techie knowledge, but I don't see how that's exploitable. Probably something under the hood I don't notice.

10240 is fucking tight. I just wish they'd re-enable blur behind the taskbar? I mean its on start and all the panels (minus notifications sadly), so why the inconsistency there?

[QUOTE=Dalto11;48218649]10240 is fucking tight. I just wish they'd re-enable blur behind the taskbar? I mean its on start and all the panels (minus notifications sadly), so why the inconsistency there?[/QUOTE] Because it's Microsoft and they suck at making a good looking UI.

Probably going to wait for half a year or so before upgrading for the big issues to get ironed out. Also this will give me time to pick up a new harddrive because my current one is getting a bit dated and slow.

[QUOTE=samuel2213;48218685]Probably going to wait for half a year or so before upgrading for the big issues to get ironed out. Also this will give me time to pick up a new harddrive because my current one is getting a bit dated and slow.[/QUOTE] Go for an SSD, it will change your life.

Looking forward to installing on my MacBook as soon as Apple releases drivers.

I'm using it on my laptop right now, and holy hell is it nice! My only issue is really that the touchpad drivers don't work, so no multi-finger scrolling.

I got a ssd just for this considering its faster than 7 and 8.1, and I'm shifting from a harddrive to a solid state, this will be a [B]big[/B] change for me

[QUOTE=helifreak;48218751]Go for an SSD, it will change your life.[/QUOTE] Thats the plan. I want to pick up a small SSD for the OS, and a 1.5TB HDD for everything else.

[QUOTE=J!NX;48218831]I got a ssd just for this considering its faster than 7 and 8.1, and I'm shifting from a harddrive to a solid state, this will be a [B]big[/B] change for me[/QUOTE] I met a guy on /g/ who bought an ssd around the same time as I did. We both installed our OS onto it. Difference was I moved a lot of my library and document shit off of my SSD and onto a disk. Poor guy already read/write 3715GB/6500GB in two months, and already lost 3% of it's health Whereas mine sat on 2628GB/273GB on 100% health

[QUOTE=Scratch.;48218997]I met a guy on /g/ who bought an ssd around the same time as I did. We both installed our OS onto it. Difference was I moved a lot of my library and document shit off of my SSD and onto a disk. Poor guy already read/write 3715GB/6500GB in two months, and already lost 3% of it's health Whereas mine sat on 2628GB/273GB on 100% health[/QUOTE] I definitely plan on using my old OS harddrive for extra files (Videos and pointless shit, games I don't care about as much, cache files) and my 2nd harddrive (1tb) and installing every thing video game related onto that permanently, and just keeping every game I even might play on that. Then I'll keep pure OS related, super important vital stuff all on my main drive. Originally I thought I should ditch the old drive but now I have two 1tb harddrives extra, and a 500gb external harddrive I plan on doing a nice clean install on windows 10 for my SSD(thank god for thumb drives). Then I'll just dual boot with windows 7 and backup exclusively what I need. This way, I can install as many programs and crap as I want, and if I kill a harddrive doing it, I've already had that thing for years anyways. If I bog my system down I just format the drive and problem solved. I kind of wish I didn't buy that other 1tb though, that was sorta dumb of me. I could have used HD's from old computers.

If you're doing ssds, get a pcie-ssd for the maximum future factor.

Once I installed winders ten, my pc boots up so fast that I don't even see my post screen anymore :v: Hell I rarely see any boot up screens. Normally it is just black for a second or two and I'm greeted by the lock screen.

[QUOTE=Tmaxx;48222782]Once I installed winders ten, my pc boots up so fast that I don't even see my post screen anymore :v: Hell I rarely see any boot up screens. Normally it is just black for a second or two and I'm greeted by the lock screen.[/QUOTE] But post screen duration is not related to OS boot time?