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Old Apr 7, 2016 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Enginerd
Windows 10 Start Menu stopped working, restarted and it began working again.

I don't trust anything in this new operating system. It's buggy as **** and I want Windows 7 back.

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Everyone is having this problem. You would think they'd have it fixed by now.
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Enginerd
Windows 10 Start Menu stopped working, restarted and it began working again.

I don't trust anything in this new operating system. It's buggy as **** and I want Windows 7 back.

[Placeholder for hating on Windows 10 in the future]
Originally Posted by Girz0r
FUUUUUU WINDOWS TEN It's Terrible!

Originally Posted by Erat
Everyone is having this problem. You would think they'd have it fixed by now.
Y'all crazy. I have 2 machines running Windows 10 x64 (clean installs). Works fine. Faster than Win7.
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 09:42 AM
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i love windows 10 too.
thinking of upgrading work machine against the advice of our crappy IT service.
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
Y'all crazy. I have 2 machines running Windows 10 x64 (clean installs). Works fine. Faster than Win7.
I have 3 machines running win10. The x64 win 10 pro on my desktop gaming machine runs beautifully. Well, the built in audio drivers suck ***.
But the two laptops running it have the start button issue. But I believe those are x86 win 10 home versions. Which I can't see making a difference. Maybe it's a laptop thing.

I like win10 on an SSD. It's blazingly fast.
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 10:55 AM
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My laptop with ssd booted and shut down faster with Win7. For instance, yesterday Win10 took about a minute to load after entering my password. I thought the computer froze. I dread the day that I will have to do a clean install of Win10. I know that day will come. I just hope it isn't soon. Also, edge seems to be slow as hell compared to chrome.
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 11:21 AM
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The inconsistency of issues confuses me more than these issues in general do...
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Erat
I like win10 on an SSD. It's blazingly fast.
I've been debating whether to take the time to do a full backup on my old i5 machine (presently running 7 pro 64) and give Win10 a try.

I'm not in any way dissatisfied with the performance of the machine. I bumped the RAM to 16GB last week, and it's been running great since.

Boot times are of zero importance to me. I sleep the machine at night, and only reboot it once every few months. And I *REALLY* loathe the tile interface. On all of my 7 machines, I run ClassicShell to re-shape the Start Menu and the Explorer windows back to something approximating the WinXP style. Fewer mouse clicks to locate and run applications.




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Also, edge seems to be slow as hell compared to chrome.
In what universe has the stock browser in any distribution of Windows not been slower than damn near any third-party alternative?
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 11:49 AM
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As I see it, DirectX is the only reason why I'd goto Win10 from my Win7 Pro x64

I don't have a crazy build but it gets me by. Maybe later on down the road I'll hop on 10 when I build a new gaming system.
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Girz0r
As I see it, DirectX is the only reason why I'd goto Win10 from my Win7 Pro x64

I don't have a crazy build but it gets me by. Maybe later on down the road I'll hop on 10 when I build a new gaming system.
I recently lost my SATA 1 port on my motherboard.
AM4 socket type can not come fast enough.
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Erat
I recently lost my SATA 1 port on my motherboard.
Do the other five still work?

If not: SEDNA - 2 Port PCI Express (PCIe) SATA III 6.0 Gbps Host Adapter - Newegg.com




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AM4 socket type can not come fast enough.
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Old Apr 7, 2016 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
The other ones still work, I didn't do any more diagnosing I just swapped ports.
Old Apr 8, 2016 | 10:32 AM
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After having AMDs, I think I may go with Intel the next time around

All of my PCs have been AMD thus far...

I miss my original 1Ghz thunderbird, many hours of gaming in my teens. Handled UT2k3 like a champ
Old Apr 8, 2016 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Girz0r
After having AMDs, I think I may go with Intel the next time around
I went through a brief AMD period in the mid to late 90s, when I was poor and AMD was doing nothing but building knockoffs of Intel processors at half the cost, or coming up with designs that let you put a newer core into an older socket.

But then they started innovating, coming up with their own microarchitectures... And the benchmarks they turned out were great, so long as you weren't too concerned with stability or compatibility.

These days, they've gotten most of that stuff fixed, but I just don't see the point anymore. On a price / performance basis, they're not really any cheaper than Intel, so why bother?
Old Apr 8, 2016 | 11:20 AM
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I have been using Intel CPU's for the past 6/7 years. The biggest reason is one of my good friends works for Intel so I get the processors for dirt cheap. Generally less then 50% of retail.
Old Apr 8, 2016 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by shuiend
I have been using Intel CPU's for the past 6/7 years. The biggest reason is one of my good friends works for Intel so I get the processors for dirt cheap. Generally less then 50% of retail.
MT Skylake GroupBuy?
Old Apr 8, 2016 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by EO2K
MT Skylake GroupBuy?
Yes please
Old Apr 8, 2016 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by EO2K
MT Skylake GroupBuy?
Originally Posted by Girz0r
Yes please
I'm in, @shuiend! Yeah baby...


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Old Apr 8, 2016 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bahurd
I'm in @shuiend!
Commas, man.
Old Apr 8, 2016 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
Commas, man.
If you say so.



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Old Apr 8, 2016 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by EO2K
MT Skylake GroupBuy?
No. Not using my friend to do that.



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