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Re: W7 vs W8.1 vs W10 - massive games performance test

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From: DMP
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 08:32
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On 8/15/2015 3:47 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 8/15/2015 4:47 AM, Peter Huebner wrote:
>> In article <op.x3dvf3qcowpbh0@obscureserver>, aryb...@gmail.com
>> says...
>>>
>>> it is in Polish but the charts are understandable.
>>> http://pclab.pl/art63999.html
>>>
>>> Shortly, performance is identical but a handful anomalies listed in
>>> the resume:
>>> http://pclab.pl/art63999-130.html
>>>
>>>
>>> So again, what is good in W10?
>>
>>
>> Well all I can say is that on _my_ laptop Windows 8.1 boots considerably
>> faster than Win10. That's not even mentioning that the first time I
>> booted up the freshly installed and up-to-date Win10 it took 15-20
>> minutes before I could use the machine because it deemed it necessary to
>> download and install some more updates before I got to see the desktop.
>>
>> Now if I'd been in the position that I need to get out of the house fast
>> and do a quick banking transaction beforehand, I'd've been ever so
>> pissed off.
>>
>> Still, something to keep in mind. Yes, you can disable the update
>> service, but you can no longer choose to do this thorugh the control
>> panel interface directly. There are lots of reports that even if you
>> don't do the express install and disable all the spyware and backdoors
>> they let you tick/untick, it still sends data home about every fsking
>> thing you do, even if you open a new spreadsheet (there's  one bloke on
>> Tomshardware who was watching volumes on his router and noting the
>> difference in traffic between Win10 and another OS.)
>>
>> So after a very short test run (36 hours) I uninstalled. I don't want
>> countless backdoors into my system, and a lot of what I do is none of
>> their business at all, even allowing for data mining about 'net
>> activities.
>>
>> Back to 8.1. Now here's the clincher: ever since, when I turn on the
>> computer and let update run, it tries to reinstall Windows 10. It does
>> not give me the option, it just tries to do it.
>>
>> gee whizz, who would'a thunk.     -P.
>>
> I've seen one report that Win10 logs every keystroke and that, at least
> so far, no one has been able to figure how to stop that or stop Win10
> sending that log to Microsoft.
>
> As for stopping the automatic Win10 install, there is a specific Windows
> Update that you have to back out.  Sorry, I don't remember the KB number.
>
  Its KB3035583..

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