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Re: Windows 10 update
« Reply #15 on: 08 January 2016, 00:06:17 »
Quote from: Mr.OmegaMan on 08 January 2016, 00:02:21
Back on Win 7 ...Couldn't get Win 10 to run properly on my laptop, If i could justify it i'd buy a MacBook Pro in a heart beat.... But the way I would spec one out it would cost just over £2,500  :o :o....

Sorry for the Double Post.

If you have any Anti Virus software running, get rid of it.  That will hinder Win10.  Windows Defender is more than enough protection.
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Re: Windows 10 update
« Reply #16 on: 08 January 2016, 00:14:29 »
Quote from: Broomies Mate on 08 January 2016, 00:04:52
Quote from: Mr.OmegaMan on 08 January 2016, 00:02:21
Back on Win 7 ...Couldn't get Win 10 to run properly on my laptop, If i could justify it i'd buy a MacBook Pro in a heart beat.... But the way I would spec one out it would cost just over £2,500  :o :o....

That's interesting.  A basic MacBook Pro would beat the shit out of a £2k 'IBM Compatible' laptop.

Trust me, you don't need 16GB RAM or the latest processor.  They just fly.......

Was the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, 2.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz..... Not the 2.8GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.0GHz ..although it's only £150 more when your already over £2,000 so it's probably worth while adding that which should make it a little more future proof?

It came to that price with a few extras such as £400 1TB PCIe-based Flash Storage, £229 Final Cut Pro X, £279 AppleCare.
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Re: Windows 10 update
« Reply #17 on: 08 January 2016, 00:17:16 »
Quote from: Broomies Mate on 08 January 2016, 00:06:17
Quote from: Mr.OmegaMan on 08 January 2016, 00:02:21
Back on Win 7 ...Couldn't get Win 10 to run properly on my laptop, If i could justify it i'd buy a MacBook Pro in a heart beat.... But the way I would spec one out it would cost just over £2,500  :o :o....

Sorry for the Double Post.

If you have any Anti Virus software running, get rid of it.  That will hinder Win10.  Windows Defender is more than enough protection.

I used to use Avast, Now I just use the windows security essentials. Pretty sure I had Avast when last trying to install Win 10.
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Re: Windows 10 update
« Reply #18 on: 08 January 2016, 00:23:04 »
Quote from: Mr.OmegaMan on 08 January 2016, 00:17:16
Quote from: Broomies Mate on 08 January 2016, 00:06:17
Quote from: Mr.OmegaMan on 08 January 2016, 00:02:21
Back on Win 7 ...Couldn't get Win 10 to run properly on my laptop, If i could justify it i'd buy a MacBook Pro in a heart beat.... But the way I would spec one out it would cost just over £2,500  :o :o....

Sorry for the Double Post.

If you have any Anti Virus software running, get rid of it.  That will hinder Win10.  Windows Defender is more than enough protection.

I used to use Avast, Now I just use the windows security essentials. Pretty sure I had Avast when last trying to install Win 10.

SE is really good (I'd advise anyone running Win 7 or 8 to install it).  Uninstall any third party AV software, and give it another go.  Win 10 is really rather good.
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Re: Windows 10 update
« Reply #19 on: 08 January 2016, 11:26:15 »
Quote from: Broomies Mate on 08 January 2016, 00:04:52
Trust me, you don't need 16GB RAM or the latest processor.  They just fly.......

Whereas I wish they'd bump the top spec to 32Gb as it would be really nice to be able to have more than three 4Gb VMs running at once (and some of our images need 8Gb).. but for general purposes I agree.

The base spec 15" would do me just fine at £1600 excl. AppleCare.  The corporate machine I have is two years old and has an easy couple more years life left in it.. the Mac Mini I have at home is six years old and for general work is only just starting to get a little annoying.
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Re: Windows 10 update
« Reply #20 on: 08 January 2016, 17:16:54 »
No issues here with Win10, or the latest updates.

Admittedly, my 2007 daily use laptop did need a tweak to make the WiFi card compatible.

I would say as long as you don't have incompatible hardware, Win10 runs as faster as Win7 on any Intel based machine. If you bought AMD, well, serves you right really.

I would suggest, once upgraded to Win10 (and thus having the free licence), to rebuild from scratch - this will force out all the left-over shite and OEM shite from your Win7/Win8 original builds, which are the mostly likely culprits for any incompatibilities.

As BM says, Windows Defender on Win10 is more that adequate for AV.  Possibly worth running a Malware Bytes Free scan weekly to remove non viral malware.


As to OSX v Windows 10 performance, there's not a huge amount in them on the same machine. In many cases, Windows may just have the edge, due to more optimised drivers.  Obviously, AV software hurts both platforms, especially when accessing disks, though as BM states, MS SE/WinDef is pretty lightweight when it comes to resources.
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Re: Windows 10 update
« Reply #21 on: 08 January 2016, 17:25:40 »
whats wrong with AMD please :y
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Re: Windows 10 update
« Reply #22 on: 08 January 2016, 17:29:44 »
Major improvement I have found with Win 10 / Defender is websites .. all the AV's that now "check" web sites seem to slow down access incredibly, especially those with bigger files like photobucket etc. Defender seems to be much quicker. The "best" combination for speed is Edge/Defender .. but Edge is just NOT user friendly IMHO.. so mostly Chrome or FF here with Defender both seem to work OK

For hard drive/download protection there seems to be little difference in access time with Defender or Avast which I used to use
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Re: Windows 10 update
« Reply #23 on: 08 January 2016, 17:34:56 »
Quote from: b4ndit on 08 January 2016, 17:25:40
whats wrong with AMD please :y
Slow (in real world conditions), inefficient and unreliable.
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Re: Windows 10 update
« Reply #24 on: 08 January 2016, 17:47:26 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 08 January 2016, 17:34:56
Quote from: b4ndit on 08 January 2016, 17:25:40
whats wrong with AMD please :y
Slow (in real world conditions), inefficient and unreliable.
ok thanks for that  :y
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