Happy 5th Birthday, Windows 10!

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing

Happy Birthday Windows 10! Today is 5 years since Windows 10 was originally released on July 29th, 2015. I've been a user since before that being in various beta programs, and overall I have been happy with it over these past few years. It's also exciting for me to be part of a great company that makes awesome products to make Windows 10 even better!

Windows 10 has certainly changed a lot over the past 5 years with lots of updates, and our friends over at Neowin have put together a great article with lots of screenshots on what has changed.

It's a great post showing a visual comparison of Windows 10, so be sure to head over there and check it out!

https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-is-five-years-old---heres-how-its-changed

AzDude
Reply #1 Wednesday, July 29, 2020 12:06 PM

Jafo
Reply #2 Wednesday, July 29, 2020 9:19 PM

Looking at that screenshot....Windows 10 is from the Umbrella Corporation.....now it makes sense....

SchismNavigator
Reply #3 Thursday, July 30, 2020 10:42 AM

Windows 10 is a solid OS. Never bought the hate some people had for it.

Jafo
Reply #4 Thursday, July 30, 2020 11:37 AM

SchismNavigator

Windows 10 is a solid OS. Never bought the hate some people had for it.

You haven't had it brick a system?

I still have one box stoically running a vintage 10 because it doesn't know how to update itself.  Some have failed continuously for more than a year.

I am going to have to do it for it myself...by installing a newer version OVER it.....but I can't, because my wife's working from home and using it...so it's mission-critical....

The real issue is how MS decided everyone on the planet was going to be a beta tester for some pretty dodgey forced updates.

Not to mention using Joe Public as an unwitting torrent provider during the 'roll out' process.

2of3
Reply #5 Friday, July 31, 2020 4:22 PM

It's hard to remember that my current PC came out of the box with win 8.1 installed. I was quick to install start8 and WB, so I never got the vanilla 8.1 experience. Win 10 was def a step up, in any case!

Sidenote: Did I buy this laptop 6 years ago? Still runs flawlessly.

SchismNavigator
Reply #6 Monday, August 3, 2020 10:21 AM


It's hard to remember that my current PC came out of the box with win 8.1 installed. I was quick to install start8 and WB, so I never got the vanilla 8.1 experience. Win 10 was def a step up, in any case!

Sidenote: Did I buy this laptop 6 years ago? Still runs flawlessly.

Awesome, honestly Win 8 was a pretty decent OS, genuinely performed better than 7, just you needed to rip out its UI.

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