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Topic # 161755 18-Jan-2015 22:34
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I have Windows 10 ISOs from the first wave and never installed it - not ready to "kill" my main laptop. Could have installed on a VM but it's not really the same.

I am thinking of perhaps installing my ASUS VivoTab (Intel Atom tablet). Current Os is Windows 8.1 Update. Anyone tried on a pure tablet and sees it working ok?




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  Reply # 1217192 18-Jan-2015 22:36
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I am willing to trash my asus vivotab. How do I get this windows 10?







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  Reply # 1217193 18-Jan-2015 22:38
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You can get into the Windows Technical Preview here.




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  Reply # 1217206 18-Jan-2015 22:59
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May I suggest waiting till after the next build comes out? Should be by the end of the week. It will have a lot of new features in it and hopefully won't be as much of a dog as the last official build released (not 9901).





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  Reply # 1217210 18-Jan-2015 23:12
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If you have a touch PC

 

Technical Preview works with touch, but some things will be rough and unfinished. More touch-friendly improvements are on the way.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/preview-faq?woldogcb=0#faq=tab0

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  Reply # 1217212 18-Jan-2015 23:15
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Brumfondl: May I suggest waiting till after the next build comes out? Should be by the end of the week. It will have a lot of new features in it and hopefully won't be as much of a dog as the last official build released (not 9901).


Windows 10 Tech Preview is performing better for me than Windows 7.

For touch/tablet yes wait so you can get Continuum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_O-LrGL-YQ

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  Reply # 1217217 18-Jan-2015 23:26
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Speaking about the ASUS ViVoTab.. I hate how it doesn't charge while the screen is turned on..

Back on topic, I tried Windows 10 on the Lenovo X1 Carbon Touchscreen on VMWare, and yeah, it's not really the same as having it as the main OS. A bit slow, laggy etc.




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  Reply # 1217218 18-Jan-2015 23:27
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For me it only charges when the tablet is off - not sleeping but shutdown.




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  Reply # 1217224 18-Jan-2015 23:30
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Mine charges while sleeping, just that the screen is off. Plus since it runs outta battery quickly, it really is a PITA to have to stop what you're doing completely to charge it.




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  Reply # 1217256 19-Jan-2015 07:07
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I got the Windows 10 Preview going on the HP Stream 7 tablet, unfortunately I had issues with getting the touch screen going.  From what I found other people had the same issues with the HP Stream 7.

I will give it another go when the new preview update is released.

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  Reply # 1217257 19-Jan-2015 07:12
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Current preview is aimed at businesses wanting to try out traditional machines with mouse/keyboard :)

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  Reply # 1217309 19-Jan-2015 09:00
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It seems to work ok on an Asus Transformerbook T300LA. Not quite polished, but functional for the most part.




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  Reply # 1217361 19-Jan-2015 10:09
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Anyone know if there is a third party offering to give you a W10 Start Menu experience on earlier versions of Windows?

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  Reply # 1217365 19-Jan-2015 10:21
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I'm mostly happy with windows 10 on my surface pro - the touch support is a little rough, but still fine for my usage. I do tend to use a keyboard with it a fair bit though. Still, I'm looking forward to the new release. 

Unrelated to touch, but the most annoying thing I've found is that the OneDrive setup keeps popping up (every restart and occassionally when I start explorer) but crashing when I try to complete it.  I've found numerous reports of people with similar issues, and a number of suggestions for fixes, but no luck yet.

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  Reply # 1217370 19-Jan-2015 10:29
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networkn: Anyone know if there is a third party offering to give you a W10 Start Menu experience on earlier versions of Windows?



right click, new toolbar -> c:\programdata\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

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  Reply # 1217373 19-Jan-2015 10:32
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or a list of 3rd party ones here, they are many to choose from

http://www.cnet.com/au/how-to/how-to-get-the-start-menu-back-in-windows-8/

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