I have it on two machines, a desktop with a 2.4 GHz dual core AMD with 2 GB RAM and a laptop with a 1.7 GHz single core Celeron M with 2 GB RAM. So far, it seems stable. It installed with VERY little fuss (I did a clean install on both). I had it wipe the drive, set up its partition, and away it went. No problems with drivers on the laptop, but I had it check for hardware and for driver updates. It doesn't see any of the hardware (wireless card, video card, etc) on the desktop, but I told it (mistakenly) to not check for hardware/driver updates, so I think changing that option will fix that issue.
I'd describe performance on the laptop as slow to middling, but I've got it on its OEM 5,400 rpm hard drive, and it's no slower than Windows 7 was on this drive. I still have 7 on the SSD that I swapped out in order to try 10. I have a lot of files on Microsoft's OneDrive and, like with 8, OneDrive intergration with Windows 10 is seamless.
10's Start Menu is a blend of old and new. Gone is the Windows 7-like menu you got with Start8, but it's okay. Individual applications are on the left, and you can have tiles on the right. You can expand it to full screen, or leave it at sort of a 1/4 screen size. Here's a pretty good write-up outlining some of 10's Start Menu customization options: https://4sysops.com/archives/configuring-the-windows-10-start-menu/
Overall, I think the OS looks pretty good. It automagically sync'd the theme from my Windows 8 desktop at home and the very small list of bookmarks we have in IE11, since I signed in with my Microsoft ID. That's promising...it looks like IE finally has a solid bookmark/tab sync to compete with Google Chrome. All of the "Modern" apps run windowed, which I appreciate (I'm on the latest build, 9926). And as with 8, I love the expanded Task Manager, which has very nice performance reporting abilities.
I look forward to using it on the desktop at home, where the machine is not quite as limited as the laptop in terms of its hardware (better video card, better hard drive, faster processor, etc).
Does anyone know if folks participating in Technical Preview/Evaluation software get the software for free when it is introduced? Can one upgrade the Technical Preview to the full version when it expires? I ask because they say that Windows 7 and 8 users will get free upgrades to 10, but the desktop on which I have this (on its own HDD) is still running XP. It'd obviously be nice to be able to have all of my PCs on the same version of Windows.
I'd describe performance on the laptop as slow to middling, but I've got it on its OEM 5,400 rpm hard drive, and it's no slower than Windows 7 was on this drive. I still have 7 on the SSD that I swapped out in order to try 10. I have a lot of files on Microsoft's OneDrive and, like with 8, OneDrive intergration with Windows 10 is seamless.
10's Start Menu is a blend of old and new. Gone is the Windows 7-like menu you got with Start8, but it's okay. Individual applications are on the left, and you can have tiles on the right. You can expand it to full screen, or leave it at sort of a 1/4 screen size. Here's a pretty good write-up outlining some of 10's Start Menu customization options: https://4sysops.com/archives/configuring-the-windows-10-start-menu/
Overall, I think the OS looks pretty good. It automagically sync'd the theme from my Windows 8 desktop at home and the very small list of bookmarks we have in IE11, since I signed in with my Microsoft ID. That's promising...it looks like IE finally has a solid bookmark/tab sync to compete with Google Chrome. All of the "Modern" apps run windowed, which I appreciate (I'm on the latest build, 9926). And as with 8, I love the expanded Task Manager, which has very nice performance reporting abilities.
I look forward to using it on the desktop at home, where the machine is not quite as limited as the laptop in terms of its hardware (better video card, better hard drive, faster processor, etc).
Does anyone know if folks participating in Technical Preview/Evaluation software get the software for free when it is introduced? Can one upgrade the Technical Preview to the full version when it expires? I ask because they say that Windows 7 and 8 users will get free upgrades to 10, but the desktop on which I have this (on its own HDD) is still running XP. It'd obviously be nice to be able to have all of my PCs on the same version of Windows.