{"id":51996,"date":"2015-07-30T10:33:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T16:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/30\/waiting-on-windows-10.html"},"modified":"2015-07-30T10:33:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T16:33:36","slug":"waiting-on-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/30\/waiting-on-windows-10.html","title":{"rendered":"Waiting on Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is probably the most negative article I&#39;ve seen to date on Win10, and even it just says &quot;Wait a few updates for things to gel.&quot; Which, honestly, was my plan already.  <\/p>\n<p>That said, the main drawbacks mentioned &#8212; unfinished desktop apps &#8212; aren&#39;t of any concern to me; all the stuff mentioned are items I already use browser apps for (most, though not all, from Google).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/article\/2953655\/microsoft-windows\/windows-10-review-hold-off-if-you-use-windows-7.html'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/P-dDgcKnEuyvprdhm1SBHlD4PlWAtRXUxHx_pwKqadWVSRp74ryvowkzXQYyeXl6yzhQ3hSeJgIOKJXq0JtSOHifYRNjf3NGin79HjooEKfDt3Sr9aIqEqJeG8ff8Rbf5CWMKAWSIxQCh14pkKgdHH_a7Y-xC_o0CBPe3Wgykq2VOZI=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/article\/2953655\/microsoft-windows\/windows-10-review-hold-off-if-you-use-windows-7.html'>Windows 10 review: Hold off if you use Windows 7<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nWindows 10 is what Windows 8 should have been, but it has too many rough edges to attract Windows 7 users. Continuous upgrades could change that as early as this fall\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/gt3zoiRRoCN'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is probably the most negative article I&#39;ve seen to date on Win10, and even it just says &quot;Wait a few updates for things to gel.&quot; Which, honestly, was my plan already. 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