Happy 5th Birthday, Windows 10!

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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

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:thumbsup:

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

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

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Reply #3 from Stardock.net Forums Top

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

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting SchismNavigator, reply 3

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.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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.

Reply #6 from Stardock.net Forums Top

Quoting 2of3, reply 5

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.