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Windows 10

CelticRose said:
How about those of you who don't have a touchscreen? Do you find the touchscreen-friendly design of Windows 10 difficult to use without a touchscreen? Not difficult? Do you even notice?
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I personally would leave the touchscreen for tablet devices only, and even then, only when they don't have an external keyboard and mouse attached.

Having to constantly wipe fingerprints off the screen is a pain.
 
CelticRose said:
I've got some of questions about touchscreens and Windows 10.

I'm trying to make up my mind whether I want to get a laptop with a touchscreen or a traditional screen. I'm comfortable using both a touchscreen (on my Android tablet and phone) and a traditional keyboard and mouse setup. I'm trying to decide whether I need a touchscreen for Windows 10 or if it's just something that would be nice to have.

How do those of you who have a touchscreen like how it works with Windows 10? Do you find that there are a lot of programs that force you to use a mouse instead?

How about those of you who don't have a touchscreen? Do you find the touchscreen-friendly design of Windows 10 difficult to use without a touchscreen? Not difficult? Do you even notice?
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I've been using Windows 10 (and Windows 8 before ) quite happily without a touchscreen, using only my Trackman and a keyboard. No problems with the interface at all.

My laptop habits involve leaning back in my chair with a wireless keyboard in my lap and the laptop on a table, with the screen basically out of arm's reach. So I wouldn't get a lot of functionality out of a touchscreen under those circumstances.

Having said that, I can easily see other circumstances when I might want the touchscreen. When I bought this laptop the price premium to have touchscreen in a screen the same size was quite a bit. So those other circumstances are relegated to my tablet.

All other things being equal, I would probably rather have the capability and not need it than need (or want) it and not have it.
 
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Not something I would do but I'm sure I saw 2 or so people saying they upgraded to touchscreen monitors just for that. My wife very very occasionally uses the touchscreen on her laptop. I'm happy using touchscreen on tablets and phones but the ergonomics for a laptop or desktop just wouldn't work for me.
 
CelticRose said:
I've got some of questions about touchscreens and Windows 10.

I'm trying to make up my mind whether I want to get a laptop with a touchscreen or a traditional screen. I'm comfortable using both a touchscreen (on my Android tablet and phone) and a traditional keyboard and mouse setup. I'm trying to decide whether I need a touchscreen for Windows 10 or if it's just something that would be nice to have.

How do those of you who have a touchscreen like how it works with Windows 10? Do you find that there are a lot of programs that force you to use a mouse instead?

How about those of you who don't have a touchscreen? Do you find the touchscreen-friendly design of Windows 10 difficult to use without a touchscreen? Not difficult? Do you even notice?
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I don't have one, and don't even notice.
 
Damien Evans said:
I don't have one, and don't even notice.
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I have Windows 10 on three computers, only one of which has a touchscreen. I have used the touch feature barely at all.

I've spent years avoiding touching the screen on my PC, and trying to stop other people touching it when pointing at things; I really don't want to start looking at smears on the screen now, not to mention the fact that reaching out to touch the screen doesn't seem very ergonomic.
 
zooterkin said:
I have Windows 10 on three computers, only one of which has a touchscreen. I have used the touch feature barely at all.

I've spent years avoiding touching the screen on my PC, and trying to stop other people touching it when pointing at things; I really don't want to start looking at smears on the screen now, not to mention the fact that reaching out to touch the screen doesn't seem very ergonomic.
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That's how you get gorilla arm.
 
psionl0 said:
Having to constantly wipe fingerprints off the screen is a pain.
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zooterkin said:
I've spent years avoiding touching the screen on my PC, and trying to stop other people touching it when pointing at things; I really don't want to start looking at smears on the screen now, not to mention the fact that reaching out to touch the screen doesn't seem very ergonomic.
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I've been pleasantly surprised at how little I notice fingerprints on my current touchscreens and how easy they are to wipe off. One of them is worse than the other in that regard, but I plan to buy my new machine at a brick and mortar store so I'll be able to see how fingerprint-resistant the screens are before buying.

As for ergonomics, I sit in front of my laptop at a table and it's easy to reach out and touch the screen. I already do so when I need to brush some dust or lint off of the screen, and it doesn't present any problems.

quadraginta said:
When I bought this laptop the price premium to have touchscreen in a screen the same size was quite a bit.
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I've only done a quick glance at pricing, but I found that it's not that much more to get a touchscreen these days. Even though it's been 3 years since I bought my current machine, I was surprised at how much memory, storage, etc. you can get for very little money. Even the cheapest models have way more than I'll ever need. I'm basically going to be choosing based on looks, features, how the keyboard feels, how the screen looks, and where the USB ports are. :)

All other things being equal, I would probably rather have the capability and not need it than need (or want) it and not have it.
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And that may very well be what influences my decision the most. Since I don't need to worry about the OS going out of date anymore, I plan to buy the best machine I can afford and making it last as long as possible.

Thanks for the input, folks. :)
 
Here's the latest annoyance. Default apps wont stick.
I use Chrome, I have set my default prog for jpg files (ACDSee classic)

I download an image in Chrome.
It shows in the completed downloads bar at the bottom of Chrome.
Click on one to open.
Prompt for app, "How do you want to open this file? "select AcdSee again.
Select " Always use this app" again.

Doesn't stick , happens with every other jpg file in downloads within Chrome
when clicked on. Keep getting the prompt for an app.
 
Having come from Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro my biggest annoyances...

Menu Jump List - In Win 7 this would open by hovering your mouse over the main menu item, now you actually have to click it. I'd say this was for speed, but it still takes ages for the list to open after clicking it, so....

VPN - In Win 7 I could connect and disconnect my VPNs directly from the connection Icon in the taskbar. Now it opens a separate connections window and I have to connect and disconnect from that.
 
I'm soon to upgrade but first I'm going to wipe c: to get rid of some junk there. But how do I know what needs to be backed up on c before reformatting it? It doesn't make sense to back up all the binaries.
 
Has anyone else had problems with Office after the upgrade? No issues on the laptop, but on the PC when I start Word (or any other Office) app, it briefly shows up and immediately closes. Also happens when I open a document from Explorer; de document briefly shows and then Word shuts down.
Both machines use the same legal version of Office 2013.
 
MetalPig said:
Has anyone else had problems with Office after the upgrade? No issues on the laptop, but on the PC when I start Word (or any other Office) app, it briefly shows up and immediately closes. Also happens when I open a document from Explorer; de document briefly shows and then Word shuts down.
Both machines use the same legal version of Office 2013.
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I haven't seen that.
 
MetalPig said:
Has anyone else had problems with Office after the upgrade? No issues on the laptop, but on the PC when I start Word (or any other Office) app, it briefly shows up and immediately closes. Also happens when I open a document from Explorer; de document briefly shows and then Word shuts down.
Both machines use the same legal version of Office 2013.
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Hi,
I would try a repair install, go to Programs and Features, highlight MS Office 2013 , select change and then repair.
 
Well, I tried it again, getting the same errors. But this time I got through the entire checklist of possible causes (as a support person, I know enough not to do the drastic measures until the simpler ones have been tried. For myself, anyway.) I had already been told to re-install my OS and I was sure I did not have to go that far. Or shouldn't have to.

The last thing I had to do was basically shut everything off in the Task Manager and Startup. The self-download and install then worked as expected. It didn't even ask for a product key this time! Looks like it won't be a paperweight after all.
 
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PhantomWolf said:
VPN - In Win 7 I could connect and disconnect my VPNs directly from the connection Icon in the taskbar. Now it opens a separate connections window and I have to connect and disconnect from that.
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In windows 10 mobile if I have just one VPN the VPN quick action button in the drop-down notification connects directly. Very handy! Hopefully they implement this in the 10 desktop.
 
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