Tony Brianson - Windows 10: The Ultimate User Guide In Using Your Windows 10

Windows 10

The Ultimate User Guide In Using Your Windows 10

By Tony Brianson

This extremely helpful E-Book ( USUALLY PRICED $13.90 ) will walk you through 15 of the best ways to use the famous application Evernote.

I will be giving you this incredible eBook for FREE as a thank you for purchasing this book.

GO TO THE LINK AT THE BACK OF THE BOOK TO CLAIM YOUR FREE GIFT!

Copyright 2014 - All Rights Reserved Tony Brianson

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form whatsoever, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any informational storage or retrieval system without express written, dated and signed permission from the author.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Windows 10 is currently offering a free upgrade for qualifying Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 users. The upgrades will be free for those who qualify for one year from July 29 th 2015.

Should you upgrade? That is the question that a number of users of the preceding Windows platforms have been asking.

It is therefore important to carefully consider whether this is a good idea. First, it is important to look at the unique features that Windows 10 has compared to Windows 8 and the other preceding Windows versions.

Unique features.

The Start Menu

One of the unique things that youll notice with Windows 10 as compared to Windows 8 is the return of the start button (The Start button at the bottom left corner of the screen). Many people, who have used different versions of Windows for years, have found Windows 8 confusing as it eliminates this classic feature.

The designers of these features however, did take users back to pre-Windows 8 days. Instead there is a mix of full screen apps. You can easily navigate through the Start menu using a mouse or track pad. For individuals who use the touch screen may find Windows 8 design useful to navigate from one point on the screen to the other quickly.

Desktop apps and Full Screen Apps

Windows 10 can run both the classic desktop apps as well as the full screen apps that came with Windows 8. The Windows 8 apps, just like its start screen, were awkward to use with classic desktop computers that required you to use a keyboard and a mouse to navigate.

Cortana

After Siri, Google Now and Amazon Echo seem to be moving towards artificial intelligence. This intelligent digital assistant is being integrated into different types of devices. It has ceased to be part of sci-fi fantasy, and is now becoming more useful for day to day applications.

Cortana is a digital assistant just like Siri and Google Now. Microsoft has made an effort to integrate search with more functionalities making it more useful. You can use it to set reminders, or find files on your computers, or search for information online.

In Windows 10, Cortana has better algorithm earlier versions. For example, it can clearly differentiate between a local desktop search and an online search. It can intelligently figure out which of these locations it needs to search first.

Additionally, it stores personal information every time you use it. It continuously learns what you are doing and improves its searches based on this information. The result is that it can eventually give you very accurate results in the blink of an eye.

Edge Browser

Since its inception, Windows has relied on Internet Explorer as its main browser. The browser has not had the best reputation. This pushed people to try a number of alternatives such as Chrome, Mozilla Firefox Etc. Now with Windows 10, Microsoft is hoping to change that.

All these browsers that have been used as alternatives also have issues. Mozilla seems to slow down with new add ons. Even Chrome, which is one of the most widely used browsers, has its own issues.

The Edge browser has unique features like the Hub feature, which brings together everything you collect on the web. This includes, favourites, history, bookmarks, and recent downloads. It also provides instant results, when you do your search from the address bar.

Some preliminary tests have shown that the browser works much better then IE and can compete with other browsers like Chrome and Mozilla. However, tests done by technology firm CNET shows that Chrome and Mozilla still performed significantly better.

Another study by Brandwatch shows that the browser is quite popular on social media. They analyzed about 7,000 posts from a sample of 1 million users on social media. The conclusion was 8 in 10 people had favourable views of the Edge browser.

Gaming Features

Another thing that Windows 10 has done is to provide more features for gamers. The Windows operating system and Xbox have eventually converged.

Each copy of Windows 10 operating system will come with its own Xbox app. This Xbox app is meant to provide a desktop experience to desktop users. Users can view their Xbox activity as well as chat with their friends and check their latest gaming stats.

There is a feature similar to game capture that is now available on Windows 10. This makes it easier to capture awesome gaming moments and make a clip that you can share on Facebook or Youtube.

Game streaming

With Windows 10, Game streaming is also possible. You can use your Xbox as a server to stream your game. This way you can stream the game to your PC.

Performance

In terms of general performance and speed, Windows 8 was faster than its predecessor windows 7. Yet Windows 10 does not show any signs of performance improvement from Windows 8. However, since Windows 10 is less buggy than Windows 8, it is generally a better OS if youre looking for performance improvement.

Conclusion

Windows 10 is not perfect. However, it is better than Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 in terms of both performance and extra features.