• The news app is nice. Runs on start up and when big news events happen you get an "Outlook" type pop up in the bottom corner. In 1 month of using it I recived only 2 pop ups, Ferguson MZ going to a state of emergency and the port in China explosion.
  
  Performance seems to be similar or better. Without an SSD it boots quite quickly.

• Privacy concerns EVERY WHERE. Their terms of service is sketchy as heck.
  They send TONS of info to MS. If you know what you're doing, don't accept the defaults, and read you can turn off much of that stuff but I am sure there are things MS doesn't want you to turn off so it's not even an option.
  
  By default if you plug in your wireless password MS will save it so others on your network can jump on more conveniently. It's a nice feature if you trust a US company like Microsoft.
  
  By default your computer will act as a torrent seed for others downloading Microsoft updates. Honestly, it's a good feature to have BUT it should NOT be the default option. Also it should come with more settings other than on and off. Options like how much total bandwidth I am willing to dish out a month, and how much bandwidth per second I am willing to utilize. If I have a 25mbps Comcast line and 3 other people are streaming video + other MS customers are pulling 20mbps from me for updates, were going to have a bad time. Of even worse, if I have 200GB data caps and MS customers take up a large part of that. Bad news all around. It's a nice tool to have and utilize but it needs more detailed options and it NEEDS to not be on by default.
  
  Programs that you don't want are installed and running by default. Most of them you can't remove without PowerShell. Also most of them you can't set up to not start on boot unless you use registry edits.

Windows 10: Microsoft can disable pirated software, unauthorised hardware

Microsoft can now disable counterfeit games and unathorised hardware with Windows 10

Microsoft can disable any counterfeit software or hardware running Windows 10, at least this is what is being interpreted based on the updated End User License Agreement (EULA). The new terms and conditions allow Microsoft to change or update software on your computer and changes to the EULA were first spotted by PC Authority.

According to the report, section 7b or ‘Updates to the Services or Software, and Changes to These Terms’ under EULA states that Microsoft, “may automatically check your version of the software and download software update or configuration changes, including those that prevent you from accessing the Services, playing counterfeit games, or using unauthorised hardware peripheral devices.”

With Windows 10 already running on over 14 million machines, it is still uncertain how Microsoft will be able to disable counterfeit or cracked software which includes its own Office suite. With Windows 10 Home, Microsoft has already made the software update mandatory. The problem with this that a user might not even know when the update will take place and Microsoft has denied users the choice to say no to an update.

While PC games have been heavily cracked and distributed across various channels, popular video game streaming service like Steam have been gaining strengths. Microsoft quashed its Windows Live Games in support of Steam with Windows 10.

While Microsoft blocking pirated games/software seems understandable but its unclear what Microsoft means by ‘unauthorised hardware peripheral devices’. With Windows 10, Microsoft has brought Xbox games to computers and users can also stream Xbox games from Windows 10 machines. Microsoft disabling unauthorised hardware might well relate to Xbox game controllers which will now serve as a must-have peripheral for PC gaming.

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UEFI provides a number of advantages, though, over the traditional BIOS. For starters, UEFI is capable of addressing hard drives with capacities up to 9.4 zettabytes. Yes, zetabytes. By some estimates, that’s roughly three times more than all of the information on the entire Internet right now, so it should be sufficient for the foreseeable future.

UEFI initializes hardware faster for a more “instant on” experience, and it allows for security and authentication before the operating system is booted. UEFI can also connect to a network. That means that even a PC that can’t boot into the operating system could be remotely accessed for troubleshooting and maintenance.

Rogue One wrote:Windows 10 boots faster because it's designed to take advantage of UEFI used on newer machines. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) has replaced the older, slower Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) which has been in use since the 1970's.