We made the transition to Windows 11 for our daily use, and we've found it to be a more efficient and lighter operating system. It appears to offer improved security and flexibility.
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A user-friendly interface with a variety of features and robust security but with significant update-related issues and forced system updates
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Among the most valuable aspects are the graphics tools and the integrated security features, with a notably effective firewall. It's a stable system overall.
What needs improvement?
Sometimes, upgrades may fail, leading to system crashes or other unexpected issues. There have been instances of performance concerns and occasional hiccups when dealing with Huawei's customized version of Windows 10.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it for four years.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate its support services eight out of ten.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It falls within the average price range; it's not particularly cheap or expensive.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate it seven out of ten.
A versatile operating system that comes with a suite of features
What is our primary use case?
I used Windows 10 on my system. My office system uses Windows 11.
What is most valuable?
Microsoft Edge came with Windows 10. I can access features like games much better than on Windows 8.
What needs improvement?
In the beginning, the system froze a few times.
For how long have I used the solution?
I used Windows 10 for three years before moving to Windows 11.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Although I experienced that blue screen of death twice, it stopped happening when the upgrades came.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Windows 10 is a stable product.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very easy. I've been using Windows as far back as XP or 98, so I'm very familiar with Windows Office and everything else.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Windows 10 is cheap. Microsoft Office came with Windows 10, and that's a very good package.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I switched to Windows 11 after reading reviews online. It comes with more features.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend Windows 10 because it's easy to use and has a nice display. It has an editor, because of which I'm able to type better and all of that. Compared to the other OSes, I think Windows 10 is the best, even better than 11.
I rate Windows 10 a ten out of ten.
A mature product that is available for free in the market that needs to reduce unnecessary updates
What is our primary use case?
I use Windows 10 in my workplace as it is our main operating system.
What is most valuable?
I have never considered which features I found most valuable in Windows 10. At my workplace, we use Windows because we have no other choice.
What needs improvement?
Microsoft needs to stop experimenting with different options and settle down, especially when it comes to Windows 10. If something broken in Windows 10 gets fixed in a year or two by Microsoft, then it gets broken again in the next update.
In Windows 10, you can access a particular setting page in two clicks. In Windows 11 eleven, you get to the same setting page you used in Windows 10 after four or five clicks. When Microsoft comes up with Windows 12, it will be six to eight clicks, meaning that with each update, it gets complicated.
In Windows 10, you can access a particular setting page with two clicks. In Windows 11 eleven, you get to the same setting page you used in Windows 10 after four or five clicks. When Microsoft comes up with Windows 12, it will take six to eight clicks.
After Windows 95, Microsoft changed everything drastically. If you were a user of an Apple computer and you also used macOS 10 around 15 years ago, you may have seen how Apple comes up with new versions, but it still looks the same. The person who was using macOS 10 can easily use the latest macOS. If you pick a person who has used Windows 95 and you give him a computer with Windows 11, he will be lost. Windows 10 and Windows 11 are not different from each other, but Microsoft keeps adding differences. If you go back into the past, then you will see that five years ago, there were a lot of differences between Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11. In general, most of the time, the updates in Windows 10 bring problems instead of solving them, making it an area requiring improvements.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Windows 10 for seven to eight years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Windows 10 is an independent operating system running on a single computer.
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
In our organization, there are 300 computers, out of which 200 computers would be on Windows 10 and 100 computers would be on Windows 11.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support is good. I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have experience with Windows 10 and Windows 11.
How was the initial setup?
The product can be deployed in about half an hour.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My organization gets Windows 10 for free with our computers.
What other advice do I have?
Windows 10 is an okay operating system that is mature. The best thing about Windows 10 is that you can run anything on it.
I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.
A stable and easy-to-deploy solution that is faster and much more advanced than other products
What is our primary use case?
I use the solution for my daily work.
What is most valuable?
The solution is faster compared to other operating systems I have used. It is much more advanced than Windows 7 and Windows XP.
What needs improvement?
The product must reduce the number of updates. When a company uses an operating system, the employees must adapt it. It can release more versions instead of giving so many updates.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for the last four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the tool’s stability a nine out of ten. It has a lot of updates. We need to wait till the updates are completed.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I am the only user.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used Fedora. It's my favorite product. I switched to Windows 10 because of our company’s policy.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is very straightforward. The deployment takes one hour. We just download the file, burn it into a disc, and boot the machine or the hard drive.
What about the implementation team?
I can deploy the product myself.
What other advice do I have?
I highly recommend the solution to others. Overall. I rate the product a nine out of ten.
An affordable solution, but UI features need improvement
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution to run a few applications.
What needs improvement?
The solution's UI could be better.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution since 2022.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the solution's stability a six out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the solution's scalability a five out of ten.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used Windows 8 before.
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup process works fine. It takes five minutes to complete.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented the solution in-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution's price is affordable. We purchase its yearly license.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution a six out of ten.
Has an inbuilt antivirus in place, but needs to work on making the updates more user-friendly
What is our primary use case?
I deployed the solution for some of the end users. I also use it for communication purposes and run different pieces of software on it.
What is most valuable?
With Windows 10, unlike the earlier versions, you have Defender, which is an added advantage. You don't have to go for an antivirus solution separately since it is inbuilt and works. Also, since one can manage networks or domains, it's easier to manage clients.
What needs improvement?
The solution's updates are an area where the solution needs to improve. The updates are a painful thing at times because they are done without testing before the releases. I have to block the updates and Windows patches.
Speaking about the features I want to see in the future, right now, the updates which are on Windows are not deleted. It occupies a huge space in terms of GB unless manually removed from the system. They used to remove the older versions, which were not applicable, but now this is not happening. It just occupies space in the system.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution since its launch.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a six out of ten since sometimes it causes some trouble.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's quite okay with upgrades, but otherwise, it automatically slows down the machine. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a six out of ten. We use Windows 10 on a daily basis in our organization.
How are customer service and support?
Some of the logs we sent were accepted, while others do not identify the actual issue or agree with the issue. I rate the technical support a seven out of ten.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used some other solutions, and I switched to Windows 10 because of the Microsoft's input.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was okay. The deployment is fine. As long as you have an image, it can be done at a fast pace. The deployment can be done in thirty minutes to an hour.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
On a scale of one to ten, where one is the lowest price possible and ten is the highest, I rate its pricing five since it's quite overpriced.
What other advice do I have?
I would urge others planning to use the solution to watch out for problems. With every update, there's something that is coming into its bundle, and as you analyze, it becomes difficult to run a larger number of operations.
The updates are not user-friendly because they do not show that they will not be removed from the system automatically like the previous versions of Windows. It has to be done manually. The space it occupies is too much, especially in terms of GB.
I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.
Helps businesses do everything on a computer and fits their needs
What is our primary use case?
The solution helps us to do everything that a business needs to do on a computer.
What is most valuable?
I am impressed with the tool's Microsoft Office products and its functionality.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see hardware resource monitoring features in the tool's next release.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for five to six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the solution's stability an eight out of ten since we encountered some bugs and glitches.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product is scalable and I would rate it a nine out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
The support works pretty fast.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used Windows 7 before.
How was the initial setup?
I would rate the product's setup an eight out of ten and it took about six months to complete. We first tested our internal application to know that it supported Windows 10. We upgraded the applications that did not support the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The tool's pricing is reasonable and I would rate it a four out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate the product a nine out of ten since it fits business needs.
User-friendly, runs on multiple PCs and local support is easy to find
What is our primary use case?
I use the built-in features of the solution. I utilize the resources to simulate different types of labs. Virtualization is another primary use case.
What is most valuable?
The built-in Recorder helps record and store sessions that can be used afterward. The product is more user-friendly than its competitors, like Linux.
What needs improvement?
The updates keep coming in, and the frequency of Windows Updates can be reduced. Sometimes there are bugs. This makes some features not work correctly. Applications in Windows 10 also hang sometimes.
In the future, they should check thoroughly for bugs before releasing the update.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for three to four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. The updates and patch management need to be improved.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten.
85% of my bank uses it.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate technical support a seven out of ten. Sometimes we take help directly from Microsoft, otherwise from local vendors. It takes a long time for a ticket to get processed.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is quite simple.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product is reasonably priced; it's neither too high nor too low.
What other advice do I have?
One licensed Windows 10 product can be obtained for multiple PCs; this is a significant advantage over competitors.
I would overall rate this product a ten out of ten. This is mainly due to its superior user-friendliness. For Windows 10, local support can be found easily in my area, which is another reason for my rating.
It's ubiquitous, so everyone can use it
What is our primary use case?
We use Windows 10 as a client to run all the software we develop in-house. It is a development platform for the software we're developing here. We also use it for web and email.
What is most valuable?
Windows 10 is ubiquitous, so everyone knows how to use it.
What needs improvement?
I would like the updates to be less intrusive. It would be great if Windows could update without restarting. They've made some improvements in that regard, but there is still some room to do better. I would still like monthly updates, but it would be nice if I didn't need to tell everyone to log out and save their work because their computer needs to be rebooted.
I could also do without the advertising and notifications in the default browser. It's annoying. One of the first changes we make is to switch off those extra distractions that it tries to put in there.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Windows 10 since it came out.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up Windows is straightforward. We usually buy it preloaded, so there isn't much to do.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Windows 10 is included with the computers we buy, so I'm unsure how that breaks down. When I worked for an OEM years ago, I know that OEM licenses were quite cheap, but I don't know if that has changed since then.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Windows 10 nine out of 10. My suggestion to people who plan to use Windows 10 is to disable all the notifications and advertising that are enabled by default, like the news, weather, etc.
Easy-to-use solution with a good user interface
What is our primary use case?
Windows 10 can be used for admin tasks, developing, gaming, etc.
What is most valuable?
Windows 10's operating system is quite popular. Windows 10 is easy to use with a good user interface.
What needs improvement?
I would like to get less frequent updates from Windows 10.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Windows 10 for 18 to 20 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Windows 10 an eight out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Windows 10 is a scalable solution. Approximately 50 to 60 users are using the software in our company.
How was the initial setup?
Windows 10 has an easy setup.
What about the implementation team?
The deployment of Windows 10 takes about 20 minutes. The solution can be deployed on the cloud and on-prem as well. One or two people are required for the maintenance of the solution.
What was our ROI?
We have seen a return on investment with Windows 10.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I rate Windows 10 a nine out of ten.