tl;dr: Directing the wind is not possible, being compelled to adjust my sails. How can I transition to Windows 10 and not suffer extreme loss in productivity.
Windows Classic Theme: How do I get something like this. I assume other Soylentils are like me and the first thing they do when logging onto a Windows XP/7 computer is change the theme to classic. Has anyone done this yet on Windows 10? In my very brief experience dealing with 10 I was unable to find a way to do this, I presume that they removed this because they are awful people.
Specifications: How powerful of a computer do I need to do the same thing I am currently able to do without any lag. I was compelled to do testing using an i7 laptop with 8gb of ram from a couple of years ago, I found I was unable to do any testing because it was bogged down at 95% CPU capacity just running the base OS. What should I be running to make this thing bearable. My job function is to review, build, maintain reports which can involve files large enough to bog me down on my current system (i7-5600U with 8gb), what hardware should I have, how much ram should I have.
Experience: What lessons did others here learn the hard way as they went though this process. I am aware of the updates causing data to be non exist and things of that nature. What are things that I need to know about in this new age of 10.
I am sure there are some other things I should ask, just can't remember ATM.
Just run Linux XD: I am not allowed to withdraw consent from Windows 10, but I am pushing off implementation as long as possible.
[For information about issues with Windows' updates, see Ask Woody. --Ed]
(Score: 4, Interesting) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Thursday November 01 2018, @02:30PM
It's how we work in our office and I use it at home. Gives me back what Windows 10 took away. And it has a free 30 day trial for giving them your email address and sells for the whopping price of $5, and is still being updated. Lock out Windows key for switching to godawful tiles.
https://www.stardock.com/products/start10/ [stardock.com]
For system I have no trouble with Windows 10 on an modest i5. I have worked with 150,000 record data sets of 20 fields and spreadsheets. But YMMV definitely. If I were rebuying today I would want no less that 16GB RAM... and probably not much more than that, either, although I could be lured up to 32.
This sig for rent.