Windows 10 [Did you upgrade?]

[Burnphase]

Nope. I'd rather not have ads thrown at me when playing Solitaire

[justinjarjar]

Nope. I'd rather not have ads thrown at me when playing Solitaire

^^^^ I think we found best reason not to upgrade right here.

[Nadirah]

^^^^ I think we found best reason not to upgrade right here.

People play Solitaire?

[Burnphase]

It's called FFXIV Questing =^)

[AsteriaStarfall]

Nope. I'd rather not have ads thrown at me when playing Solitaire

You do realize that the ads in the privacy options are when you are browsing using Microsoft Edge (the new internet explorer)
Which you can turn off.

Not everyone updates their OS to the newest thing

Which is why two to three version later when they finally do upgrade or get a new computer we see even more people crying about how much changed, which had they kept up with the updates, would have been slow and easy to understand.

[Nix]

1. Did you upgrade after the release of Windows 10? (Jul 29th)
Yes

2. Did the game start with zero issues?
Yup! Thought did have to do another restart of my PC after the first full-boot. So if you're having issues here ... "Did you turn it off and on again? D: "

3. Running DX11 version of the game just fine?
Smooth as heck

4. Noticeable changes? (Game wise)
Honestly, it's just running a lot smoother.

5. Personal experience you would like to share about it? (Windows 10 / FFXIV with W10)
Not going to lie, it does take a bit of configuration on your side to turn off things like apps you won't use, Wifi-Sense, etc.
For those NOT using the enterprise version, there is a way to turn off data collection~ :3 Clicku!

Edit: 6. Did you follow up with a clean install after the upgrade?
Nope, I just went from 8.1 to win10 upgrade.

[BreathlessTao]

1. Did you upgrade after the release of Windows 10? (Jul 29th)

Nope, upgraded about a month ago.

2. Did the game start with zero issues?

No issues starting the game.

3. Running DX11 version of the game just fine?

Eeeh... alt-tabbing is wonky, like it just resizes the window instead of actually minimising it to the taskbar. Also some random crashes, really rare. (NVIDIA GPU here.)

4. Noticeable changes? (Game wise)

Nah. Lalafells are sadly still in the game.

5. Personal experience you would like to share about it? (Windows 10 / FFXIV with W10)

Win10 in general feels much snappier even after weeks of usage. If you're one of those power users though, who tinker with and tweak core system components, you might end up screwing Windows up with modifications that meant no issues in 8.1. After which the lack of syncing apps and tiles in Start might feel strange. By the way, "live tiles" aren't actually "live", for some reason they don't seem to update realtime. Kinda annoying. Same goes for the fact that Windows Update now forces device drivers on you - if something is botched up, you can roll back to an earlier driver, but the next time it checks and updates, you'll be stuck with the new bad one again - no way to disable individual updates like in 7/8/8.1.

Edit: 6. Did you follow up with a clean install after the upgrade?

Eh, like I said, I updated a few builds back (Insider here o/), and while those updates do preserve personal files, they felt more like clean installs every time. So I'm not sure where I am concerning this. xD

[Seig345]

Upgraded from 8.1 (with classic shell) to 10 (removed classic shell) and haven't had any issues yet. Personally, ever since I saw the tech preview, I really liked the new look, so I'm definitely glad to have that back, along with a start menu I don't have to hide with a 3rd party app.

FFXIV ran fine on the first boot, and a few update-related reboots later. I almost wanna say it looks better, but I'm sure that's the consumer in me that I try to keep in check. At least the upgrade was free.

[Wildsprite]

Just a little warning for everyone: the key you get when updating to Windows 10 is some sort of OEM generic key.
Yes, even if you had a boxed version of Windows 7 or 8.1.

This means that if you change some parts from your PC, like the CPU, Motherboard or even HDD, the Windows 10 key might not be valid anymore.
You would have to go back to 7/8.1, change your hardware, and then go back to Windows 10 via the free update.

They might change that later down the line, but for now, that's how it works.

If you plan to do some upgrades, do the BEFORE updating to Windows 10.
(Be also careful of what kind of Win7/8.1 licence you have as it might becore invalid with new hardware if you have an OEM key.)

according to microsoft using that product key along with the hardware(something in your bios or EFI on your motherboard) you upgraded on creates your product ID which is what you activate not the product key. since I have not tested the key on a clean install I have no idea if it works or if you will need to do the upgrade all over.

10 is the same crappy flat UI as 8 with just a tad more shadow so it isn't as flat as 8. 10 is a mess, just like 8. Windows 7 is a super clean ui and looks nice. Games run the same and 10 scored less in the benchmark for ffxiv, though that can be a driver issue till nvidia irons them out.

you're opinion is noted, however I have to disagree, the windows 7 ui was not super clean and I happen to think the windows 10 ui looks better and cleaner. you just dont like it cause it doesnt keep the crappy glass look right? or is it the shiny metalic look windows 8-10 lost you dont like?
10 isn't a mess either you only dont like it cause some of the shinies that were in windows 7 were changed.
you should also note on those benchmarks they were done with beta drivers(atleast for nvidia). the official drivers were released on the day of windows 10 and are far superior.

[Myric]

you're opinion is noted, however I have to disagree, the windows 7 ui was not super clean and I happen to think the windows 10 ui looks better and cleaner. you just dont like it cause it doesnt keep the crappy glass look right? or is it the shiny metalic look windows 8-10 lost you dont like?
10 isn't a mess either you only dont like it cause some of the shinies that were in windows 7 were changed.
you should also note on those benchmarks they were done with beta drivers(atleast for nvidia). the official drivers were released on the day of windows 10 and are far superior.

Those benchmarks weren't done with beta drivers. It was done with the official drivers that you mentioned. You also don't have to repeat the same thing several times and getting sneer while doing it. Aero was one of the most requested features to bring back, so much so that it's kind of back in the start bar and task bar, but it doesn't work that well since they have only around 20 color options and no brightness, hue, saturation and color intensity. That's my same complaint with FFXIV. Why such a limited color selection for UI options.