JohnMiller92

Yes, but some languages have specific features that make it much easier or safer to implement. Erlang, for example, handles threads extremely efficiently and respawns them from the last known good state if they crash without crashing the whole application,
 
@JohnMiller92 any purely functional language makes parallelization easier - for example Haskell or Lisp. You already mentioned Elixir, which is based on Erlang.

It's a scattered here and there, making it a write up all by itself. You can watch the posted video, I think this will give you a better idea. The whole thing is a transitions. So expect further implementation in the following update and probably the update after that as well.
It's not a massive change visually as File Explorer has been left untouched. So it's only the task bar that now has transparency, the glass effect on the Action center and Start menu has been improved, Windows built-in apps have also transparency, and so on.

Microsoft will soon release a new Windows 10 update. This new update is called April Update. This new version of Windows 10 which was code name Redstone 4 will bring you to version 1803 Build 17134.
 
OUT NOW!
 
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Download:
It will start coming out through Windows 10 Update starting May 8. If you want to get it now: You can use Microsoft Download Assistance: (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 - Pick "Update Now") You can use Media Creation Tool: (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 - Pick "Download tool now")  
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What’s New?
 
The Exciting Stuff:
Fluent Design
 
Pushing forward with resigning and polishing the user interface of Windows 10, Microosft continues the implementation of the Fluent design language. Previously we only had a hint of it, but now it is more prominent, where you have glass frosted effect on the start menu, task bar, calendar (from the clock on the task bar), and so on. There is also a reveal effect which I can’t show properly via screen shots, but you’ll notice when you get the build. Basically, button edges reveal itself around the cursor. It is on everything UWP, so basically the Settings panels, Start menu, and so on.
 
Nearby Share
 
With Nearby Share enabled on your PC (Bluetooth required) from the Action Center, you can send via the Share menu a link or file to a PC near you. Simply hit the Share button and pick the PC from the list, and boom that selected PC will get it. The option is also found in the right-click menu when you right-click on a file on your system. This is a great way to send something to someone next to you without the need to use a USB flash

 
Quick Bluetooth Pairing

Windows 10 will now show a notification when it detects a Bluetooth device that is trying to be paired to, and from a quick press to the 'Connect' button on the notification, it will connect to it as expected. No need to go through the Settings panels, navigate to Devices, pick add Bluetooth, pick the type of Bluetooth devices it is, and wait for Windows to search for it. This should make connecting to your Bluetooth device for the first time much simpler.

(image source: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/30/17301142/microsoft-windows-10-april-2018-update-features-review)
 
PWA - Progressive Web Apps
 
Joining Google, Microsoft introduces Progressive Web Apps (PWA) support. PWA are web apps, but is a big step forwards compared to the old web apps models. It is more than just a direct link in a web browser. The idea of PWA is to allow developers to make 1 app and be availible on all platform without having any limitations as if it were be a standard dedicated app with the same level of responsiveness, at least that is the idea.

To achieve this goal, PWA supports:
Offline mode (no internet connection to access the app and view its content.. of course the content won't be updated if it never has internet connectivity) Notification support. It can send notification even if the app is running on the background. Access sensor (assuming you give it permission) Access to Microphone and Webcam (permission required) Access to Contacts and other information (permission required) Access to Share menu Installable like normal apps Twitter is the first big app working on a PWA version for Windows 10. It will be available in the Store app soon. Please note that currently, Twitter app that is available now, is not the PWA version. It is expected that this same app, once complete, will be available on Android for those with the supported version, and replace the dedicated app.
 
 
Multi-GPU performance control on a per game/app basis.
 
If your system has a system with 2 non-identical GPUs, say a laptop with an Intel integrated graphics and a dedicated one, or external GPU (yes, it supports that) that you plug. You can tell Windows which graphics card to use game or application to use, for both UWP games/apps and Win32 games/programs.  The option is found under Settings > Display > Graphics settings (bottom of the page). All you have to do, is pick if you want to add a “Classic app” (standard Win32 game or application) or “Universal app” (a UWP), then pick on Browse, pick your executable file (for Universal apps, you’ll have a list of install UWP apps on your system instead), pick it, and add it. Now you can select the game or application in question, and select “Options”, and now you can pick which GPU you want it to use.
 
If you have the option in the Nvidia and AMD driver panel, those will remain and still works, however the Windows one (if defined) will take precedent. This was added to have an easier time in select UWP apps, and have a central, common location to set this up no matter the GPU setup you have.


Activity History (Timeline) in Task View
 
Task View now feature a new feature called: Timeline. When you Win+Tab or hit the Task View button, you now not only get the currently running program you can switch as normal, but also past programs used (up to the past 30 days). Picking one of the past programs will open program (if it is not running already) and load the project file that was worked on, or what article you were viewing last, if it is something like the News app. It can even resume where you left off if the program supports that.
Timeline also sync between your PCs running Windows 10 with this new update. You can add multiple accounts too if you want or use a different account than the one you are using now. Up to you. You can also disable it as well. You can also clear the history, and remove an individual app, and you can set it to keep all activity to this PC only, and not sync it to MS cloud to reach your other systems.


A search button at the top right is there to allow you to search for an app in your activity history/timeline.
 
DPI scaling improvements
 
A new setting called “Fix scaling for apps” found under Settings > System > Display > Advanced scaling, can be enabled, to give you pop-up notification on apps that are already opened when you do a display scaring change (which can occur when you do a remote desktop on a PC, or change the display scaling on the fly without logging out and back in), which detects blurry apps and can restart the app in such a way to appear no more blurry

 
Notification that will show will look like this:
 

 
Another feature added to help improve DPI scaling of apps, is an option to override defined global settings on a per app basis. Simply go to the properties of a program executable or its shortcuts. Then under “Compatibility” tab, hit the “Change High DPI Settings” button, and in this panel you’ll find an option to override the scaring for that specific application.
 

 
 
Per application audio output and input
 
You can now set each program you have the audio source you want to use coming in and out of your system. So, if you have 2x sound card, and you want 1 app to use Sound card 1 and the other sound card 2, but you want both to use the same microphone. Well, you now can! A better example, is that you have a USB headset and speakers, and you can have your games go through your USB headset, but use your Blue Yeti Microsoft instead of the one from your headset, and all other programs use your speakers of your system. The list shows you currently running programs that outputted audio or registered itself to output audio. The app/game will disappear once it is closed, but the settings is kept in memory.
 

 
Swipe to type on the large keyboard layout
 
The on-screen touch keyboard of Windows now supports shape-writing. Now you can swipe your finger on letters as you do with WordFlow or Swift Keyboard on your mobile device, to type. This features was only available on the tiny thumb keyboard, now it is available on the big one.
 
More privacy options
 
          New options for Windows           Can now give permission rights to apps for access to the Picture, Video and Document folder. By default, apps no longer have access to these folders.           Delete diagnostic data collected. You can now delete diagnostic data collected within Windows at the press of a button. The new option is found under Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & feedback.

What else has changed:
Windows Update.
 
o   Not going to sleep on you anymore. When Windows Update kicks in, and you are away, you will no longer need to fear that your system will go to sleep by itself, only to resume, and see that the system is updating (and have the update be corrupted). Windows will disable Sleep on idle timeout during this time. Please note that you can manually sleep your system at this time. It will not prevent this. This only occurs when you leave your system idle. Once the update is complete the computer will go to sleep as normal when idle after the specified time.
o   Reduce downtime. Microsoft has re-worked partially the Windows update process to reduce system downtime to apply an update. Once you have the Spring Creator Update, in the future, the next OS update will be faster. Basically, Microsoft was able to move operations it does during the update process from the actual update phase to the “installing update” phase while being in Windows. This means that the time the system need to restart to apply the update will be reduced dramatically than before., allowing you to be back up and running far quicker, reducing your down time.
 
Game Bar layout improvements.
Game Bar has a new look to be easier to use, nicer looking, and support dark and light theme.


 
Bye-Bye HomeGroup
 
Microsoft pulled the plug on the Home Group feature that introduced back in Windows 7 as a way to make it easier to network share between computer in a home environment. This was removed as now you have OneDrive, OneDrive Files On-Demand, Nearby Share, and Share feature, which all together makes HomeGroup not needed. As Microsoft put it

 "HomeGroup was terrific for the pre-cloud and pre-mobile era, but today this functionality is built right into Windows 10 and apps"
 
Calibrate your display for HDR.
For some displays, in order to have HDR support, the display needs to be calibrated at the factory. Microosft added a new option in Windows, which, if you have the tools, allows you to calibrate your display to make it HDR ready.

Startup Settings in Settings panel
 
The Settings panel now have the ability to manage your startup apps. You can find the option under: Settings > Apps > Startup
 
Adjust the brightness of SDR content on your HDR display
 
Windows now lets you adjust how bright SDR content appears when running in HDR mode on the desktop. On an HDR capable system, you will see a slider in the “HDR and advanced color settings” page under Settings > System > Display. This is one of the improvements to HDR image quality that we have planned based on feedback from Insiders.
 

 
 
Dictation
Win+H on your keyboard will show the new dictation bar which you can use with any app. Use it to enter text in any program text field or Word document.
 
File Explorer
 
Cloud state icon on Navigation Pane.

 
 
 
 
 
Focus Assist
 
                Quiet Hours is now called Focus Assist  
                It will automatically turn on once you connect your system to a second display, so you will no longer be getting pop-up notifications when you do a presentation.                 It will also automatically turn on when you play a full screen exclusive DirectX game.
Cortana improvements
Cortana notifications and pop-ups are now all regrouped in the Action Center. No longer split between Cortana panel and Action Center. Notebook area got a cleanup and new look:

  New Cortana commands to control your music: Play Christmas music on Spotify Play my discover weekly playlist on Spotify Play <Artist/Track/Title/Genre/Mood> on <AppName> Play some Drake Play focus music Play rock music Play my tracks What’s playing?  
 
My People
 
        You can now pin more contacts on the task bar               You can now drag and drop a contact from the People list to the task bar               You can now re-arrange people in the task bar Settings
 
Settings panel home screen got redesigned

 
 
Disk Clean up now in Settings panel (old one still there, for now)
Under Storage Settings, you can now clean your disk freeing up storage. You can clean, like the old Disk Cleaner utility of Windows, old Windows installs, Temp files, Thumbnail cache, Recycling Bin, Temp. Internet Files (for IE and Edge), etc.
 
Fonts
 
 
Font management has been added to the Settings panel under Personalization > Fonts.
Designed for developers, the Font preview panel allows you to preview your own text, and not some generic one, by typing what you want to see in the preview in a box, and you can adjust the width and size via sliders.
You can also now download and purchase fonts from the Store app.
 
Revamp Ease of Access Settings
 
Ease of Access section of the Settings panels got revamp and reorganized, with the inclusion of group separation in the menu navigation. The changes reflect the ongoing effort to implement Fluent Design language that the company is going with, and to have the Settings panel be the central to manage all OS options. Expect more of this in the future.

Chinese text appears better than ever.
 
Microsoft has reworked the Microsoft Yahei Font to improve readability of simplified Chinese.
 
Touch Keyboard
             Touch screen keyboard Fluent Design  
        The on-screen touch keyboard got the Fluent Design treatment              More language  
         Over 190 keyboard layouts have been added to the OS
Handwriting panel Improvements
 
             Streamlined text insertion and removal           You can now insert/remove spaces and commit an entry via new pen gestures. Draw a “split” gesture between two words in the handwriting panel by drawing a vertical line between them. More space will be created where you drew the line so that you can write more in the newly-created space. As a reminder you can also draw a split gesture inside a word to break apart the word and ink more characters in the new space.

   

 
 
         Improved re-recognition of words including Hindi         Embedded Handwriting panel on UWP apps, as you tap a text box with your pen, the text box will grow and allow you to write inside.            Improved Text suggestions for Japanese language   You can now choose a different font for the text being displayed in the input panel. The choices are now: Segoe UI (default), Segoe Print, and Segoe Script  
Text suggestions as you type on a physical keyboard
 
Text suggestion on supported apps used to be only for touch screen keyboard. Now it is coming even if you use an actual keyboard. To enable the feature, make sure English (United States) language is added in Settings > Time & languages > Region & languages, then set this feature to “On” by enabling the “Show text suggestions as I type on hardware keyboard” setting under Settings > Devices > Typing.
 

Emoji Panel
 
You can now insert multiple emoji’s at once from the emoji panel, and supports more languages
 
 

 
Start menu
 
            Jump to the UWP app Settings from the right-click menu
           
 
 
 
Data settings for cellular usage
 
A variety of options has been added to Windows 10 to improve data management of LTE powered devices. Like your cellphone, you can now make your system switch to LTE if Wi-Fi is poor, force switch to Wi-Fi if you are close to your limit on your data plan, and more.
From there you can directly configure the app Privacy options related to it, force terminate it, Reset, manage the app DLC and add-ons if any, and Uninstall the app.

 
 
High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF).
 
Windows now support HEIF formatted image. This means that now the Photo app can view them.
 
Edge
Edge isn't left out, of course, and got a nice set of features
You can now mute a tab from the right-clicking on the tab, or hitting the speaker icon on the tab. Auto Fill forms (here is a demo video of it: ) Push notification. Edge now support Service Workers and push notifications Offline website. Edge finally support offline websites. Ability to adjust the text spacing like on eBooks in Reading View Ability to save free EPUB (eBooks) books on your system. Managed acquired EPUB books in Edge by right-clicking on them:
Fluent Design Redesigned Favorites/History/Download/Reading List/Books panel. The new look is no longer a cram mess, but rather, a polished experience. EPUB and Reading View now has some grammar options, where you can have Edge highlight adjectives or verbs or Nouns New full screen reading experience Improve roaming of Table of Content and inserted Notes and highlights. EPUB Media Overlay support Option to never save passwords for a site In Private Mode, you can now have Edge auto fill passwords that were previously saved In Private Mode now supports Extensions Dev tools of Edge can now be dock not only at the bottom of the web browser, or make it a floating panel, but it can be put on the right side.  
For the Devs
Windows Subsystem for Linux
·        You can now run WSL in the background
·        Elevated and non-elevated WSL instances can run simultaneously
 
·        WSL is now supported when connected via OpenSSH, VPN, Enter-PSSession, and/or other similar Windows remoting tools
·        Wslpath tool has been added to convert Linux path to Windows-friendly paths
 
Windows
·        Windows Command line now support CURL and bsdtar (tar)
·        Unix style socket are now available (AF_UNIX)
 
 
For the IT
·          New GPO can be set for Deliver Optimization options (Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Delivery Optimization)
·          New “Registry” Process in the Task Manager, showing you the registry hive loaded in memory by the registry.Microsoft says:
 
Getting the Update
 
There is no exact release dates, but it should be coming in several days. As always, the update will be released in waves.
 
Here is a good overview of many of the changes in this new version:
 
 
Reminder
I recommend the following before upgrading the latest version:
Backup your data before upgrading, if you are forcing it, as if it is not released yet for you, you are not part of the wave or your system configuration has been reported to have issue that needs to be resolved first by Microsoft. Uninstall your A/V and security software (beside Windows Defender), and restart your PC, before upgrading. Install them back once the update is complete. Normally it should be no problem if you ensure your security software are fully updated before starting the process, but just in case, as they are always reported issues since ever when it comes to these big updates (from Service Packs updates from the old days, to Windows 10 update builds) If you used a registry cleaner at some point, you increased your chances of having a broken experience after upgrade If you have had a virus or malware on your system that executed, as your A/V didn't catch it in time, then remember that your A/V doesn't fix registry changes or system file changes, and that can lead to broken Windows or failed update. Ensure that ALL your drivers are FULLY updated before starting the upgrade process (Keyboard (if any), Mouse (if any), Motherboard chipset, Audio, Graphics card, peripherals, and any other cards installed)  
What's After?
Code name Redstone 5. It will be the last version with the code name "Redstone" in the name. It is expected to further push the fluent design It is expected that Cortana to be moved from the Search box to the Action Center. We see part of it already being the case with this new update. Tabs everywhere, called Sets. You can create groups of apps Win32 and UWP, including mixing them, and folders, which you can switch between, save/restore.  
What was Before?
 
Sources and pictures: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/tag/windows-insider-program/#f20JRcOPBKi1PbX2.97
 
 

Microsoft is just giving me more reasons to use W7. Meltdown patch already, massive bugs in W10, etc. I'm in heaven

So after installing the "emergency" update to Windows 10 on one of my machines, it rebooted and then immediately failed to load the boot device during the startup sequence. It gets the frowny blue screen of death and a message "inaccessible boot device". This tells me the System Reserved partition has been screwed around with by the update and now won't load Windows.
 
It leads to me needing to run a repair install of Windows, or a Fix MBR type command line through a bootable USB.
 
This is the THIRD TIME that Windows Update has killed this install on this computer, and the 5th time it has happened to me overall.
 
After the second time I've made sure to have Restore Points created before updating, and I've even made full system backups of my primary computer for when it decides to do it on that one next. HOWEVER, when it goes through the Windows Automatic Repair sequence it can't find any restore points. So that was a waste of time.
 
Is this common for others? Is there a preventative step I can take to stop it happening completely? WHY THE HELL DOES IT KEEP HAPPENING?!?!?!?! Chkdsk and Memtest all report perfectly healthy hardware.... WTF!

Windows 10 is bloated garbage.  I wish I didn't have to rely on it for much of my PC gaming...
 
I miss Win2k...I could run that for months without rebooting...

Re-install Windows 7.
 
No seriously, just got the patch for W7 and it installed/working perfectly lol

"I use strong language on the internet, to the point where some people feel offended. And that's their problem"
 
"He doesn't seem to be an ass"
 
Pick one.

There's news of a few class action lawsuits.
 
https://gizmodo.com/intel-hit-with-three-class-action-lawsuits-related-to-s-1821785936
 
https://www.scribd.com/document/368434313/northern-district-of-californian
https://www.scribd.com/document/368434221/District-of-Oregon
https://www.scribd.com/document/368434285/southern-district-of-indiana
 

It appears that 2 more lawsuits have been filed, one in the District of Oregon Case 6:18-cv-00028-MC and the other in the Southern District Court of Indiana Case 1:18-cv-00029-TWP-MPB
District of Oregon is aiming for the following:
COUNT I - VIOLATION OF ORS 646.608
 
COUNT II - UNJUST ENRICHMENT
Before anyone asks, I'll leave the exact definitions to ORS and Unjust Enrichment
ORS 646.608 is Additional unlawful business, trade practices.
And Unjust Enrichment is "In law, unjust enrichment occurs when one person is enriched at the expense of another in circumstances that the law sees as unjust. ... The law of restitution is the law of gain-based recovery."
 
The Southern District of Indiana is aiming for: 
 
COUNT I – INDIANA DECEPTIVE CONSUMER SALES ACT, §24-5-0.5-3
 
COUNT II – BREACH OF IMPLIED WARRANTY
 
COUNT III – NEGLIGENCE
 
COUNT IV – UNJUST ENRICHMENT/MONEY HAD AND RECEIVED
 
You get the picture, People are truly gunning for Intel right now, don't wanna be in their legal team's shoes right now, I bet it's a right shit fest.

I want to see the new Ryzen 2s first!

Oh wow, CPU kernel? Intel is fucked then, as it was reported to them long ago.  This will be a lot bigger than I thought ^-^ 
 
Will be a long year

From my understanding, the bug is within the CPU kernel and only by heavily modifying the kernel of an OS this issue can be fixed. Intel not only continued to sell processors with it, they also released new generations of CPUs that had that exact same flaw inside because of their design, just didn't bother telling anyone about it.
Months later, when someone else leaked info about this issue, Intel stated they were "just about" to release information about it - yeah, right It's just plain shady stuff right there and I really do not like it.
Google informed them about it in June according to reports, which was well before Coffee Lake released...

Same here, except 2600k. I just really see no reason to upgrade right now. All the games I personally play run perfectly fine   and i7 2600k still performs like a monster lol

On top of my head I can think of:
Preinstalled things such as Candy Crush. "Suggestions" for programs in the start menu. Ads inside previously ad-free programs such as Solitaire (installed separately through the store nowadays). Suggested programs in the Windows inking space. Suggestions to upgrade to OneDrive inside Explorer. Cortana reminding people to buy snacks for, and watch the Super Bowl. Hijacking Chrome to suggest installing Microsoft extensions. Ads on the lock screen for things such as Minions and Tomb Raider. Nagging you to use Edge if you try to change the default browser. "Windows tips" notifications in Windows suggesting things like switching over to Bing, and changing your default browser. Windows pushes out notifications telling you to subscribe to Office. Ads for file sharing apps in the Share menu.  
Those are the ones I can think of right now, but I have probably missed a few.
If you have never seen an ad inside Windows 10 then consider yourself very lucky, or you have spent the time and effort required to disable all of them (and probably had to disable things again after updates).
Or maybe you use the Enterprise version which doesn't come with this bullshit.

Considering how inconsistent and rare that is, it's not much of a benefit.
 
[Citation Needed]
All benchmarks I've seen shows Windows 7 and Windows 10 performing within margin of error.
 
Not relevant to people like me who gives 0 cares about UWP.
Actually, I'd say UWP is a downside because I am strictly against it and everything it stands for. I want it to die.
 
Virtual desktops was one of those things that sounded cool but turned out to be fairly useless, at least to me.
I've never seen anyone use it. 
 
I'm not saying that the things you listed aren't valid reasons why some people would like to use Windows 10, but a lot of people don't care about the things you listed. Different people care about different things. Windows 10 certainly has some major drawbacks, such as the long list of ads I listed earlier in the thread. To someone who doesn't care about for example virtual desktops there might be little or no reason for them to upgrade to Windows 10.
If it offers nothing appealing, and a lot of annoying things like ads then I think it's perfectly logical and acceptable to not want to install Windows 10.
 
If I told you Ubuntu now comes with LibreOffice installed by default, would you go "oh boy, I better uninstall Windows 10 and start using Ubuntu exclusively instead!"? No? Why not? Maybe because the benefit of having LibreOffice preinstalled isn't a big enough appeal to you to make it worth the drawbacks?
Same thing with Windows 7 -> Windows 10.
 
If Microsoft had done what I suggested, actually make an OS that is unarguably the same or better in every single aspect, then you'd have a point. But that's not what they were interested in doing.

Only when you're ready to upgrade your GPU. Icelake may bring some real uplift to IPC, but there's no word yet on that. 2020 with DDR5 might actually be the first time you're going to find any large uplift, unless you buy a high-end GPU.

This is sad they find new retarded ways to make you use store slow apps while ignoring the old windows that rots away in silence, not to mention if explorer gets integrated into edge thats the worst cancer ever, yea yea you will be able to search net and files at the same time, just good luck with those ads in your file exploring sessions, and all your data from your pc will be collected by MS, most of it already is but now all of it will be, and it will also have your name, account, photos and everything personal attached to it, you will be open like a book.
If they cant make a successfull software product(UWP) they will force it onto you.

24 Gamers 4 CPUs pls? 

Agreed. Why did they remove the headphone jack anyway?

Glad to know people are paying a mortgage payment for an overrated cell phone.
 
 

Samsung is still using 3.5mm, and no, there is no valid technical reason. 

I'm dumb, meant Google Pixel lol let me edit