Windows 10 Reviews

The solution is mostly used by our employees for their daily office work. We use the solution in the IT industry.

The solution provides multitasking features. We use Windows 10 because our employees are more familiar with Windows than Linux. Windows 10 is more user-friendly than Linux.

The solution's resource usage for the user could be improved. Somehow, we cannot control the usage in the back end. We cannot control what the user has installed in their system. Sometimes, there is a spike in the solution's usage. We are not using the solution's security feature because we got a report from our security team that it is not quite good.

I have been using the solution for four to five years.

We haven’t faced any issues with the solution’s stability.

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

Around 15 users are using the solution in our organization.

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

The solution’s initial setup is easy. The deployment takes less than one hour.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy, I rate the solution’s initial setup an eight out of ten.

The biggest value we get from Windows 10 is its compatibility and user-friendly UI.

The solution is a bit expensive.

In Windows 10, we have Windows Defender for security. We haven't faced any compatibility issues with Windows 10, and it works normally with our system. I would recommend the solution to other users because most people are familiar with Windows.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I prioritize stability and performance, so I'm accustomed to the Windows interface. When I attempt tasks on Linux, it feels unfamiliar to me. Prolonged usage, familiarity should lead to efficiency.

Active Directory configuration for administrators makes it very easy to manage the environment in companies or universities at an enterprise level, making it possible to do everything.

The solution could improve the availability and compatibility of applications like Linux. Additionally, refining the file transfer process to ensure smoother transitions between different applications or systems would be beneficial. Lastly, ensuring seamless compatibility with common file formats like PowerPoint presentations could enhance user experience and efficiency on Windows platforms. It should have less frequent updates for the UI and threats. I started with Windows 95. Sometimes, there are changes in the user interface, so some services and tools are in different places than in the previous version. It takes some time to get used to it.

The solution should improve the Windows startup process by allowing users to customise which components launch at startup is a valid one. This would give users more control over their system's performance and resource usage. Implementing a feature that allows users to easily manage startup programs and services, perhaps through a dedicated settings menu or a startup manager tool, could address this issue. This way, users could disable or enable specific applications and services according to their preferences, optimizing their system's performance and startup time. Additionally, providing clear information about the impact of each startup item on system resources could help users make informed decisions about which components to enable or disable.

I have been using Windows for 15 years.

The product is stable.

I rate the solution’s stability eight or nine out of ten.

The solution’s scalability is good.

I rate the solution’s scalability ten out of ten.

The IT department, specifically the ICT team, provides support for this. Several people are involved. They manage the computer rooms, including installation and updates. A new installation is required every year because students change. I manage computers, adhering to organizational rules.

The initial setup is fast.

You need to pay for a license for Windows 10 every month.

Windows Defender aims to provide users with a secure computing experience, and it's advisable to keep your system updated to take advantage of the latest security enhancements.

I use a computer with only four gigabytes of RAM. There are ten nodes in my notebook. I plan to buy a new one with a huge RAM memory, but currently, only four gigabytes work in one node, while eight gigabytes work in an external computer. The system startup is very slow because the newest version of Windows requires more memory. Many services are running. It should change how Windows starts. Some components, like Skype, start automatically with Windows.

The solution's configuration is easy.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

I have used it for sports, gaming and mainly Googling.

It is fast, user-friendly and the GUI is interactive. The ease of operating it boosts my productivity.

The design of different folders and icons should be more intuitive and accessible. Windows 10 should offer the wireless transfer of file and folder sharing between mobile devices and computers, similar to the AirDrop feature by Apple.

I have been using Windows 10 for the past two years.

I would rate the stability 9 out of 10. It would have been better if there was a single ecosystem, similar to Mac and made it easy to share the files with other devices  .

The scalability is fine and helps you to synchronize the files and folders on cloud

I had an issue with Windows 10, so I contacted support from the US initially due to my location, but eventually found effective assistance from the support team in Saudi Arabia.

I have used Mac and Linux and switched from the same, because we had Microsoft tablets at our work. 

It was easy, similar to other products. The product was already deployed in the laptop 

The price strategy is fine and there are no additional costs involved. 

I evaluated Apple, but Windows offered more features. 

Windows 10 offers faster performance and longer battery life compared to competitors. I would rate it 7 out of 10. 

I have used Windows 10 in my multiple roles. I used to manage the operating system from an operational point of view. Later, I used to prepare a design document for the security configuration.

Windows 10 is a user-friendly solution that has good stability and performance.

Windows 10 should provide more frequent updates.

I have been using Windows 10 for many years.

I rate Windows 10 a nine or ten out of ten for stability.

More than 2,00,000 users use the solution extensively in our organization.

The solution’s initial setup is very straightforward.

The solution was implemented through an in-house team. Normally, we have a golden image used across the organization and then implement that.

I would recommend Windows 10 to other users.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

I use Windows 10 in my company as an operating system to install applications, and then we use the applications to do what we need to do. The tool helps our company use browsers to surf the internet. With Windows 10, there are office tools that help users to work.

The tool's use increased productivity in our company because its users don't need any training to get started with the solution.

The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to use, making it a user-friendly product.

Windows 10 has already been moved to Windows 11, but of course, they are more or less the same tool. Windows 10 can do something to make the tool available without the need to boot it. It takes a lot of time to boot Windows 10, and I want it to complete the booting process in two or three minutes. The search functionality in the product has glitches at times.

I have been using Windows 10 since its inception. I believe I have been using the product for six years.

It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

It is a very scalable solution.

Around 8,000 users in my company use the product. Even if my company plans to expand the use of the solution, we will do it at a slow pace.

My company pays to get premium support from Microsoft.

My company has experience with Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 8, and Windows 11. My company kept upgrading to the latest version of the solution.

The product's initial setup phase was easy.

You need to have Windows OS in place for the product's deployment phase. If you're doing the deployment online, you can download the tool. If you don't take care of the deployment online, you need a bootable device.

The solution can be deployed in 20 to 30 minutes, depending on your internet strength.

Around five to ten people are required to take care of the product's deployment and maintenance phases.

The installation phase of the product can be managed by oneself.

I am not part of the vendor management team, so I don't know the product's price, but I know that my company has an enterprise agreement with Microsoft.

The performance of the product is good.

The product is easy to use and is straightforward.

I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

I think it's used by the majority of enterprise customers. It's the primary workspace for virtual desktop computing as well, and most of the native Windows applications use Windows 10 as the base operating system. For example, SAP applications for financial transactions or development applications, which require Visual Studio and Visual Basic. Most of the developers still use Windows as their primary operating system. Although there is a penetration of Mac and Linux going as well into the environments, Windows is the most dominant OS at this point.

It is predominantly on-premises, but as I'm specialized in virtual Azure computing, anything I deploy on Azure uses Windows 10 as well. For the Azure Virtual Desktop product, under the hood we deploy Windows 10 to deliver those virtual instances to the end users. It's physical plus virtual.

We have around 69,000 employees in our company, and 99% of them are working with Windows 10.

One feature I have found most valuable is Windows Hello. Windows Hello brings in a password-less solution, wherein users don't need to type in their password. They can do biometric logins or pin-based logins. It has also come up with some modern apps, which is useful for an app store kind of experience, like when we open Google Store or Play Store on our Androids or devices. So, that is important. I think adding apps to the system has become relatively easy with Windows 10, and I think it also comes with the modern experience. More widgets, more notifications, which are consumer friendly.

It already has a wide penetration in the enterprise environment, as well as a consumer environment. There is an ecosystem that is already built, and Windows fits well there. Replacing it with another operating system will require a lot of investment, as well as training the users. There's a sharp learning curve if we have to change the operating system. There are business workflows that are already built. There's a lot of documentation, a lot of IP that the industry has built around Windows, and changing that base layer will actually invalidate all that IP.

The negative is that the OS has made the room heavier, so it requires much more hardware than before. That's based on Moore's Law, that you will keep increasing the hardware as the application keeps developing.

The experience could be a little more modernized. I can't compare it with Android, where the experience is really user friendly. The compatibility of having an Android app being run inside a simulator on Windows is something that can be added. I think that's still a long way to go, but I think that's a scenario that could possibly address some of the concerns.

I started deploying Windows 10 around 2015 or 2016, so four or five years. That's when we started an upgrade project for a big insurance industry client. They had about 10 sites wherein they had to upgrade the laptop industrial environment from Windows 7 to Windows 10. That's where we used SCCM, which is predominantly called the contact manager. We used that to upgrade all the systems there.

From a performance standpoint, it's very stable. Stability is very, very high. We don't see a lot of apps failing or a lot of things failing in the system, and it has a wider compatibility. We have more universal drivers, more peripherals that can be added, more features of the modern world like biometric single sign-on fingerprints. Everything is getting very well integrated. Overall, they are well-engineered solutions. From a performance standpoint, I think it's not about the OS, but what Microsoft is also making its own native apps heavier. 

I think Windows has become more stable if I compare it to the previous generations of Windows, which used to create more errors and more blue screen of death scenarios. Recently, I haven't seen that many.

Within the OS, they would supply some of the native tools, like OneDrive and Teams. They have some performance challenges, which Microsoft isn't addressing very well, at least up to six months ago when I last read about it and last tried it. It uses an indefinite amount of resources, which is a concern for a majority of the environment. In a physical environment, you won't see that many problems, but yes, in a virtual environment, because the things go into a ripple effect, the problem increases. I don't know where it will fall within the OS or the application teams of Microsoft, but it's still a concern. For something that is very much integrated into your operating system, like OneDrive and Teams, it has to be addressed.

There are tools and features like Hyper-V, wherein you can run virtual machines inside Windows 10 and add new functionality, like making it as a server, like an IaaS server. Scalability is easy. It's quite user friendly if I compare it with any other operating system. Windows gives you the most scalability across any other OS.

My personal experience with technical support wasn't very good. This is not for the consumer world, but for the enterprise world. I usually log cases from an organization point of view. There are some regions that do not provide in-depth technical support. They would take a screen sharing session and take a lot of time on your system and actually hijack your system. You won't be able to do anything else. They just want to start from A, B, C, D. You don't always want to start there because you're expected to know up to at least G or H. That's where you should start. So, that was a painful experience for me. It has happened at least a couple of times in the last two years when I logged some cases. For two out of three cases I had, this was what I experienced with technical support.

There are ways of doing it that have gotten better in the last few years. The traditional way of deploying it is still cumbersome and complex. For the native on-premise tools that you use, Configuration Manager, you put in all the drivers and customize those images. It has become a little simpler compared to the past, but it's still in the range of medium complexity. The simpler way is you buy a device, any retail device, and then you enroll it with a modern management solution like Intune. The OS works as a mobile OS, not as a fat client OS, and that's the reason it can easily gain the enterprise class abilities, by running a package on top of it. That part is easy. Both options are available: a simple option and a medium complexity option. In most cases, enterprises still have to go with the medium complexity option because they're bound to that and because the new solution isn't for everyone.

The formal method of deployment, the relatively complex method I was talking about to engineer that solution, takes about two to three months at least just for the engineering itself and then deployment. Of course, we won't do it on a single device. We do it on multiple devices in phases, and that takes around 6 to 12 months. Overall, you can consider an 18-month deployment for an organization with an average of 5,000 to 10,000 devices.

That's a typical deployment timeline you would see. Of course, there are people who are trying to shorten that timeline, but that timeline is the default.

I'm not sure about how much it's priced in the consumer world, but within enterprise it comes with a Microsoft 365 license, which is very easy. It has become an easier commercial model. Microsoft licensing was always a great pain for every enterprise customer because it was so complicated. It was so complex to understand and comprehend that in any large deal we had to give a call to our licensing officer from Microsoft, and only they could solve those complexities. Now we can at least take some of the rudimentary decisions and some of the basic calculations. From a pricing standpoint, it's well priced. I guess it's not a lot to ask for, especially when it comes along with a package for the solution. It's quite competitive.

I would rate this solution 9 out of 10.

My advice is to leapfrog and not look at Windows 10 anymore. Start looking at Windows 11. The long path, the safer approach if you're not an agile organization that makes quick decisions, and you want to run a marathon rather than a sprint, is to go for a traditional upgrade into Windows 10. There is an upgrade path that is already available in a more seamless manner through some of the enterprise tools that are available.

My advice would be to go agile, sprint it out, rip and replace your devices with the brand new Windows 11 and then get it enrolled into your enterprise environment. Of course, doing a POC would be part of the story. It would be better to go with 11 directly because 10 and 11 are not very different. if you go to 10, you will take almost the same time as you would take for 11.

I use the solution in my company for our standard daily operations and to use client Hyper-V.

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that Windows 11 has been improved lately.

With Windows 10, there is room for improvement, especially in terms of the amount of time required to update the product. The time required to update the product should be shorter.

The tool's personal area network (PAN) features or screenshot functionalities need improvement since if you take two screenshots at once, one of them disappears in Windows 10. In Windows 11, if you take screenshots at once, you can get both of them in real time.

The stability of the product has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required.

I have been using Windows 10 since it was released.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven to eight out of ten.

There is no need to scale up the product in my company.

There are around 500 people in my company who use the product.

As my company uses Windows 10, it does not need to be increased since we use the right licenses. I believe that everything is already included in it.

There are no plans to increase the product's usage in my company.

Linux was one of the alternatives to Windows 10. I don't use Linux anymore.

My company usually opts for a server-based deployment model.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

Installing from an ISO file typically takes a minute.

There is a need to make a payment towards the perpetual licensing model offered by the product.

The security framework in Windows 10 is pretty much the same as Windows 8. Currently in Windows 10, you can enroll devices in Azure AD while also having access to BitLocker. 

I don't know if I can recommend the product to others since it is based on a user experience. Compatibility with most of the applications is possible, especially with the ones included in Microsoft's stack. The GUI is pretty much straightforward. The tool offers online support for the operating system.

Speaking about how the solution actually supports hardware compatibility compared to previous versions, I would say that it can pretty much work with almost any type of computer.

I rate the tool a seven out of ten.

We use Windows 10 as an operating system for endpoints.

Windows 10 wasn't a very stable solution.

I have been using Windows 10 for two years.

I rate the solution’s stability a six out of ten.

Around 450 people in our organization use the solution regularly.

The solution's technical support was quite good and reliable.

Neutral

The solution's initial setup was pretty straightforward because we got it preloaded from the OEM.

The solution’s deployment took about 45 minutes.

The solution’s licensing wasn’t expensive.

We faced no security issues as we were using the ordinary Defender features. We just had two L1 people who would maintain and deploy the tool. I would not recommend Windows 10 to other users because it is not a stable solution. Windows 10 supported our hardware compatibility quite well. Windows 10 gave us good value for money.

Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.