>Windows 8.1 >Start8 >Can CHOOSE which updates I install

>not being around here in 2013 and discuss win 8.1 telemetry.

I love how many people forgot 2013 year about 8.1 being botnet and everything starter from 8.1.

>>58878587
Cute boy.

>>58878639
delet

>>58878587
>>SSD is fully optimized on 8.1 unlike 7
>>Memory is better optimized on 8.1 than 7 as well
prove it

>>58878861
>prove it
not him but
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/b8/2011/10/07/reducing-runtime-memory-in-windows-8/

>>58878587
How good is 8.1 compared to 7? I may need to upgrade seeing how both Intel and AMD are about to pull the trigger on 7.

>>58878587
10/10 would let her nibble on my neck

>>58879088
>Prove it
>Microsoft.com

and now prove it.

>>58878587
>posting my webm
(｡>﹏<｡)

>>58878587
i use 8.1 but i like 7 better because some old software misbehaves on 8.1

>>58879394
>her

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>>58878587
Because I use Classic Shell

>>58878587
What a cute girl (male)

>>58879561
stop posting

>>58879561
what theme?

>>58879598
Soft8.1 by Neiio

>>58878627
i'd bet 90% of people on g right now have been here less than a month

I use 8.1 with the original start menu, I don't get why people were so upset about the new full screen start menu, when in practice I only use it about once a week and while starting up go straight to the desktop anyway.
For keyboard combo's it's still functionally the same.

Ok, the tablet swipe down sidebar thing is pretty dumb tho.

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>>58878587
>Windows 10
>StartIsBack++
>Can CHOOSE which updates I install
>No Cortana, disabled in GPEdit
>No Telemetry thanks to Spybot
>No Botnet thanks to Spybot
>SSD is fully optimized on 10 unlike 8.1/7
>Memory is better optimized on 10 than 8.1/7 as well
>Motherboard drivers (who even uses those lmao) actually supported
>All the speed and aesthetics of Windows 10
>All the stability and desktop friendliness of Windows 7

Why aren't you using Windows 10 with StartIsBack++ OP?

>closed source

>>58880230
Citation needed

>>58880230
unless you are on enterprise or ltsb you can not turn off telemetry, the settings are a lie and vming win10 in a linux condom shows you this

>>58880398
Im not doubting you but care to link a test about that?
Im intrested on how much there is actual telemetry

>>58880398
Is ltsb for gaming?
Game performance OK or Not?

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>>58879953
>tfw been here since 2008

>>58878587
>all the aethetics of Windows 10
When was the last time you actually used W10?

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>>58878587
>Not using Windows 10 LTSB

OP is officially the most retarded person on this board.

>>58880398
You can't turn off the spying even with Enterprise LTSB

>>58881058
I wont doubt it, but are you able to show it? got someone vming it in linux so it can see what's being sent?

>>58881058
Wrong.

>>58880945
Worst case scenario its on a slightly different version of windows 10 so you get aub 3% performance difference between 10 normal and 10 less shitty.

>>58880879
every single thing you type sents some packet out
everything you write sends your handwriting to microsoft
every file you open sends data to them

there is one video where the person 'decrypts' the packets to see what was sent but that has to be fake.

then you have microsoft disguising its servers as common program names you may have, like on a fresh install sending data out to game devs or av makers... these are microsoft servers named to hide who is getting sent shit.

really fucking shitty

wish I liked linux in the least as I could jump ship and not care.

>>58881064
No u

>>58881064
Like I said, I would not doubt it in the slightest, but you need to condom the os for us and show us.

>>58881099
You might find this "interesting": http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r30222844-Stop-Windows-10-From-Spying-On-You-36-DNS-Addresses-to-host-file

>>58881091
>Win 10 does things
>no sauce

>No telemetry

Incorrect, it was added to 8.1 and 7 unless you carefully avoided the "updates"

Use the spybot anti phonehome bullshit thingy

>>58881140
not something I could do in os, have to do it at router, and my router... I'm to stupid to set the fucking firewall up on it and refuse to use cli for it.

>>58881280
It only has telemetry if you have updated sense then... I honestly don't think I have had update turned on since before windows 10 was in the upgrade for free stage.

>>58878587
Who the fuck is this?

here is a funny thing
https://youtu.be/u1kGMCfb2xw?t=19m46s

looking up the win 10 spying confirmed for me the host file is not trustable

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/11/02/microsoft-confirms-unstoppable-windows-10-tracking/#57c5a9d12f4a

>log your browser history and keystrokes which the Windows End User Licence Agreement (EULA) states you allow Microsoft to use for analysis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoSg3fSB7PA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVzc5wK2-pc

The one I was looking for showed the os sending each keystroke to microsoft, but its fucking buried among the fucking youtubers using placebos.

>>58881476
>2015 beta tester release
lol

>>58879564
>>58879481
>>58881386
Anzu is a grill(female)

>can't use Win8 on Kaby Lake

That's why :( 8.1 was so comfy, but upgrading to Kaby Lake from Sandy Bridge killed all my hopes and dreams.

>>58878627
>>58879953
Nice meme. You're talking about the internet search feature, which can be disabled completely during the install or later

I used it for a while, but now I switched. I no longer need windows for anything but games, so I use 10 because who gives a shit anymore.

If I -had- to use Windows though, I would use 8.1

>>58881959
I mean if I had to use Windows exclusively.

>>58879380
8.1 is superior to 7 if you're not chimping out about the start menu.

>>58878587
But I already am since 2015. Do I win something?

It has the best defaults in terms of looks.

Sure it has that start menu, but I don't like how flat everything is around 10, and Windows 7 glossy shit is really, really dated.

>>58881848
Literally no evidence

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>>58878639
*Cute Roachgirl
ftfy

>have Raspberry Pi
>have Pi-hole installed
>have all Microshill telemetry servers blacklisted
>can use whatever fucking Windows I want
all yalls arguments are completely fucking invalid

>>58878587
>aesthetics of Windows 10
8,8.1 and 10 are just ugly. Every ramshackle Linux distro made by fat NEETs looks better.

>>58878587
I love Anzu!

>>58881043
>be a cuck or a bigger cuck

Race to the bottom.

Windows 8.1 is the best platform for media currently and sure is much better than 10 but still has too much tablet bullshit interface and lots of options reduced.

>>58881920
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMd3amc9UoQ

Actually you can use 8.1 and Kaby Lake. Don't believe the meme of it being "unsupported" meaning it doesn't work.

>>58884452
>https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-MAXIMUS-IX-FORMULA/HelpDesk_Download/

Oh, inb4 "good luck getting the drivers". It seems like Asus offers plenty for their IX Formula.

>>58882986
>Implying M$ doesn't rotate adresses to ensure data delivery to Redmond.

Sure kid