It is user-friendly, and it supports many applications. I am working as an enterprise lead, so I have different client applications, and they are mostly compatible with Windows. The graphical interface of Windows 10 is better than Windows 8.
Lead Enterprise Architect at Integrated Telecom
User-friendly and supports many applications, but needs more monitoring tools for administrators and better pricing
Pros and Cons
- "It is user-friendly, and it supports many applications. I am working as an enterprise lead, so I have different client applications, and they are mostly compatible with Windows. The graphical interface of Windows 10 is better than Windows 8."
- "They should introduce some special tools for system administrators. I am currently looking at how to calculate the storage. It should have additional tools for monitoring for system administrators. A lot of such monitoring and security tools are available for free in other open-source operating systems, such as CentOS. It should have the backup-and-restore functionality, which is integrated with any external device, such as a USB device. Windows 10 should also be free. They should only charge for Professional Windows 10, but the basic OS should be free. Microsoft should support the Red Hat operating system. When I install Red Hat, it doesn't support NTFS. It needs some additional plug-ins."
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
They should introduce some special tools for system administrators. I am currently looking at how to calculate the storage. It should have additional tools for monitoring for system administrators. A lot of such monitoring and security tools are available for free in other open-source operating systems, such as CentOS.
It should have the backup-and-restore functionality, which is integrated with any external device, such as a USB device. Windows 10 should also be free. They should only charge for Professional Windows 10, but the basic OS should be free.
Microsoft should support the Red Hat operating system. When I install Red Hat, it doesn't support NTFS. It needs some additional plug-ins.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with this solution for two to three years. I am using it in the office as well as at home.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable. In our organization, we have a lot of security stacks. Windows 10 is more stable and better than Windows 8.
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How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted them.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very straightforward and simple.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The basic operating system of any hardware should be free. Therefore, it should be free. They should charge only for the enterprise level or enabling the hypervisor. They should charge for Professional Windows 10, but the basic OS should be free.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution for non-IT people. It is an operating system for a novice end-user. As an administrator, there are many tools that I don't find in it.
I would rate Windows 10 a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Technical Manager at Sunivy
Good customization and good from a technical perspective but is difficult for non-technical users
Pros and Cons
- "The customization of the solution is easy."
- "It would be ideal if the solution itself was less technical so a person like myself could more easily access it and understand it."
What is our primary use case?
I primarily use the solution for work purposes.
What is most valuable?
From a technical perspective, it's very good.
The customization of the solution is easy.
What needs improvement?
I'm not sure of any shortcomings with the solution, however, I myself am not very technical.
It would be ideal if the solution itself was less technical so a person like myself could more easily access it and understand it.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for five years at this point.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the solution is very good. We don't have issues with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's good and reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution can scale well. If a company needs to scale it, it should be able to do so without a problem.
We have about ten people using the product currently.
How are customer service and technical support?
I've never directly contacted technical support, therefore, I can't speak to their level of knowledge or responsiveness.
How was the initial setup?
It's my understanding that the initial setup is not straightforward. It's a bit difficult.
If I recall correctly, the deployment process took about two weeks.
What other advice do I have?
We're a seller of Microsoft and we also use the product as well. In our country, one of the main products is Microsoft and many businesses use it.
I don't really have enough experience to really make a strong recommendation for the solution.
Overall, I would rate the solution six out of ten. We don't use it so much.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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President at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
Easily navigate between several apps and programs simultaneously
Pros and Cons
- "We can be certain of what documents are being worked on and by who — that is, of course, essential."
- "If the desktop version could be a little bit more like the mobile application, that would be great. It's just easier to navigate."
What is our primary use case?
Most of the staff in the office use PCs but I'm using Windows 10 on my Mac.
We use Windows 10 mostly for document management, Word, Excel, presentations — things of that nature.
We have an additional license. Within our organization, there are 25 people, ranging from finances, registration, faculty members, etc. We also have a student body of around 80, all of whom use Windows 10.
How has it helped my organization?
We can be certain of what documents are being worked on and by who — that is, of course, essential. We can also keep better track of who is responsible for what. That's really helpful.
What is most valuable?
If I am being honest, I'm not a big Microsoft fan myself. I just find it a little bit clumsy, at least with the desktop application, it's just hard to navigate. I find the online interface, the mobile version, a lot more simple to use which makes it easier to collaborate with my staff. When you open up the mobile version, it's already fed to the cloud and you can share it from there, but I think that it could be a generational thing. Most of the staff in my office don't always make sure that the documents are safe in one draft. Sometimes we end up having multiple copies in one day.
I find the interface with Teams to be very useful.
I like the library feature (connected to OneDrive). You can check back in-house to see who the last user was — I find that to be extremely helpful.
In terms of Microsoft Word, if the desktop version could be a little bit more like the mobile application, that would be great. It's just easier to navigate.
It's relatively useful, in terms of navigating and finding what I need.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Windows 10 for at least two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Personally, I don't find it to be very stable.
How are customer service and technical support?
We have our own technical support personnel; however, we have contacted Microsoft support and they were very helpful. I would give them a rating of ten out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
If you're going to use Windows 10, make sure to opt for the staff training. It's two sessions and it's very helpful.
Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Windows 10 a rating of nine.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Good user interface, good performance, and stable
Pros and Cons
- "The user interface of Windows 10 is good. It is better than the earlier versions. Its performance is also better than the earlier versions. These are the two good points for me."
- "The apps view that I get on my screen is not much useful for me. If I have to search for anything, I go to the Search bar and type there. They can maybe include integration with some third-party products."
What is our primary use case?
I use Windows 10 for accessing Microsoft Office or a few other things. I am using the latest version.
What is most valuable?
The user interface of Windows 10 is good. It is better than the earlier versions. Its performance is also better than the earlier versions. These are the two good points for me.
What needs improvement?
The apps view that I get on my screen is not much useful for me. If I have to search for anything, I go to the Search bar and type there.
They can maybe include integration with some third-party products.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Windows 10 for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is working fine as of now.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
My organization has around 8,000 to 10,000 users. We all are using Windows 10. We will continue to use it.
How are customer service and technical support?
I never contacted them.
How was the initial setup?
I don't know. I didn't install it myself.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Windows 10 a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Director Lean Infrastructure at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Familiarity, maturity and popular productivity tools make this OS almost indispensable
Pros and Cons
- "It is familiar and mature and runs the most popular productivity tools."
- "The operating system could be more configurable and compatible in integrating with other operating systems."
- "The core of the operating system needs work to become more stable and less complex. The need to occasionally re-install should not be necessary."
What is our primary use case?
I am using Windows 10 together with Ubuntu Linux as an operating system.
What is most valuable?
I am in the technical, IT area. I love the new Windows subsystem for Linux. Version two came out recently. I like the new functionality and mostly the better integration between the networks and the Windows 10 core system.
I also like that Windows is great for gaming. The gaming experience may actually be the thing that I like the most personally.
What needs improvement?
I always compare products with the competition or what open-source products are doing. I would love for Microsoft to provide or participate in more open-source projects. They could do more expansion with less R&D and learn from what other developers do.
The Windows interface could be much more flexible from a perspective of the user's experience. If you compare other operating systems to the standard Windows desktop experience, the level of configuration for Windows is not so great. You should be able to do more to customize it from the way it looks to the way it performs.
What I also do not likes is the core of the Windows architecture. The registries and complexities that may help it to run fast also lead to issues, latent files, and other issues. Everyone who uses the product knows about having to reinstall Windows. This problem is something that still exists in the latest versions. The operating system works against itself and becomes slower after months of usage. The lag is more apparent if you install a lot of different applications. Eventually, this causes more serious issues and you need to reinstall the operating system. This is not something that you ever have to do on a Linux operating system. Linux is much more flexible. It is much cleaner and it is much easier to configure to your needs.
One other issue I have with Microsoft — more than just the Windows operating system — is the lack of compatibility of their productivity tools suite. Nowadays, most people cannot live without their Office applications. Microsoft is the leader in this. Their Office products are not supported on Linux. In my opinion, the real reason people are still using Windows is not that it is a great operating system, it is because of the integrated productivity tools and familiarity.
For Windows, the core of the operating system needs improvement from the perspective of flexibility and stability.
As far as additional features, it is hard to really pinpoint something that Windows is missing. I think from a feature perspective and as a mature product, they are already pretty feature-heavy. They essentially have everything that a person could need and I do believe that Microsoft is doing a great job from the perspective of continually providing new features.
I would prefer that they further developed the possibility of running other operating system applications. I like the features we got from Windows 10 to help incorporate the use of the Linux system. But I would love it if they made the effort to further expand on that.
So the ability to better integrate with and run other operating systems would be a nice addition.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the Windows OS product since Windows 3.1 or 3.11. So, I have more than 15 years of experience with Windows. We have been working with Windows 10 for about four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In general, the stability of the Windows operating system has greatly improved over the years. The latest versions of Windows 10 is the most improved and it is much better than it was. It still has room for improvement.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We currently have about 250 people using Windows 10 in our organization. There is no real scalability concern.
How are customer service and technical support?
I am an ex-Microsoft employee, so I do have experience with technical support for Microsoft and the Windows 10 product. The guys on that team are great. They are certainly going out and doing their best. They are helpful. They have made a huge improvement over the last few years. They changed a lot of things in the process of how they work with customers. But honestly, I very rarely open a ticket related to Windows 10. I do not find a need for that. I am in the IT field. I fix issues all the time by myself if I have any with the operating system.
But the support team is helpful and improved.
How was the initial setup?
The installation is very straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
Any advice I have for people considering this product depends on the use case. I would definitely recommend using Windows 10 as an operating system and a familiar choice. But I would definitely also recommend trying other operating systems. It is very important to know what other operating systems have to offer. This one operating system has massive dominance on the market and I do not like the way that 90% of the people are using only Microsoft products without even considering anything else. It is limiting. So my advice is: learn more about other desktop experiences and try Linux as well to see the differences and what it has to offer.
On the scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Windows 10 as an eight-out-of-ten. Eight is a good rating but Windows can be better.
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Embedded Engineer at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
The interface is good, but the performance degrades with too many applications open at once
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features are the interface and the speed of switching between processes."
- "of the problems with Windows 10 is that it hangs when you open multiple programs."
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features are the interface and the speed of switching between processes.
What needs improvement?
One of the problems with Windows 10 is that it hangs when you open multiple programs. For example, if you are running 10 to 15 applications then the performance will slow down to something similar to Windows 7. Often, I will have Microsoft Office open, as well as my development tools, and once I have been using them for perhaps 20 minutes, everything slows down. Switching between applications at that point can take two or three minutes.
I have been having some trouble with the .NET framework and it took me a full day to install it. The problem seems to be that every time it connects to Microsoft online, it is different. After several attempts, I was finally able to succeed.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Windows 10 for about six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Other than the problem with having many applications open, it is stable. I haven't had any issues with the other functionality.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Most of the people in our company use Windows 10. Some have desktops and some have laptops.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have not had to contact technical support. Any problems that I have had, I was able to solve on my own.
How was the initial setup?
Windows 10 came pre-installed on my laptop and it was easy to set up. It only took a few minutes to do.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, Windows 10 is a good operating system.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Senior Network Specialist at Al Ghurair Investments
Feature rich, stable and scalable operating system
Pros and Cons
- "In terms of most valuable feature, it has all the features. We have to use the workforce application like Microsoft Office 365. We are dependent on the operating system."
- "In terms of what could be improved, I would say the security patches. The security patches do not come very frequently with the operating systems."
What is our primary use case?
The use case is that it is an operating system. People use Windows as an operating system. If you have a laptop at home, you may operate from it. We use desktop machines in our organizations and every user has a Windows operating system.
What is most valuable?
In terms of most valuable feature, it has all the features. We have to use the workforce application like Microsoft Office 365. We are dependent on the operating system.
What needs improvement?
In terms of what could be improved, I would say the security patches. The security patches do not come very frequently with the operating systems. So this requires a lot of improvement because the security patches only come every now and then.
For how long have I used the solution?
We started using Windows 10 four to five years ago. Before that we had Windows 7.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Windows 10 is stable. There's no doubt about it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is good. From one to five, I would give it a four.
Right now we have 1,000 plus people working on it.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
I wold advise them to check out the licensing, which needs improvement. They should consider it because the Microsoft operating system works with Microsoft Office license. We have to pay separately. I think they should prepare a package, with the operating system and the M365 license combined and there should be a big, good, and attractive package for the customers. This would be an improvement on the product.
On a scale of one to ten I would give Windows 10 an eight.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Consultant (Architect) at MasterCard Incorporated
Straightforward to set up, user-friendly, and support an entire ecosystem of tools
Pros and Cons
- "Microsoft technology is very simple and user friendly."
- "Windows needs improvements made with respect to security because it is still vulnerable."
What is our primary use case?
I am an application developer and Windows 10 is the environment that I prefer to use.
What is most valuable?
Microsoft technology is very simple and user friendly.
Some of the features that I like are Skype and the Windows Store.
Most of Microsoft Office is essential to use.
OneNote and Visio are features that I use in my day-to-day activities.
What needs improvement?
Windows needs improvements made with respect to security because it is still vulnerable. Often, there are vulnerabilities found that they are releasing patches for. For example, Windows servers are still not very difficult to hack. When I was working with their products several years ago, it was really easy to break the Windows Server password.
There are some features such as wireless display and remote desktop connections that are not available in the Home Edition, but it would be really helpful for home users to have access to these.
I would like to see some kind of tool that can be used to plug in and connect to Azure technologies.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Of course, there are issues or bugs that are found, and we can help by reporting them to the Windows team. There regularly work on them and provide patches to update and fix them as soon as possible.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have not personally spoken with Microsoft technical support for Windows 10 because there is a team in our office that deals with them directly.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have experience with Linux, but Windows 10 is more user-friendly in easier to use. In Linux, you have to remember command syntax, but in Windows, this is not required. A lot of help for Windows users is available.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is really straightforward. It is plug-and-play and you don't need much experience or learning before performing the setup.
What other advice do I have?
In summary, my experience with Windows 10 is really good and I like most of the features. It is easy to use compared to other operating systems like Ubuntu. They provide the entire ecosystem including tools and technologies, and Microsoft has that whole umbrella available. It makes you feel comfortable.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
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