We use Windows 10 for regular office jobs and automation design.
Electronics Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Simple solution with great SSD speed
Pros and Cons
- "The speed with SSD is great."
- "Microsoft could improve the support for installing programs."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The speed with SSD is great. Before Windows 10, it was so slow, but after Windows 10, it's ten times faster with SSD. We have been using Windows programs for about 20 years and have upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7, then to Windows 10.
What needs improvement?
Microsoft could improve the support for installing programs. It should be easy to install programs from Microsoft and search in the Microsoft Store.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this solution for seven years. It is Windows 10 Enterprise, and we are using version 19.09.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's scalable, and we have about 1500 people using this solution in my company.
How are customer service and support?
We have never used the technical support team.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward and was the best thing we have done. We had an SSD and USB 3.0 flash disk, and it took 40 minutes.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We have a commercial license for all of our competitors, and it is sensitive.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution a nine out of ten. Regarding advice, it is very simple, and if you know how to use a computer, you can use it.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Works at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
Easy to use, good functionality, but should be available on Azure
Pros and Cons
- "Windows 10 provides good functionality and is easy to use."
- "The solution could improve by providing web applications and have Windows 10 on Azure as a virtual machine."
What is our primary use case?
Windows 10 is useful for running personal applications.
What is most valuable?
Windows 10 provides good functionality and is easy to use.
What needs improvement?
The solution could improve by providing web applications and have Windows 10 on Azure as a virtual machine.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Windows 10 for approximately three months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Windows 10 is scalable.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use Ubuntu, Red Hat, Windows Server, and Citrix OS.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is a license required for this solution.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend it to others.
I rate Windows 10 a seven out of ten.
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Fresh Operations Manager at Jerónimo Martins
Overall easy to use, reliable, but better language support
Pros and Cons
- "The solution overall works well."
- "The user interface could improve for the Portuguese language and more features should be added."
What is our primary use case?
I use Windows 10 for business for many applications, such as Office 365.
What is most valuable?
The solution overall works well.
What needs improvement?
The user interface could improve for the Portuguese language and more features should be added.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Windows solutions for a long time, since Windows 95.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have found the solution to be stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
There are 25 users using this solution in my organization.
How are customer service and technical support?
My experience with technical support was very bad.
How was the initial setup?
The installation is very easy.
What about the implementation team?
I did the implementation myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is a license for this solution and it normally comes free with any system.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We have evaluated Apple's iOS.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend it to others.
I rate Windows 10 a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Assistant Manager at Shyam Telecom Group
Easy to set up and stable but can slow down your machine
Pros and Cons
- "The stability of the solution is good. it doesn't crash or freeze and there are no bugs or glitches. It's quite reliable."
- "The interface could be more friendly."
What is our primary use case?
I'm using it in my new company. I'm working in ISP right now and I'm using the laptop to connect to my applications. That's all I'm using it for. I'm using just virtualization services on my laptop.
What is most valuable?
The solution is quite stable. The performance is good.
The product has been easy to use and simple to navigate.
The solution has the capability to scale if necessary.
The initial setup is very easy.
What needs improvement?
I found that it slowed down my laptop a bit.
I find that, when we start the laptop, when we shut down and restart the laptop, it will take a bit of time to restart. It will take around one minute to restart in total, which feels like a long time. I need the time to be reduced. After replacing the SSD, it reduced the time a bit, however, it has not reduced the time that much overall.
The interface could be more friendly.
Some security features and some services are automatically getting switched on that is of no use. There should be an option that allows us to customize the services that we want to run or that we don't want to run.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for seven years at this point. I use it on my laptop, and it is pretty old at this point.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the solution is good. it doesn't crash or freeze and there are no bugs or glitches. It's quite reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution can scale. For what I use it for, it's served its purpose.
I'm not sure how many people actually use the solution, as I am new to the organization. I have it on my laptop and suspect more if not all of the employees do too.
How was the initial setup?
The solution is not difficult or complex to install. It is very straightforward and simple. A company shouldn't have any issues with the setup process.
It only took about 40 minutes to set up and deploy the solution. It's pretty fast.
What about the implementation team?
I installed the solution myself. I did not need the assistance of any integrators or consultants.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I have a home license that costs me around 1,000 rupees.
What other advice do I have?
I'm just a customer and an end-user.
I'm using the solution from my laptop, not from the server.
I'm using the latest version of the solution. I'm constantly updating it.
I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten, as I found that this particular generation made my laptop run a bit slow.
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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
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Data Scientist at Instant systems Inc.
Scalable with good stability, however it needs a better system for initiating updates
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is scalable. If an organization needs to expand it out, they shouldn't run into issues doing so."
- "The only thing which concerns me is updates. It gets updated often. Sometimes, however, it automatically gets updated. That is an issue. It can happen when you do not want it to be done. It's possible it can start and your files are not saved. They may be open while your laptop enters sleep mode. Then, when you re-open the computer to continue work, it all of a sudden decides to update, destroying your work."
What is most valuable?
I don't know if I can discuss the solution in relation to other Windows versions, however, I can compare it to other OS like Unbuntu. For example, it's quite a secure operating system. The ease with which you can download different Python libraries is very good there.
If you're a developer, you can do everything with the help of the Command Prompt and console.
What needs improvement?
I'm more into artificial intelligence and the data science side. So I do not like Windows that much.
Setting up the environment variable, etc., needs improvement. This is true not only for Windows 10 but for Windows as a whole. It is currently a huge mess. Due to this, working with many libraries and packages becomes a difficult task. If they could find a better solution or a replacement for environment variables, I'd be extremely happy.
The only thing which concerns me is updates. It gets updated often. Sometimes, however, it automatically gets updated. That is an issue. It can happen when you do not want it to be done. It's possible it can start and your files are not saved. They may be open while your laptop enters sleep mode. Then, when you re-open the computer to continue work, it all of a sudden decides to update, destroying your work.
Once I accidentally did something that erased hidden folders on the C drive. It caused a lot of issues. Windows got corrupted on me. They should work to ensure that it isn't possible to accidentally delete these files or there should be a replica for them on the hard disc or something of that nature.
Google has functionality whereby if you have your email ID open on your phone, on your Android phone, that means you can sync everything on your Google drive. The same thing should be provided by Microsoft. I do not think Microsoft provides a dedicated account to every valid Windows holder. This should be done so that everything you have on your local system should be somehow in synchronization with the cloud. That way, if something happens, like your laptop is stolen, or your laptop is corrupted all of a sudden, your data is not misplaced. You have your data somewhere. A sync with the cloud service should be available.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for seven to eight months at this point. It's been less than a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Windows 10 is a stable solution; it provides everything. There's a good Windows store where you can go and get your apps. There are other things also that Microsoft provides as well. For example, on Windows, you can download a virtual machine. If you want to use Ubuntu, as I do, due to the fact that I am more comfortable with Ubuntu, you can download the VM there on Windows and start with your work.
Everything is provided by Windows, and things are stable. If I talk about Windows only, in between OS such as Linux, then I'd say Linux is better. However, overall, Windows 10 is pretty reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. If an organization needs to expand it out, they shouldn't run into issues doing so.
How are customer service and technical support?
So far I haven't had to reach out to technical support; I can't speak to its quality of service or the level of responsiveness to queries.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have experience with Unbuntu as well. I used Unbuntu about a year back. Now I'm using Windows for data science. Initially, I used Ubuntu for data science. So I've used both the platforms.
The commands are very good and very easy in Ubuntu as compared to Windows. In Windows, you'll have to do a lot of things. You need to, for example set the environment variable, etc., which is not necessary in Ubuntu. You can directly download and put it in your user directory. You can also utilize the services from there. So I would say from the developer's point of view, and from an AI practitioner's point of view, Linux Ubuntu is a good option to go for.
How was the initial setup?
While I found that the initial setup was very straightforward on Linux's Ubuntu, it was a bit complex and much harder in Windows. It's not straightforward per se.
I haven't used Windows 10 for deployment. I've used the Linux machine only. Deploying on Ubuntu won't take much of a time. It's very easy.
What other advice do I have?
We're just customers. We don't have a business relationship with the vendor.
I'm not sure which version of the solution I'm using currently is.
Windows 10 is quite a stable version of the solution. If you compare it with Windows 8, it is much, much better. If one wants to use Windows as an operating system, I would recommend it. If one is more comfortable with other operating systems, they can run it in a virtual machine and give partition on Windows so that half of the memory is allocated for other OS.
I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has a user-friendly interface
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is how friendly the interface is. I expect that we will soon go up to Windows 11 because it's already available."
- "Windows 10 could be improved by implementing synchronization between Teams and Skype for Business. If you're in a conference call in one tool, the other tool shows that you're available. This means that you get calls from other people in your organization while you are unavailable. So synchronization is missing, that's all."
What is our primary use case?
My primary use case is for daily office work. I use the full Microsoft 365 suite with Outlook, PowerPoint, all those tools. We have fully implemented Microsoft and don't use any third-party applications. Outlook is the main mail application, Teams and Lync are for communication, Word and PowerPoint are for editing, preparing documents, and presentation.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is how friendly the interface is. I expect that we will soon go up to Windows 11 because it's already available.
What needs improvement?
Windows 10 could be improved by implementing synchronization between Teams and Skype for Business. If you're in a conference call in one tool, the other tool shows that you're available. This means that you get calls from other people in your organization while you are unavailable. So synchronization is missing, that's all.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Windows 10 for a few years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
I have never contacted technical support. If I have a problem, I contact my IT department and they are the ones who contact Microsoft, but they know how to solve most problems.
How was the initial setup?
The installation was very easy. I received a link from our IT department, clicked the link, and within a few minutes everything was up and running. You can do it yourself.
What about the implementation team?
I implemented myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'm unsure of cost or licensing because our IT department handles that.
What other advice do I have?
Even though Microsoft won't need my recommendation because Windows is such a popular tool, I recommend this to anyone who is looking into implementing this solution.
There are about 500 people in my organization using this solution. There is no team necessary for deployment and you spend almost no time on maintenance compared to the duration of time that you are using Windows. It's very simple.
I would rate Windows 10 a ten out of ten. It's a perfect tool and the cost is very reasonable.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Software Trainee at Eidiko
Easy to use
Pros and Cons
- "Windows 10 is stable. Its performance is good."
- "In the next release, Windows could make the interface more user-friendly. They could add more dashboards. The performance could also maybe be better."
What is our primary use case?
We use Windows 10 for business purposes. We have about 500 people in our organization and everyone uses Windows 10. There are roughly 50 people on our staff responsible for the deployment and maintenance of all our software solutions.
What is most valuable?
Windows 10 is easy to use and nowadays everyone is considering the option of Windows 10 because it is quite well known.
What needs improvement?
In the next release, Windows could make the interface more user-friendly. They could add more dashboards. The performance could also maybe be better.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Windows 10 for a long time. About five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Windows 10 is stable. Its performance is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Windows 10 is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
If there's are any issues, I might contact technical support, but I have not had any issues yet.
How was the initial setup?
The setup was easy. I think everyone knows the Windows installation by now. I did it myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'm on a yearly subscription. The license keys and prices could be cheaper. The number of users has been increasing, so the price of the license keys should be reduced a bit.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Windows 10 a 10 out of 10.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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