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Text Box: 8/8.1. For the touch crowd, with a few exceptions noted below, Windows 10 works as well as Windows 8.1. There’s a learning curve with touch, along with disappointing limitations, no matter which version of Windows you currently use.
Windows 10 boots faster, works faster, and seems much more robust than either Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1. I haven’t had any problems with drivers or programs that run on Windows 8/8.1. The new Windows Universal apps hold great promise, but they aren’t there yet.
Windows 10’s signature new feature, of course, is the Start menu. The new Start menu combines a severely stripped-down version of the Windows 7 Start menu with a mouse-friendly field of Windows 8-like tiles.
If you’re coming from Windows 7, the left side of the Start menu will look vaguely familiar, but the Windows 10 version is much less malleable than the Windows 7 version. In Windows 10, you can’t create custom menu items, build cascading menus, or pin Text Box: Windows 10
Windows 10 is out with initial reports saying it is much more usable than Windows 8 or 8.1 and includes several new features like a new browser, improved security and the voice-activated assistant Cortana. Windows 10 might be the most significant update to the OS in the last 10 years, mainly because it will be continually upgraded as part of Microsoft's "Windows as a service" effort.
Windows 10 version still can't beat Windows 7 but the question is not whether Windows 10 is a good upgrade, for Windows 8 users -- obviously, it is. The real question is whether Windows 10 deserves to supplant Windows 7. Despite substantial new functionality in Windows 10, Windows 7 users should wait until the upgrade train brings more improvements.
Many of the new features of Windows 10 do not seem ready for prime time, including the greatly modified Text Box: Start menu with live tiles, the new Edge browser, Cortana and the Continuum method of switching between mouse and touchscreen control. They all work well enough  yet they all lack key capabilities and Edge seems to freeze frequently. The lesser tile-based Windows apps vary in quality from good (Mail, Calendar) to passable (Photos, Phone Companion) to barely usable placeholders (People, Groove Music, Movies & TV).
Ease of use
For those of us who rely on a mouse and keyboard, Windows 10’s ease of use rates right up there with Windows 7 and is light-years ahead of Windows Text Box:  Issue 14

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Advantages
Better Prices The vast majority of online stores offer prices that are much lower than what you will find at a physical store. There are a few reasons for this. The first is because many people use the Internet to find cheaper items. Online business owners understand this. They will usually reduce their profit margin to get more customers. Another reason is because you can easily browse through dozens of different websites to find the best price. You can do the same at a mall, but it would take about an hour or longer. Convenience Shopping online is convenient. You don’t need to get dressed and drive to your favorite store. Text Box: You can easily visit their website, find the product you want and buy it without leaving your chair. It’s also convenient because you don’t need to wait for the store to open. If you work irregular hours or are very busy, then you probably don’t have the time to visit the store. Variety Most physical stores have a limited array of products. They can only hold so many items, and there are often many policies affecting the availability of products. Shopping online allows you to find many products that you wouldn’t be able to find in a physical store. Fewer Traps Physical stores are made to lure you into buying more things. They use posters, sales messages, colours and product placement to make you buy additional items. These tactics are not as pronounced with online stores.
Disadvantages
1) Returns are not as easy and could cost you money.
2) Up-to 95% of all junk e-mail is caused by a person publicly disclosing his or her e-mail address. There are many tools that automatically scan websites for e-mail addresses. If you must provide contact information, use a special spam-email account such as “myname.spam@hotmail.com

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