>>>Unless there's some specific difference I'm not aware of, what you're describing is the same install/upgrade process that MS has had for years.
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>>At least 3 reboots were required each time.
>>These are the people that make the OS.
>>Can't they figure out a way to get an OS installed without 3 reboots?
>>I ran a Unix installation for 10 years and rebooted that sever twice all that time.
>>Imagine delivering an app that required 3 reboots and then trying to collect from a client.
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>>The reason that Apple is killing them in the marketplace is that no one at MS is demanding perfection.
>>Good enough is good enough.
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>I wish I had some kind of explanation. I upgraded two machines to Win 10 (one an upgrade, the other a fresh install), and I had no issues. And actually, both ran in under 30 minutes.
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>I'm not making any excuses - and others can correct me if this observation isn't valid - but MS Windows has to deal with a wider array of hardware configurations than Apple. My understanding is that they did extensive testing with Win 10. But obviously something happened.
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>Now...in the "grass is always greener"...I have a friend who upgraded his iPhone to the latest iOS (version 9.1, I think). The upgrade process rendered some of his important apps useless - and he had to take his phone to an Apple store and they had to fiddle with it for hours.
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>But I certainly hear your pain. (doing my best Bill Clinton voice, ha)


I've been using it for a while today and I think that Win 10 is a pretty good step forward.

To put a cherry on the upgrade fracas.. they asked to me to take a survey at the end and that crashed.