The Power of Ten

The consensus in the computer world seems to be that the new Windows 10 is (a) a spectacular operating system and a vast improvement on its predecessors and (b) very bad at protecting your data, your privacy and your bandwidth. I have not installed it yet. Unless there's an urgent reason to do so, I usually let major upgrades on software simmer for about a month to see how they go over and what gets changed.

If you must have it now, you might want to read David Auerbach on things you should do to reduce how much of your life you'll be entrusting to the Microsoft company due to certain settings. I would definitely turn off the option to allow the anal probes. Unless, of course, you like that kind of thing…and knowing you, you probably do.