FantasyAcquiesce Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Has anyone tried Windows 10 IoT Core? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc333 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 7 hours ago, ~♥Aiko♥Chan♥~ said: Has anyone tried Windows 10 IoT Core? That's dreadful! I shudder at the thought of a Windows 10-powered microwave or refrigerator. That being said, maybe it doesn't have the telemetry nonsense. That, if nothing else, would be an improvement. c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 An "excess tech" anecdote that loosely applies, as it is about the perils of having a not-quite-perfect fully electronic control system (but not about Windows as a control system specifically - yet): Back 10 or 15 years ago we had a travel trailer we used to pull with a van. We used it for vacation getaways. Since space is always at a premium and things left on the counter tend to get thrown around while on the road, we would keep things like cups, coffee filters and other dry supplies in the microwave oven when actually traveling. After all, the door had a good latch. This microwave was just an inexpensive small consumer unit that had been built into the kitchen cabinetry. Importantly, it had NO physical ON/OFF switch, just an electronic touch panel. One time when we returned from a camping trip I put the trailer into the driveway so we could clean it out, then I connected a power cord (basically, plugging a big plug into a big extension cord). When I opened the trailer door, fortunately just a few moments after having plugged-in the power, I found the trailer filled with smoke and the Microwave on and running! Some paper that was inside had been brought to the point of combustion. I pulled the power, and fortunately found that the fire had extinguished itself and had been completely contained inside the Microwave. The key here is that with a fully electronic control system, an appliance had behaved in a way that you would not anticipate: When line power was applied, it came ON unexpectedly and nearly caused a disaster. The take-away for me was that if I'm going to have an appliance that deals with real power - e.g., the ability to heat things to combustion levels - I need to PHYSICALLY manage the power, not just trust some commercial electronic control system. It turned out we were able to replace that microwave oven with one that had a physical switch. If we had not been able to do so, I would have implemented a convenient switch in the power circuit. It's actually quite difficult to find a microwave oven with a physical switch any more. Now we are talking about putting cloud-integrated Windows 10 in charge of such things. Have people thoroughly considered: Failures leading to destruction of property or injury? What happens when Windows takes an update and reboots while the oven is on? Hacking? We have already heard of web-integrated cars being hacked and stalled (or worse) while being driven. Somewhere along the way, the headlong rush into high tech changed from "do what people need" to exclusively "do what makes money for the manufacturer". And at the same time we have pushed past the question "can we control appliances with software" without fully evaluating whether we should control appliances with software that isn't even fit to run a desktop computer for playing games! (I feel a bit like Dr. Malcolm in "Jurassic Park" here) When will we hear of the first case of people being burned alive in their home because an operating system constructed in haste (and tested solely by other customers) mismanaged its appliance? -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xman charl Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 there is a refrigerator now, that uses win 10 for its menu and controls guess its safe? Charl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibya Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 16 hours ago, cc333 said: That's dreadful! I shudder at the thought of a Windows 10-powered microwave or refrigerator. That being said, maybe it doesn't have the telemetry nonsense. That, if nothing else, would be an improvement. c may be they will spy what we are cooking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudwS Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Still waiting for the next fast track insider build beyond 14915 for PC. Maybe no new W10 crap is good crap?! In the mean time, a powered off PC can't be updated. All is well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedigitize Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 (edited) I haven't seen anything about discount on computers running win10, but here in sweden we get up to 2000sek (237$) if we bay a new computer.... No end of msft try to reach 1 billion users! Edited September 12, 2016 by mikedigitize imgur truble/problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My1 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 (edited) @mikedigitize your image doesnt work, also I honestly dont believe that any forum software lets you just include a script out of the box. but even the link throws a 404. Edited September 12, 2016 by My1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedigitize Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 9 minutes ago, mikedigitize said: I haven't seen anything about discount on computers running win10, but here in sweden we get up to 2000sek (237$) if we bay a new computer.... No end of msft try to reach 1 billion users! U got Type Cover for free AND up to 2000 sek back (later on, after purchase) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I can't help but wonder about such antics, and whether they're trying to distract people from something fundamental. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookie32 Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 As another member living in Sweden I have been seeing these ploys to increase sales... bookie32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedigitize Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 But is't only in sweden or is it world wide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
351837 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 17 minutes ago, mikedigitize said: But is't only in sweden or is it world wide? Not in Serbia. https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msmea/home/locale.sr_RS/ThemeID.27659900/mktp.RS/Currency.RSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xper Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 In Danmark too, 1.500 DKK thats around 2.000 SEK :-) https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/mseea/da_DK/home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Italy must be seen as a country of players, since they offer a XBOX One as a bundle, instead:https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/mseea/it_IT/home BUT it is only valid for the 256 GB/Intel Core i5 - 8 GB di RAM (for a mere 1500€ you get the XBOX One included), the other versions have no such bundle. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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