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by vardump 4062 days ago
Last Windows. Interesting concept, essentially what people have been asking since Windows XP days - the first consumer version of Windows that worked somewhat reliably, and didn't crash (sometimes) multiple times per day.

Having used Windows 10 for over 6 months, I have to say I'm impressed so far.

When running on hardware, it's fast, smooth, has very low memory consumption. Generally gets out of your way. Multiple monitor support is best I've ever seen on any system. A lot of my pet peeves have been fixed, even the age-old Command Prompt is fluidly resizable, supports easy copy & paste and just generally feels... better. Still far cry from OS X Terminal or numerous Linux terminals, but it's getting there. Oh, they put in multiple virtual desktops too.

Remote Desktop works very smoothly and nicely now remotely over 4G mobile phone, 30/60 fps scrolling with all the window drop shadows and Youtube videos running. It looks the same remotely as locally.

However, Windows 10 Pro is still only supporting one simultaneous desktop session for whatever reasons. Consumer versions of Windows should finally start to support multiple remote sessions.

All this from a guy who loves to hate Windows. Typing this on a Macbook running Linux in VMWare Fusion. :)