Overall performance wise am impressed with W10, though Edge is a disappointment in many respects, being nowhere near the finished product.
Hopefully this will improve in time.
In the meantime will use IE and Google Chrome.

Overall, I'm very happy with Windows 10.
It has been a good investment. (Of my time, not money!)

All the things that Microsoft wants us to embrace have no interest for me.
My search is set to only look at my computer... NOT the web!
All the tiles have been deleted.
Cortana has been (almost) hidden away.
Edge/IE? What is all that about? Don't know - don't care.
Every 'app' has been uninstalled where it could be...
(I'm a 55 year old man and I still have to tolerate an XBox app on my computer!
Never played XBox or Wii or any kind of computer game in my life... but there it is... XBox on my computer! Grrr!)

The OS runs all my programs just fine.
(Had to update my video editor [PowerDirector], but that was the only program that was un-prepared for Windows 10 from the get-go.)

My verdict is that it's very stable.
Boot times are a lot LONGER (yeah, who'da thort!), and updates are out of control.
Minor niggles that will get sorted out over time.

You should boot up in seconds because of the hybrid shutdown like in windows 8

Hi there

I'm another old Dinosaur --HATE XBOX / Most modern computer games / modern Thump Thump Night club music/ Facebook / twitter etc etc.

My idea of pleasant music is a night out at the Opera preferably followed BEFORE the event by a decent meal in a proper restaurant -- no "Take aways" or vile stuff like that.

However as far as W10 is concerned - It works fine for me - better than W7 / W8 / W8.1

I do use smart phones, satellite TV and multi-media streaming so I accept SOME modern technology is for me -- even when a lot isn't. !!

My main complaints

Modern popular music --HIDEOUS, most modern TV Excruciatingly boring and the whole idea of "Fast Foods" or eating on the hoof -- what's wrong in taking a bit of a break and enjoying a great meal in pleasant surroundings taking as long as you like over eating it with pleasant company --forget rush rush all the time.

Modern sport though (when they aren't all taking drugs) has greatly improved both for participants and as a spectator sport - and Modern bicycles are absolutely great even for oldies like me.

I think also a load of computer hardware has also improved incredibly -- some stuff would have taken me weeks to do with ancient hardware - now it can be done in hours at the most.

Cheers
jimbo

Anecdotally, I'd say that Windows 10 is faster than Windows 7, but it just doesn't seem as snappy as Windows 8.1.

Windows 8.1 is just extremely fast. It boots fast, apps open quickly, it shuts down quickly, etc.

You can get rid of all you don't want. Check this:
Remove default Apps from Windows 10

teachermark said:

Overall, I'm very happy with Windows 10.
It has been a good investment. (Of my time, not money!)

All the things that Microsoft wants us to embrace have no interest for me.
My search is set to only look at my computer... NOT the web!
All the tiles have been deleted.
Cortana has been (almost) hidden away.
Edge/IE? What is all that about? Don't know - don't care.
Every 'app' has been uninstalled where it could be...
(I'm a 55 year old man and I still have to tolerate an XBox app on my computer!
Never played XBox or Wii or any kind of computer game in my life... but there it is... XBox on my computer! Grrr!)

The OS runs all my programs just fine.
(Had to update my video editor [PowerDirector], but that was the only program that was un-prepared for Windows 10 from the get-go.)

My verdict is that it's very stable.
Boot times are a lot LONGER (yeah, who'da thort!), and updates are out of control.
Minor niggles that will get sorted out over time.

On the gaming front, I found strange input lag in StarCraft II. It wasn't hugely noticeable but scrolling and commands took slightly longer than they did in Windows 8.1, just enough that in a competitive game it felt sluggish.
After a quick Google search I found a number of users complaining about the same thing and all sources blamed Windows 10's Xbox application which is built into the OS and cannot be removed via conventional methods.
Despite never running this app or having an Xbox account to actually use it, it appears this was my problem. Fortunately, there's a Powershell command to disable the Xbox app and doing so eliminated the lag, allowing StarCraft II to play like it did on Windows 8.1. It was a disappointing discovery, but I'm glad it was relatively easy to overcome with some help from the Internet.

Well, that explains the Starcraft II problem, great .... it's the XBOX app .... haha man. How can the XBOX app break Starcraft II .... seriously. This O/S is seemingly not targeted for gamers. The DX12 is not even worth the hassle. Man on man, Im pist