Windows 10 now installs easily on HP Stream 7, Linx 7, Linx 8, etc

Fingleberries

Hi All,

It looks like with the latest build of Windows 10 (insider preview build 10074) that you can now upgrade your bargain tablet from Windows 8.1 with Bing without having to go through obscure processes wiping the machine and installing over USB with an OTG cable.

You can download the upgrade.exe from http://insider.windows.com and run through it from there or you can configure Windows Update to pick it up.

There are still a few rough edges, but it's still pre-release software so that's to be expected.

One thing I have noticed is that power management seems to be a hell of a lot better with the battery lasting longer than before on the Stream 7 with light usage (browse the odd web page, check e-mails, etc.)

We ran a short news story on it this morning, but more or less the above summary says it all.

unkel

Now? I installed W10 running on my Linx 7 (€45) three months ago

Alanstrainor

Is there any way to upgrade from insider preview to the full release in a number of months? Or will it be a case of reinstalling? I want to give it a go on a Windows tablet, but also not too bothered if it'll just mean hassle!

Fingleberries

unkel wrote: »

Now? I installed W10 running on my Linx 7 (€45) three months ago

Haha. That is true, it's been possible to install Win 10 as a fresh OS on most of these tablets for some time with some fiddling around with OTG cables, USB Hubs, Keys, Keyboards, Mice and the touchscreen / network drivers

Yeah, I guess I should have put more emphasis on the easily in the title rather than the now part, eh?

pizzahead77

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Is there any way to upgrade from insider preview to the full release in a number of months? Or will it be a case of reinstalling? I want to give it a go on a Windows tablet, but also not too bothered if it'll just mean hassle!

http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-insiders-will-be-able-upgrade-windows-10-rtm-free

Alanstrainor

pizzahead77 wrote: »

http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-insiders-will-be-able-upgrade-windows-10-rtm-free

Cool. I might go ahead on my tablet. It's not a huge loss if I have to reinstall again, but good to know.

I'm very interested in how this will impact on my battery performance, my tab has some sleep trouble, where the battery drain when sleeping is atrocious. It used to last a week, coming in and out of sleep when needed. But now it wont last 24hours if I leave it sleep. I get around 10 hours out of it in use however. (Asus ME400c)

unkel

pizzahead77 wrote: »

http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-insiders-will-be-able-upgrade-windows-10-rtm-free

10 RTM will be a free upgrade for all 10 Preview users. Just as I hoped predicted