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Microsoft and Windows 10

Bollotom
Bollotom Posts: 957 Forumite
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Just when I was expecting news on Windows 9, Microsoft with all the skill of mindreaders have usurped my thoughts with the inroduction of Windows 10, thereby ignoring Windows 9.
Good link from BBC Technology News:cool:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29431412
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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    edited 1 October 2014 at 2:09PM
    Presumably named as such to disassociate it from W8 as far as possible...
    If Microsodt have any sense, it will be a free upgrade for W8 owners.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Big_Graeme
    Big_Graeme Posts: 3,220 Forumite
    ...or to get ahead of Apple who are on 10.9
  • Uxb
    Uxb Posts: 1,340 Forumite
    macman wrote: »
    Presumably named as such to disassociate it from W8 as far as possible...
    If Microsodt have any sense, it will be a free upgrade for W8 owners.

    If indeed there were to do this they could put out the upgrade automatically via windows update then they will in short order eliminate all windows 8.x machines out there meaning they can stop supporting Win 8 totally
    Which would be a major cost savings to them.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,304 Forumite
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    Hmmm - looks like you have to install the preview onto a Windows running system.
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    macman wrote: »
    If Microsodt have any sense, it will be a free upgrade for W8 owners.
    Dream on :(

    I bought Win 7 to upgrade a laptop running the abysmal Vista. I have a laptop running 8.1 which I find acceptable with Classic Shell so I won't be splashing out on Win 10.
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,426 Forumite
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    kwikbreaks wrote: »
    Dream on :(

    I bought Win 7 to upgrade a laptop running the abysmal Vista. I have a laptop running 8.1 which I find acceptable with Classic Shell so I won't be splashing out on Win 10.
    It won't be available in Norfolk until 2020:p
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  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    TBH I probably won't be looking to upgrade til then. I don't use the laptop at home and given the speeds I get on 3G here I can't see it failing to cope...
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    Bit weird having ye olde start menu back.
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    I only lost it for half an hour or less - until I installed classic menu.

    Let's hope it is a proper start menu so people can ignore the phone interface which MS tried to ram down everyone's throats with Win 8.
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    kwikbreaks wrote: »
    I only lost it for half an hour or less - until I installed classic menu.

    Let's hope it is a proper start menu so people can ignore the phone interface which MS tried to ram down everyone's throats with Win 8.

    It's just like before with a small Metro section.I can do a screen shot tomorrow if you want.
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