Microsoft to give away Windows 10 free for first year

Big_Graeme

Collabora wrote: »

Please you think so, as i have worked in this industry for many years i am well aware of the versions as i also sell these. But then again i forgot whatever MSE user say is the law and true and everything else is wrong.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I forgot you were the font of all knowledge and Microsoft is wrong...

Trinitrotoluene

espresso wrote: »

ME was a stopgap with Many Errors until XP was released 24 Aug 2001

I had the misfortune of upgrading my PC in 2001 to Windows ME. Oh god the blue screens still give me nightmares, probably (in my experience anyway) the worst OS MS have released in 15 years.

Big_Graeme

Trinitrotoluene wrote: »

I had the misfortune of upgrading my PC in 2001 to Windows ME. Oh god the blue screens still give me nightmares, probably (in my experience anyway) the worst OS MS have released in 15 years.

Yup, I was just thankful for all the leaks of the new code like Neptune and Whistler.

Trinitrotoluene

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Yup, I was just thankful for all the leaks of the new code like Neptune and Whistler.

Now you're taking me back! I can generally tell who has been around XP by asking them if they recognise this:

FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT etc...

spud17

Trinitrotoluene wrote: »

Now you're taking me back! I can generally tell who has been around XP by asking them if they recognise this:

FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT etc...

.......................8

NiftyDigits

jackieblack wrote: »

He quite keen to get a laptop as it'd be portable and he could use it, for example in the conservatory or living room rather than being restricted to the desk in his study. (Although he was also showing an interest in my iPad the last time I visited)

He can have both a PC and another unit you know.

chunter

So they're giving it away free..
Does that mean it's an upgrade to Windows 8?
A service pack?
Windows 8.2?

"Will this one have a start button?" The entire business community is asking...
Otherwise this one will be just another huge flop...

RumRat

chunter wrote: »

So they're giving it away free..
Does that mean it's an upgrade to Windows 8?
A service pack?
Windows 8.2?

"Will this one have a start button?" The entire business commuity is asking...
Otherwise this one will be just another huge flop...

Oh dear...

gjchester

chunter wrote: »

So they're giving it away free..
Does that mean it's an upgrade to Windows 8?
A service pack?
Windows 8.2?

"Will this one have a start button?" The entire business commuity is asking...
Otherwise this one will be just another huge flop...

Its not Free its a free upgrade if you upgrade in the first year, after that you pay for the upgrade.

Think of it a little like the NHS, it may be free at the point of use, but you pay for it in NI contributions. In a similar way Buy a new PC and some of the cost of the device will be to Microsoft for the licence.


Windows 8 is not just about the start button issue for businesses, its about the not insignificant cost of recoding a lot of applications to work in a new OS, the underlying change in drives and system management and the training costs to teach people the new interface.

One of the major reasons that there is a lot of XP still out there is there are apps that need IE6 and won't work in anything higher, until they are remediated there's no hope of going to 7 never mind 8 or 10.


Businesses with large installed bases have to balance the cost of an upgrade verses what they get, and in many cases there's not enough benefits to justify the change, its certainly not because there's no start button.

cheerygun

The money is no longer in the OS, the 'Apps' and online cloud services will make Microsoft millions later on. That's what they are banking on.