Windows 10

gjchester

Jivesinger wrote: »

My experience with the latest released Preview build is that there are still bugs which would be enough to stop them releasing it.

If you click the option to upgrade then you will get released code at the end of July, but it's by no means finished as of today.

Sorry your right in the context of the preview builds, but in the context of the upgrade being offer to everyone, the code you get by the "Get Windows 10" icon will be the final release code.

Its probably the last few release candidates being tested rather than major changes at this point. With 2 months to go there will not be any major changes, any fixes will go as a hotfix. The likes of HP and Dell have to integrate it to new PCs ready for sale on the 29th of July

I was trying to make people realise the code you get on the 29th of July WILL be the finished version, not a trial, not a beta,

gunte

Speculation but interesting article

supported lifetime of the device,

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2932558/microsoft-windows/microsoft-goes-vague-on-windows-10-support.html

RumRat

gunte wrote: »

Speculation but interesting article



http://www.computerworld.com/article/2932558/microsoft-windows/microsoft-goes-vague-on-windows-10-support.html

As you say 'Speculation' Long article with no particular conclusion and nothing new to add really.

Big_Graeme

gjchester wrote: »

Sorry your right in the context of the preview builds, but in the context of the upgrade being offer to everyone, the code you get by the "Get Windows 10" icon will be the final release code.

Its probably the last few release candidates being tested rather than major changes at this point. With 2 months to go there will not be any major changes, any fixes will go as a hotfix. The likes of HP and Dell have to integrate it to new PCs ready for sale on the 29th of July

I was trying to make people realise the code you get on the 29th of July WILL be the finished version, not a trial, not a beta,

Aha, though I'm not really sure any version of Windows is the finished version...

I would guess the latest internal builds are the feature complete versions, just bug fixing, bug checking code removal and removing the Spartan branding to do before RTM or what ever they are calling it now.

prowla

gjchester wrote: »

The Beta period is over, this is the final release code.

How long do you think it will take to stamp, package and ship a few million boxed physical copies to every country in the world. Its no different to the 2 months or so from final code date to release for other version of Windows.

gjchester wrote: »

Sorry your right in the context of the preview builds, but in the context of the upgrade being offer to everyone, the code you get by the "Get Windows 10" icon will be the final release code.

Its probably the last few release candidates being tested rather than major changes at this point. With 2 months to go there will not be any major changes, any fixes will go as a hotfix. The likes of HP and Dell have to integrate it to new PCs ready for sale on the 29th of July

I was trying to make people realise the code you get on the 29th of July WILL be the finished version, not a trial, not a beta,

Ah, OK - you are saying that the Windows 10 released on the release date of 29th July will be the released product.

prowla

Incidentally, MS have said that Windows 10 is the last and final version of Windows...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/11597114/Windows-10-will-be-final-version-of-Windows.html

Jivesinger

prowla wrote: »

Incidentally, MS have said that Windows 10 is the last and final version of Windows...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/11597114/Windows-10-will-be-final-version-of-Windows.html

Yeah I think that's the cause of the 'supported lifetime of the device' thing mentioned earlier.

Previous versions came out of the box with a pre-defined expiry date. It may have got extended (like XP), but you knew that after a certain number of years, it was time to get the next version.

But with Windows 10 (if Microsoft stick to that plan anyway) there won't be a next version so they can't say Windows 10's lifecycle ends in 2025 or whatever.

At the same time, they will keep developing Windows 10 and sooner or later it won't work with current hardware. So they have to set another end point; hence the talk of 'supported lifetime of the device' (whatever that means).

prowla

Jivesinger wrote: »

Yeah I think that's the cause of the 'supported lifetime of the device' thing mentioned earlier.

Previous versions came out of the box with a pre-defined expiry date. It may have got extended (like XP), but you knew that after a certain number of years, it was time to get the next version.

But with Windows 10 (if Microsoft stick to that plan anyway) there won't be a next version so they can't say Windows 10's lifecycle ends in 2025 or whatever.

At the same time, they will keep developing Windows 10 and sooner or later it won't work with current hardware. So they have to set another end point; hence the talk of 'supported lifetime of the device' (whatever that means).

I wonder what they'll be calling the iterations of Windows 10...

..maybe they'll go for the "mid 2015", "late 2016" nomenclature.

gazter

I wonder how updates from oem windows 7 will work, will it need the manual entering of the attached COA, or rely on the slic bios code of the oem.

If it is the former, i do hope they ask for the key right at the beginning. There are a lot of portable devices out there who have had the COA key completely rubbed out.

tavernman

This thread reminds me of the days when a friend said "I won't go to watch Malcolm X at the cinema because I haven't seen Malcolm IX or Malcolm VIII" :eek: