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Updating Windows 8 to Windows 10

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  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    they have promised support for 7/8 for several years

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle
  • 2 and a bit yrs left on win 8
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,864 Forumite
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    2 and a bit yrs left on win 8

    tosh....W8 should be updated to 8.1, and support goes out to 2023, why try scaring people?
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • GunJack wrote: »
    tosh....W8 should be updated to 8.1, and support goes out to 2023, why try scaring people?


    not mainstream support ,



    mainstream support =January 9, 2018


    extended support = January 10, 2023
  • Fightsback
    Fightsback Posts: 2,504 Forumite
    GunJack wrote: »
    tosh....W8 should be updated to 8.1, and support goes out to 2023, why try scaring people?

    Be very afraid GJ :D

    w10cross.jpg
    Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.
  • Not sure which involves jumping through the most hoops - forcing a reluctant machine to upgrade or preventing a willing machine from doing so...
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,864 Forumite
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    not mainstream support ,



    mainstream support =January 9, 2018


    extended support = January 10, 2023

    ..and your point?? Doesn't mean it becomes unuseable in 2018......
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • correct , just as win xp is still usable ,


    I actually stated that there was 7-8 yrs of cover available , however in post 32 , bod1467 , went out of his way to argue this ,


    why not challenge his statement , as in actual fact I agreed with you by saying 7-8 yrs?
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,864 Forumite
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    correct , just as win xp is still usable ,


    I actually stated that there was 7-8 yrs of cover available , however in post 32 , bod1467 , went out of his way to argue this ,


    why not challenge his statement , as in actual fact I agreed with you by saying 7-8 yrs?

    you quoted 2 and a bit years to go on W8 AFTER you made the 7-8 yrs comment, bod posted the link to the ms lifecycle page, he didn't argue any point either way. I called the 2 and a bit to go tosh (and even quoted it in my post).... make yer mind up :p
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    GunJack wrote: »
    :rotfl: :rotfl:

    note:- we may need to explain this one to RIK, that all went on during his sabbatical ;):):D

    I think you should start a new thread for this
    I would genuinely like to read this :T
    :idea:
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