Check your computers for the little white Windows icon below to get yourself reserved for Windows 10. It'll be free for a limited time for those users of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.
Check your computers for the little white Windows icon below to get yourself reserved for Windows 10. It'll be free for a limited time for those users of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.
The dude abides.
The dude abides.
Yeah I had one on my Desktop this a.m. saying its "free" but I assume there is a "catch". Is Windows 10 going to a subscription model?
From ArsTechnica
Windows 10 is changing that. As announced last week, current users of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 for no cost. Microsoft says that this will be a limited time offer that will run one year from the release of Windows 10; we honestly wouldn't be tremendously surprised to see that limited time offer extended.
Subsequently, and in some ways even more importantly, those new Windows 10 machines will continue to receive updates "for the lifetime of the device—at no cost." Those paid major version upgrades that Windows has historically had will be going away; once you're on the Windows 10 train, you're on the Windows train, and you'll continue to receive a steady stream of updates and upgrades until your system stops working and you buy or build a new one.
Twitter: @3YardsandACloud
I don't think so. Ars Technica is framing it as an attempt to reduce the number of platforms that Microsoft has to support on a consumer level, and I completely agree that is the most likely reason. In the last year or two they've had as many as five viable versions to support with full security upgrades, just from a consumer level. That's insane.
Twitter: @3YardsandACloud
So coles notes version... what makes 10 better than 8.1?
well my "concern" is whether i get to keep my "old" version of Word, etc.....
My girlfriend's dad had to get us to help him on FaveTime because he had managed to open some app in Metro and it was just a blank screen. I will never understand why Microsoft thought everyone could naturally navigate a touchscreen UI on their laptops. I realize the same people are using touchscreen UIs on the phone, but somehow the learning curve seemed different.
Twitter: @3YardsandACloud
I'm never going to get a touchscreen PC for my laptop or desktop. I'll always use a mouse and yell at the kids to get off my lawn.
The dude abides.
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