Windows 10

[Dick Head]

100% this. I'll be holding back a few months I think, till the wailing and screeching caused by the bugs and glitches has died down and it becomes a fully operational platform. I don't want to get Appled.

So there never was an Easy 9? Did Easy 10 sound better?

 

[Zukey Seagull]

Or maybe they did not want to get confused with apple's latest ios, which is ios 9

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

And they did call the third Xbox, the Xbox 1.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

But if you were going to go numerically through Windows, this would be the 13th release technically? V.1, V.2, V.3, V3.1, Win 95, Win 98, Win 98SE, Win 2000, Win XP, Win Vista, Win 7, Win 8, Win 10.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Having suffered the expense of the obsolescence of XP, if I were on Win 7 I would future proof it by downloading Win 10
But I am happy with 8.1 on the new computer . I find it easy o use

 

[Fungus]

But if you were going to go numerically through Windows, this would be the 13th release technically? V.1, V.2, V.3, V3.1, Win 95, Win 98, Win 98SE, Win 2000, Win XP, Win Vista, Win 7, Win 8, Win 10.

Win ME?

 

[Badger]

But if you were going to go numerically through Windows, this would be the 13th release technically? V.1, V.2, V.3, V3.1, V3.11, Win 95, Win 98, Win 98SE, Win ME, Win 2000, Win XP, Win Vista, Win 7, Win 8, Win 10.

You missed a couple. Did anyone actually have Windows ME?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Win ME?

Fogot that one, what a cluster**** that was. In the normal rhythm of things Windows 10 should be good.

Windows 2000 (amazing)
Windows ME (terrible)
Windows XP (good)
Windows Vista (terrible)
Windows 7 (amazing)
Windows 8 (bad but at least works)
Windows 10 ()

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

You missed a couple. Did anyone actually have Windows ME?

I'm pretty sure I had windows ME for a while on a computer my parents bought, BSOD hell.

 

[BLOCK F]

You missed a couple. Did anyone actually have Windows ME?

Possibly Kevin Pietersen?

 

[Badger]

Possibly Kevin Pietersen?

It probably stood for "My Ego".

 

[Superphil]

You missed a couple. Did anyone actually have Windows ME?

Millennium Edition I seem to recall, not a good version.

My brother in law is a senior technical project manager at Microsoft, so I have been 'fortunate' to receive the top line version of every Windows OS since Windows 3, as well as MS Office each time it gets an unnecessary update. Oh, and X-Boxes, but as I am over the age of 18, and not in full time education, I don't have a use for them.

 

[Igzilla]

Let's hope Microsoft remembered to check Windows 10 as well...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33608364

 

[Igzilla]

Millennium Edition I seem to recall, not a good version.

My brother in law is a senior technical project manager at Microsoft, so I have been 'fortunate' to receive the top line version of every Windows OS since Windows 3, as well as MS Office each time it gets an unnecessary update. Oh, and X-Boxes, but as I am over the age of 18, and not in full time education, I don't have a use for them.

I had Windows Me for a while. Reminded me of this...

 

[Landgull]

So there never was a Windows 9? Did Windows 10 sound better?

There was inhouse but with so many problems it was decided to start aflesh and hence they moved to 10.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

It sounds like madness to take the first version of any operating system. Wait for the first service pack at least.

Leading, not Bleeding Edge.

 

[Landgull]

They have got a new internet browser, which is supposed to be much faster and easier to use. Compared to internet explorer which is poop.

Internet Explorer is used in more computers around the world than any other browser.

 

[Landgull]

So what makes Windows 10 "light years" ahead of Windows 7? Stability? Speed? Compatibility Install size? Or looks a bit fancier and links to Social Media? I genuinely haven't seen it but I'm intrigued to know why you think it is the dogs compared to Windows 7 and presumably why I should upgrade my estate of 200+ PCs immediately? There will obviously be improvements but to me, Windows 7 is the new Windows XP. It is stable, is fully supported for drivers, will still receive security updates for a while yet and is compatible with all the apps I need it to run. So what is Windows 10 USP other than the fact it isn't Windows 8?

Well it looks as though a massive well known military organisation don't agree as they have just spent million of dollars to keep WinXP updated.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Well it looks as though a massive well known military organisation don't agree as they have just spent million of dollars to keep WinXP updated.

Probably more to do with their legacy systems not being rewritten to work with 7 I would guess. Or a refusal to upgrade to hardware capable of running 7. We still have a few XP machines around that I am trying to find time to replace/upgrade but staying with XP forever seems like a bad idea to me. We will probably move to Windows 10 in time as you need to move forward but rushing as an early adopter is never a great idea and 7 does everything we need and is patched so we will stay with it for a while yet. Mind you, a few years ago, cashpoints were still running NT. I had one reboot on me whilst using it and the NT boot screen is very distinctive.

 

[Landgull]

No, it's free to upgrade if you do so within the first 12 months, but if you're too slow out of the blocks you will have to pay (although that might be relaxed).

They will NOT charge a monthly fee once the 12 months are up - all future updates will be free also: MS will make their money instead from enterprise licences (who are exempt from the free upgrade), Office subscriptions and other cloud/infrastructure services.

I'm advised that whilst you say "all future updates will also be free" that's because you will have no choice as the updates will be automatically installed on to your computer whether you like them or not.