Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for ALL current Windows 7/8/8.1 users

cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · March 18, 2015, 05:18:23 PM

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Girl of Mystery · March 18, 2015, 05:21:58 PM

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Doesn't surprise me. They're trying to get all of the idiots that are still using Windows 7 to upgrade hence why they didn't name it Windows 9 because it makes you feel much more outdated when you're 3 generations behind rather than two.
People are still using Win7 because it's not shit. Why go from something good(Win7) to something shit(Win8)?

I'd say they're pretty smart.
All new software is optimized for the newest generation of software and its completely fucking retarded to use outdated software, you're only hurting yourself.
It's also completely retarded to use a shitty OS.
>opinion

>fact

DAS B00T x2 · March 18, 2015, 05:22:41 PM

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>2025
>still using Windows
>not using a GNU/Linux based operating system
>not having your loli waifu as your background with a tiling window manager
>MMXIV+I
>using linux
>being a nerd
GNU/Linux supports "free as in freedom" though. Why else do you think all the pedophiles on /g/ use it? You need to convert if you want to be saved by the lord and savior RMS.

But aren't the people on /g/ just the kind of pedos who settle for kids because they're too mega-nerd to ever get with a chick of even their standing?

N/A · March 18, 2015, 05:32:23 PM

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Mattie G Indahouse · March 19, 2015, 04:49:24 AM

Lel. Windows 8 sucked so hard that Microsoft skipped Windows 9 so there's a gap between Windows 8 and 10.

gats · March 19, 2015, 05:08:02 AM

I have Win8.1
It's great

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Statefarm · March 19, 2015, 06:02:05 AM

I should upgrade my PC soon but I don't use it enough to justify a large purchase...

Sylvie · March 19, 2015, 06:24:42 AM

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Ehh I'm just sayin'
It's a possibility considering that gold users on xbox still have ads on their dashboard

Sylvie · March 19, 2015, 06:25:26 AM

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Doesn't surprise me. They're trying to get all of the idiots that are still using Windows 7 to upgrade hence why they didn't name it Windows 9 because it makes you feel much more outdated when you're 3 generations behind rather than two.
People are still using Win7 because it's not shit. Why go from something good(Win7) to something shit(Win8)?

I'd say they're pretty smart.
All new software is optimized for the newest generation of software and its completely fucking retarded to use outdated software, you're only hurting yourself.
It's also completely retarded to use a shitty OS.
>use Win 8.1
>install ClassicShell and disable all apps, shitty defaults and metro/tile UI
>looks, feels and functions pretty much exactly like Win 7, with all of Win 8's benefits and upsides
>best of both worlds

↑This↑

Isara · March 19, 2015, 11:13:52 AM

Interesting approach, but what does ensure that Microsoft won't implement something to differentiate between the people who used the "free" upgrade compared to people who are willing to give some sort of payment? That's not just the issue, what does ensure that all the various social connectivity that is integrated into Windows is truly private, not monitored and that there are tools in place to ensure what information about the user is used or shared?

Do you truly trust Microsoft? I don't, and this whole matter smells.

Mad Max · March 19, 2015, 11:16:03 AM

Quote from: Isara on March 19, 2015, 11:13:52 AM

Do you truly trust Microsoft? I don't, and this whole matter smells.

I don't entirely trust them either, but they have the best product on the market.

Verbatim · March 19, 2015, 11:18:20 AM

this might be a dumb question, but what happened to windows 9

Mad Max · March 19, 2015, 11:19:10 AM

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this might be a dumb question, but what happened to windows 9

Nothing. They skipped it.

Because reasons.

speculation here: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/191279-why-is-it-called-windows-10-not-windows-9

Isara · March 19, 2015, 11:19:23 AM

That's questionable, because they are not exactly the best, but certainly the only ones who are capable of spreading, and took the opportunity to do so. Microsoft isn't the best what an OS has to offer (nor any other OS for that matter; just for those who expect a lecture on Linux at this point) it's just that Windows is everywhere, and people might mistake that for being the case.

Microsoft is good at selling Windows. Windows 8 had its sales despite being shit wrapped with a pretty-looking box, and people still use it. Why? Because it's popular, because Microsoft devours violently its competition. There are also many technical matters, pros and cons that are better found by reading around the web. My conclusion, from experience, and at least the knowledge I posses is that Windows for all it may be, is not the best, nor anyone else is or deserves that title.

Certainly, however, Windows is just the most well-sold one, and it's the one that is marketed to everyone in a large scale and de facto computer manufacters love to put on their computers. (Because the users were educated to use Windows, from whatever source)

Quote from: Mad Max on March 19, 2015, 11:16:03 AM

I don't entirely trust them either, but they have the best product on the market.

Mad Max · March 19, 2015, 11:22:22 AM

Quote from: Isara on March 19, 2015, 11:19:23 AM

That's questionable, because they are not exactly the best, but certainly the only ones who are capable of spreading, and took the opportunity to do so. Microsoft isn't the best what an OS has to offer (nor any other OS for that matter; just for those who expect a lecture on Linux at this point) it's just that Windows is everywhere, and people might mistake that for being the case.

Microsoft is good at selling Windows. Windows 8 had its sales despite being shit wrapped with a pretty-looking box, and people still use it. Why? Because it's popular, because Microsoft devours violently its competition.

Quote from: Mad Max on March 19, 2015, 11:16:03 AM
I don't entirely trust them either, but they have the best product on the market.

I tried the linux game for a while back in the early 2000's. The driver support for basic things like wifi was a pain in the ass and everything had a high learning curve. I know package installation and driver support has gotten better since then, but the things I use the most just aren't available on linux - current MS office, current adobe products, most of my games...

Isara · March 19, 2015, 11:27:05 AM

Let's get one thing straight; the early 2000's were shit for home Linux users. Only recently some distros have been made, and work hard to cater towards home users, but where Linux excels (and where Microsoft also gets the majority of the monies) is the business sector.

That's why I want to avoid bringing Linux in the picture of home systems, because that's something that Linux, the Linux Foundation, groups revolving around free software and so forth haven't really sold the idea.¹ Unlike Microsoft, who applied hard to sell its values through Windows.

However, I will agree that Office is probably the most well-polished line of products available of its kind. Open source alternatives and other ones have struggled and still do to compete with Office, and it's good that Microsoft also develops an OS X version of Office. (Would be even better that there would be one for some Linux distros, but many things would make it impossible from philosophical issues to practical, and technical ones)

Quote from: Mad Max on March 19, 2015, 11:22:22 AM

I tried the linux game for a while back in the early 2000's. The driver support for basic things like wifi was a pain in the ass and everything had a high learning curve. I know package installation and driver support has gotten better since then, but the things I use the most just aren't available on linux - current MS office, current adobe products, most of my games...

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¹ Some have, but not until the recent years, and their success is only briefly discussed. The current events are stirring promising change, but we are far from there.