Windows 10 upgrade

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[Nightmare798]

They probably figured no one would willingly purchase it, and decided to give it for free, probably with fuck ton of ad-ware like the money grubbing jews they are would.

[LordBerenger]

I reserved my upgrade YOLO.

Bill Gates > Steve Jobs/Gaben/Linux fgts

[Jona]

Did a quick check, couldn't find the "get windows 10 app" so i didn't bother reserving, nor do I think I will since you can still get it for free once it's released anyways. No need to reserve it really. Idk, I might reserve it on my shitty laptop just for kicks, but I like windows 7 and see no reason to upgrade immediately anyways, especially after windows 8.

[WITCHCRAFT]

what happened to windows 9

did i miss a whole operating system

[722_]

Hate all the stupidly large icons designed for tablets and phones, Ill stick with windows 7 I guess

[Moncho]

what happened to windows 9

did i miss a whole operating system

Wanted to avoid confusion with Windows 95 and 98, especially with searches where it may cause some issues

[Kafein]

what happened to windows 9

did i miss a whole operating system

This is actually an amazing story that involves idiotic application programmers using prefix matching "Windows 9" to detect Windows 95 and 98 back in the Millenium era, thinking they were being clever.

Due to Microsoft's almost-constitutional adherence to retro-compatibility, they skipped a number instead of telling those silly apps to fuck off.

[darmaster]

heard this was the last OS, or at least the last one that will have a cost is it true?

as if they'll update it and that's it

[Doom_Carrot]

I have never once had a good experience with windows updates/upgrades, so screw this.

If you guinea pigs don't have your computers all explode the day its released I MIGHT consider upgrading.

[Molly]

[...]especially after windows 8.

What's that supposed to mean? Windows 8 is a solid, good working version.

[Grumbs]

Think park of the reasoning to go from 8 -10 is to distance themselves a bit from 8 and acknowledge that it was an unpopular OS. Windows 10 will probably be a good upgrade, even if its just windows 8 with windows 7 start menu. Windows 8 is actually a decent OS, its just confusing and awkward to navigate, especially for people who don't know much about computers. Load times are faster, it will have Directx 12, better memory management etc

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Yeah, been using 8.1 for almost a year now on my home PC and for a few months at work. It definitely was confusing and frustrating at first, but, after learning a few useful keyboard shortcuts (most importantly win+s to search, akin to the search bar in start menu), i feel entirely comfortable with it.

Don't really miss the start menu thaaaaat much anymore, actually i'm more excited about what they've done with the command console and other things.

[Grumbs]

I have 8.1 on my laptop and still prefer 7. 8.1 just trained me to never press the start button and instead have shortcuts on the taskbar or desktop without really offering much of benefit, although it loads up fast

[Vibe]

Isn't it like possible to get the start button win7 style in win8 as well?