microsoft is about as good as naming their operating systems as they are good at naming their systems.
considering this is coming from the company that called their third console 'Xbox One' the name could have been a lot worse than just skipping a number
It wouldn't be right to call it Windows 9? So... it's not wrong to skip a number? Did this guy skip kindergarten?
[QUOTE=Darkwater124;46115059]On kernel Windows NT 6.3?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;46115067]6.3 is 8.1, this is probably 6.4
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Or you know, 6.5 har har[/QUOTE]
Can the tech people of FP please inform me on what any of this means?
[QUOTE=TAU!;46117069]Can the tech people of FP please inform me on what any of this means?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=The Chef;46115799]Windows XP = WinNT version 5
Windows Vista = WinNT version 6
Windows 7 = WinNT version [b]6.1[/b]
Windows 8 = WinNT version [b]6.2[/b]
Windows 8.1 = WinNT version [b]6.3[/b]
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WinNT version is the version of the Windows Kernel
[QUOTE=TAU!;46117069]It wouldn't be right to call it Windows 9? So... it's not wrong to skip a number? Did this guy skip kindergarten?
Can the tech people of FP please inform me on what any of this means?[/QUOTE]
Windows' kernel (core) is NT. As of Vista it was running NT6. 7 was 6.1 (I think), 8 was 6.2, 8.1 is 6.3. Naturally, this'd be either 6.4 or 7.
[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;46115067]6.3 is 8.1, this is probably 6.4
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Or you know, 6.5 har har[/QUOTE]
It's 6.4, The Verge posted a screenshot of the winver dialogue.
[QUOTE=Excalibuurr;46117040]Yeah. They could have switched to Doorway One.[/QUOTE]
la puerta 3
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i imagine that naming it 10 will make users of previous systems feel more behind, and thus more incentivized to update
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and the prestige of ~10~
9 would have been too good and everyone would never switch from it, so they jumped to 10 to release another meh one.
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Just read that it's a free upgrade, cool.
I'll wait until I know anything about the compatibility.
Then if shit still works, I'll get it.
They should have just rebooted the series and called it Windows.
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