[QUOTE=itisjuly;47685295]This will get confusing I bet[/QUOTE]
Maybe. Or it might just mean you buy Windows 10, and then every year there's a new service pack that adds features, updates, security patches, all that sort of thing.
It'll make the initial update process hell, but they're already giving Windows 10 away to everyone who uses 7/8/8.1, so it's entirely possible they'll just keep doing that.
There's a lot of value to having everybody on the same OS, especially for developers. Makes sense they're finally doing this now.
[QUOTE=woolio1;47685303]Maybe. Or it might just mean you buy Windows 10, and then every year there's a new service pack that adds features, updates, security patches, all that sort of thing.
It'll make the initial update process hell, but they're already giving Windows 10 away to everyone who uses 7/8/8.1, so it's entirely possible they'll just keep doing that.
There's a lot of value to having everybody on the same OS, especially for developers. Makes sense they're finally doing this now.[/QUOTE]
What if I don't want the new SP? What if the new SP is so radical it breaks compatibility? Will we now instead of having XP, 7, 8... have SP1, SP2...? It can't be same os while also improving and progressing. All that's same will be the name.
Subscription model seems more and more likely.
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;47685352]Subscription model seems more and more likely.[/QUOTE]
They said updates and such will be free for the lifetime of the device, whatever that means. Also they get most of their money from OEM computers so it might just become free otherwise.
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;47685352]Subscription model seems more and more likely.[/QUOTE]
Doubtful. Microsoft is doing this to compete against Apple's free upgrades. Having a subscription for an OS would only ensure an even lower turnover rate than Windows 7 to 8.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;47685334]What if I don't want the new SP? What if the new SP is so radical it breaks compatibility? Will we now instead of having XP, 7, 8... have SP1, SP2...? It can't be same os while also improving and progressing. All that's same will be the name.[/QUOTE]
Then hide it in your Windows Update menu and don't click "OK" when it asks you to install it?
Same thing you do already when there's an update you don't want.
They sort of said this about Windows Blue too, I hope they stick to it this time.
I can't wait until Windows One
Windows OS X 10.10 confirmed
[QUOTE=Omali;47685418]Doubtful. Microsoft is doing this to compete against Apple's free upgrades. Having a subscription for an OS would only ensure an even lower turnover rate than Windows 7 to 8.[/QUOTE]
Isn't every major update paid or did they change that?
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;47685636]Isn't every major update paid or did they change that?[/QUOTE]
The updates started being free, then the os itself became free.
So next name is Door I guess.
Aren't the planning on remaking the NT kernel or like make a new one?
[QUOTE]He said Microsoft had in the past deliberately avoided using the name "Windows 9" and instead chose Windows 10 as a way to signify a break with a past which involved successive stand-alone versions of the operating system.[/QUOTE]
Bullshit. They did that so they didn't have to deal with the problem of the code that would make a program treat the OS as windows 95/98
[QUOTE=Megaman1811;47685942]Bullshit. They did that so they didn't have to deal with the problem of the code that would make a program treat the OS as windows 95/98[/QUOTE]
[URL]http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/01/windows-10-9-naming-rumor/[/URL]
Based on rumor, based on a Reddit user that claims to be a Microsoft developer.
[URL="http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/misc/misc/system/article.php/c8973/Determine-Windows-Version-and-Edition.htm"]This is how program versions are actually determined within a program.[/URL]
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;47685669]So are they going to be randomly updating driver models via auto update with no warning?[/QUOTE]
No.
Again, these will be optional upgrades. How does Windows Update work now? That's how it'll continue to work.
Well, it'd be a good idea once Myerson's gone to hype up a Longhorn reboot by tenfold if (and I'm hoping when) they revert back to the old model.
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;47686045][URL]http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/01/windows-10-9-naming-rumor/[/URL]
Based on rumor, based on a Reddit user that claims to be a Microsoft developer.
[URL="http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/misc/misc/system/article.php/c8973/Determine-Windows-Version-and-Edition.htm"]This is how program versions are actually determined within a program.[/URL][/QUOTE]
It's worth noting that there [i]are[/i] ways to get OS by name, it's way more hassle so it's be weird for someone to choose to do that
it's much more of hassle to get OS name over OS ID
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