Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Free Upgrade?
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#2Old and inaccurate:
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/window...
Microsoft has said the force push was a mistake. I suppose you could argue their sincerity on that, but the fact remains that they did remove it.
Re: Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Free Upgrade?
#3Old and inaccurate: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/window... Microsoft has said the force push was a mistake. I suppose you could argue their sincerity on that, but the fact remains that they did remove it.
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#4Old and inaccurate: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/window... Microsoft has said the force push was a mistake. I suppose you could argue their sincerity on that, but the fact remains that they did remove it.
That was about Windows Update "mistakenly" installing Windows 10.
The OP is about GWX removing the option to delay the upgrade.
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#5Thus far I have been spared the plague because my Boot Camp partition has less than a gigabyte of free space, so Microsoft can't install Windows 10 for me even if they want to.
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#6On the one hand, Microsoft gets criticized for abandoning millions of machines by dropping support for XP. Then, Microsoft gets criticized for not letting that happen with Windows 7 and 8 by keeping them up to date.
Do people tend to complain about Chrome's auto updates?
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#7I'm assuming this didnt apply to enterprise customers? The move from xp to 7 was a big deal for IT departments everywhere. I cant imagine them moving on from 7 anytime soon.
Re: Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Free Upgrade?
#8I'm assuming this didnt apply to enterprise customers? The move from xp to 7 was a big deal for IT departments everywhere. I cant imagine them moving on from 7 anytime soon.
GWX is very consumer-focussed, I'd be surprised if it was even installed on enterprise Windows versions.
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#9On the one hand, Microsoft gets criticized for abandoning millions of machines by dropping support for XP. Then, Microsoft gets criticized for not letting that happen with Windows 7 and 8 by keeping them up to date. Do people tend to complain about Chrome's auto updates?
OS upgrades aren't directly comparable to automatically-updating software. They bring big changes and break compatibility. In the case of Windows 10, it merges two UI paradigms together. When software updates itself, it doesn't typically hop to the next major version, anyway. Chrome and evergreen software like it are exceptions.
This is especially true for Windows, which doesn't have a seamless upgrade process.
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#10While switching to a new OS, especially Windows 10 is definitely a good move
Microsoft would certainly promote that view, but is it really? Am I one of the minority of users who prefers a stable environment customised exactly as I want it, instead of "latest and greatest"?