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Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

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Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

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Post by mcguire »

watertom wrote: post #13

That's funny, they think they'll stop supporting Windows 10 in 4 years, when 16% of Windows computers still run Windows 7. In 2025 I bet there will still be almost 10% of all Windows computers running Windows 7

When is the cut-off date for getting new machines with Windows 10 preinstalled? Push that out about 5 years to find the real date for when they can start talking about end-of-lifing Windows 10. Actually doing so can probably happen a couple of years later, but they'll still have to support it at a reduced level for a while.

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

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Post by johnchristopher »

duxup wrote: post #3

I'll be honest. I kinda lost track of windows, android, iOS versions at some point. And I think that's probably ok... I use it, it works, there ya go. Most everything I do really isn't OS dependent. I do fondly remember the days when OS upgrades was a huge change. I'll always fondly think of the Rolling Stone's "Start Me Up" and trying out OS/2 and various Linux flavors and so on. I used to spend HOURS customizing my…

Reminds me of a comment an FPS reviewer journalist made about keybindings. Something like "At some points I stopped rebinding my keys for every game I review, it's frustrating and time consuming. I just go with the flow now and basta. Bonus point: in game conventions/shows (e3, etcs, etc.) I can jump right in and be at ease, not relying on my 25 years old favourite bindings.".

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

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Post by GiorgioG »

hughrr wrote: post #28
spicybright wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most marketing is.

Actually I don’t think it is. Microsoft promise way ahead of time, fail to deliver, reduce scope, kick out a broken half finished product, get the customers to beta test it, change their mind on the direction of the entire organisation in that space and generally leave everyone confused and a bit burned out. This happens every time and has done for the last 20 years. Even the latest reinvention has just increased the…

You've basically described every software company in history.

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

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Post by fsflover »

speeder wrote: post #32
AdamN wrote: post #23

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I think he was joking. Windows 7 is EOL

Probably he is not. I use Windows 7 myself. I hated Windows 10, the telemetry, ads, candy crush, random reboots, updates that erase settings and so on are just crazy, and then seemly it often goes out of it's way to break important software.

> I use Windows 7 myself. I hated Windows 10, the telemetry

https://betanews.com/2019/07/11/microsoft-adds-telemetry-win...

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

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Post by delecti »

AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #43
yuyangchee98 wrote: post #37

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My personal theory is that Microsoft probably thought Apple would stay on 10 forever, but with M1 macOS moved to 11. 11 > 10...

Because I have a very low opinion of most marketing people that seems plausible to me, but Mac and Windows seem to have such wildly different markets that I think it is unlikely.

Seriously. I can't imagine anyone whose decision between a Mac and a Windows PC is a complete dead tie, except for Mac OS being 11 compared to Windows' lowly 10.

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

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Post by neilalexander »

curuinor wrote: post #33
AdamN wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think he was joking. Windows 7 is EOL

there are people on this cursed earth who roll with windows 2000 on prod, you know?

Probably the last good version of Windows. I have fond memories of Windows 2000. Everything after it, not so much.

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

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Post by hughrr »

ohgodplsno wrote: post #45
willtim wrote: post #29

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Yep, shows thumbnails for pictures, videos, pdfs etc. More formats than Windows in fact. Windows has been standing still, the rest of the world hasn't. EDIT: I used "Files", not the file picker.

Thumbnail preview is a _massive_ attack surface. All those RCEs in JPEGs, MP4s, PDFs etc are now potentially immediately executed upon displaying the file. No thanks.

You’re going to want to look at those pictures if you have them or do you just collect file names?
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