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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 ocdtrekkie »

zadjii wrote: post #4

> I also find this interesting. I checked Wayback Machine to see if that date has changed and it was the same all the way back in Sept 2020. https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/nx0jja/windows_1...

As noted below that comment, this EOL date was entered in 2015, by default, Microsoft commits to ten years of support for new Windows versions, and this is all that is.

People are getting excited about the news in a couple weeks, and looking for hints. And bloggers who don't know obvious things about Microsoft like the Product Lifecycle, make stupid posts that go viral.

EDIT: Also, here's the article from 2015 to prove it: https://www.ghacks.net/2015/07/20/microsoft-to-support-windo...

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

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Post by mauricioc »

willtim wrote: post #29
Lariscus wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does the file chooser show thumbnails yet?

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.

I am using GNOME 40 and I just opened a file picker in Totem, the official video player. I did not find a way to switch the file picker from "Details" mode (one line per file, with size/type columns and a very very small thumbnail) to a "grid thumbnail" mode where they would be recognizable. The related bug is still open at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/233, so I don't think this has been fixed.

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

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Post by ping_pong »

AdamN wrote: post #23
whatshisface wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly, support is starting to slip in major applications. For example you can't install Python 3.9 on Windows 7.

I think he was joking. Windows 7 is EOL

I still use Windows 7 as well.

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

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Post by hughrr »

binbag wrote: post #84
hughrr wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

The windows hating is so boring and childish. Windows, and particularly Windows 10, is a very good OS. It's not even open source advocates that dislike it so much. I think most Linux users would admit Windows is a solid option, if just not for them. It's usually just Mac fans.

It’s really not. So far this week for me Windows Hello has just totally broken, my thunderbolt dock has decided to no longer recognise the keyboard, I’ve had a problem where the graphics driver just shats itself every hour, the taskbar disappeared and wouldn’t come back and during last weeks update cycle it got stuck and had to roll back to a restore point. Oh and docker for windows completely broke and I still can’t get it to work again with WSL2

I am literally burning hours dealing with this shit on a weekly basis. It’s a flaming shit show and to call this mire childish complaining is nothing short of insulting.

”sorry I’m late for the meeting my laptop is hosed/rebooting/fucked” is a daily occurrence. It’s not good.

They need to do a better job considering I pay them money. That’s all I’m asking.

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

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Post by Growling_owl »

hughrr wrote: post #83
Growling_owl wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft lets you pirate their OS for free, you ungrateful punk. Enjoy dropping 3000$ for an equivalent Apple system. I'm sure you'll find the marketing from Cupertino to be more accurate. Wait, they are the quintessential company built on marketing..

I use both platforms (and Linux). What’s your point?

You can't criticize something that is availible to you for free.

It's like stealing a car and complaining that has black interiors vs. white pearl

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

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Post by athenot »

delta1 wrote: post #44
yuyangchee98 wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

“Windows Infinity” done.

To be followed by "Windows Infinity SP2".

We joke but these are marketing names intended to make a big deal of a large batch of features. With today's continuous delivery (ie. incremental upgrades) this is no longer needed, at least not for technical reasons. But from a marketing perspective, it provides the opportunity to generate buzz in the news with "OMG best version yet"-style announcements.

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

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Post by NelsonMinar »

corndoge wrote: post #7

Wasn't Windows 10 supposed to be the last Windows version ever? As in it was going to be evergreen? Did I imagine that? Edit: Yeah I didn't imagine it https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-ve...

The first paragraph of the linked article discusses this.
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