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Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils

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Re: Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

stingraycharles wrote: post #23
knolan wrote: post #15

Microsoft really needs to consider building a completely new OS that doesn’t have the legacy issues that plague Windows 10. It feels like the paint cracks off as you root around each generation of interface. By all means keep a LTS version of Windows, but draw a line.

I understand what you mean but one of the powers of Microsoft is, in fact, their extreme backwards compatibility and it would be very damaging if they chose to throw that out of the window.

They could build a completely new OS and keep the compatibility with a compatibility layer like Wine.

Somehow I doubt the New Microsoft will do it right though. They don't strike me as the kind of people who give a shit about compatibility and user experience the way Old Microsoft did.

Re: Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils

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Post by MisterTea »

> Rebranding rumours aside, it is likely to include a host of new features, [...]

More ads? Mandatory MS cloud account login? Monthly update fee? CCP localization option featuring content censoring and reporting? cmd.exe rust rewrite?

> a more modern look [...]

New OS comes with a new look. The new look is not the old look. Water is wet.

> and a redesigned Start menu.

We went through this already.

Re: Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils

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Post by rleigh »

elygre wrote: post #187
cm2187 wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And OS settings scattered around multiple places (control panel vs settings), forced rebooting every 10min, resetting your default apps regularly, trying to prevent me from creating a local account, and for most of the life of windows 10 a broken start menu (locking for a long time, inconsistent search results), cortana. I am personally convinced that the windows developers all use macs and are not bothered by these…

I have never encountered a situation with forced reboots every 10 minutes. Do you have any very special hardware that might cause this?

I think this was somewhat hyperbolic, it's not that frequent, but it's still beyond ridiculous.

I run VMs on vmware workstation. Every 2 or 3 days I come in to find the system rebooted during the night. I've tried every knob possible to turn it off to no avail. Updates regularly reset all the power settings so it suspends after 30 minutes.

The lack of control over the machine's basic functioning makes it barely fit for purpose.

Re: Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils

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Post by ashergill »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #113

Honestly, HN may want to just consider banning any site that runs this news article from being posted on HN, because this claim is basically proof they did not do even cursory research before posting. Here's the 2015 story covering this date announcement, which bears no relation to recent rumors at all: https://www.ghacks.net/2015/07/20/microsoft-to-support-windo...

I don't think this article is based on the 2015 date announcement.

It seems to be based on a recent change in Microsoft's product lifecycle documentation.

Here's the story in the Register, published earlier than the BBC article: https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/14/microsoft_windows_10_...

Re: Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

DethNinja wrote: post #37

Windows architecture is a mess, I wish more software companies would support Linux as cross platform compatibility gets easier each day but that doesn’t seem to be case. Unfortunately it is really hard for game development companies to develop on Linux as most of the software used by artists require Windows to function. Hopefully one day my company will be able ditch Windows completely but it might take another decad…

I can't take anyone seriously who says "Windows architecture is a mess" in the same breath as they promote Linux Desktop, an architecture with no consistent userspace by design.

Re: Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils

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Post by xattt »

stingraycharles wrote: post #23
knolan wrote: post #15

Microsoft really needs to consider building a completely new OS that doesn’t have the legacy issues that plague Windows 10. It feels like the paint cracks off as you root around each generation of interface. By all means keep a LTS version of Windows, but draw a line.

I understand what you mean but one of the powers of Microsoft is, in fact, their extreme backwards compatibility and it would be very damaging if they chose to throw that out of the window.

Apple had no issue with virtualizing Mac OS Classic, and people were in an uproar when this went away.

Re: Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils

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Post by bibinou »

onychomys wrote: post #158
ocdtrekkie wrote: post #113

Honestly, HN may want to just consider banning any site that runs this news article from being posted on HN, because this claim is basically proof they did not do even cursory research before posting. Here's the 2015 story covering this date announcement, which bears no relation to recent rumors at all: https://www.ghacks.net/2015/07/20/microsoft-to-support-windo...

You want to ban.....the BBC?

You get karma fast on HN by reposting BBC and Reuters.
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