If Microsoft did this from the start, Win 10 install numbers would be disappointing.
this is why they are doing it now.
Windows 10 upgrades will cost $119 after July 29, Win 10 on 300M devices
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Re: Windows 10 upgrades will cost $119 after July 29, Win 10 on 300M devices
#22A while back Microsoft said that Windows 10 will continue to be free for customers who will benefit from it's assistive technologies. I don't know how they plan to implement this. Many assistive technologies are sometimes helpful to individuals that would not typically be described as 'disabled'.
It seems like such a wide open backdoor to continued free upgrades that it almost looks intentional...
Re: Windows 10 upgrades will cost $119 after July 29, Win 10 on 300M devices
#23So will they stop force upgrading systems now or will we come home to find a ransom note for $119 now and an unusable system? That part, by far the most important, is not even addressed.
As in pay for Win10 or stare at this upgrade modal?
I can't tell if your serious or sarcastic.
Re: Windows 10 upgrades will cost $119 after July 29, Win 10 on 300M devices
#24If Microsoft did this from the start, Win 10 install numbers would be disappointing.
Which has been the status quo for Windows. Microsoft admitted very early on that in general consumers only "upgrade" Windows when they pick up a new machine with the new Windows version installed.
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#25I'm still so undecided whether to upgrade from Windows 7 to 10. On the one hand a free upgrade to the latest OS is so very tempting, but then I read about how there is no privacy, people calling the installation malware, and the ugly flat UI look. Not to mention does it push that basic tiles screen from Windows 8 in your face? The one that is meant for a tablet/phone, and has no place on a desktop? I wonder if I'm go…
I think you may have a few mis-conceptions about windows 10... 1) no privacy... not really. Windows (like several other OS' and applications) will, by default, send data to the cloud for processing and collect telemetry data about the user. I really wish they had made it easier to opt out of (and indeed not made the privacy invasive stuff the default) but I wouldn't say that equates to "no privacy". Also with a bit o…
>no privacy... not really.
> really wish they had made it easier to opt out of (and indeed not made the privacy invasive stuff the default)
Which is it?
Re: Windows 10 upgrades will cost $119 after July 29, Win 10 on 300M devices
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are already missing out from games released on the windows store. Most from microsoft studios. Gears of War 4 coming out for Windows 10 only
The Windows store is the worst App Store experience I've ever had. I bought an Xbox Elite controller ($150) and wireless dongle ($25) to use it with Win10, since it doesn't use Bluetooth, with is a big part of why I got it (DS4 controller was having major issues for me in an apartment, I'm guessing because 2.4ghz is so crazy overcrowded here -- I can't get a solid 802.11AC or N signal across a 1-bedroom apartment her…
I'm not saying the windows store is good but it does offer some exclusive games and if that's the OPs thing then he has no choice
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#27You can lock-in your upgrade eligibility w/o actually installing Windows 10. The WinToUSB tool ( http://www.easyuefi.com/wintousb/ ) can create a bootable Windows 10 USB thumb-drive (or hard disk drive, which is much faster). You boot from this drive to lock-in your entitlement w/o actually having to upgrade to Windows 10. (You must use the Windows 10 "1511" update to do this. The earlier Windows 10 version won't act…
Thanks, I want to upgrade to Win 10 eventually, but don't really have time to do it before the deadline, your post could really help me !
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you may have a few mis-conceptions about windows 10... 1) no privacy... not really. Windows (like several other OS' and applications) will, by default, send data to the cloud for processing and collect telemetry data about the user. I really wish they had made it easier to opt out of (and indeed not made the privacy invasive stuff the default) but I wouldn't say that equates to "no privacy". Also with a bit o…
>no privacy... not really. > really wish they had made it easier to opt out of (and indeed not made the privacy invasive stuff the default) Which is it?
well some not great privacy settings is not the same as "no privacy" therefore I would suggest those statements are not contradictory.
Re: Windows 10 upgrades will cost $119 after July 29, Win 10 on 300M devices
#29So will they stop force upgrading systems now or will we come home to find a ransom note for $119 now and an unusable system? That part, by far the most important, is not even addressed.
As in pay for Win10 or stare at this upgrade modal? I can't tell if your serious or sarcastic.
Yes, exactly. I'm totally serious. Considering Microsoft's actions up to this point vis a vis Windows 10, it's hardly a stretch of the imagination that they'd do that. It's amazing how many issues in technology come down to trust--or lack of it--when you boil things down.