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Does that support Windows 7/8/8.1? If not I won't be able to adopt it for a long time.
No it doesn't. Only works on win10 (phone, PC, tablet & surface hub for the moment, but they are expanding it to hololens and xbox one).
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The amount straw grasping I've seen when people try to justify their purchases leaves me unable to tell anymore.
Me too. I'm constantly surprised by the amount of Stockholm Syndrome reminding behavior in the tech world. I'm not sure if this behavior is more common in this world or I see it more because that's the bubble I'm living in. Watching people bending backwards to rationalize their irrational decisions never ceases to confuse me.
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I'm pretty sure it's illegal to circumvent the copy protection in the US, as well.
I'm no expert in US law but this US copyright office decision suggests that it's legal in some cases: http://www.copyright.gov/1201/ The case here seems more related to the MPEG patents though.
I think there was also the Sony jailbreaking guy who settled with Sony out of court.
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Can you not use VLC or MPC?
It's not about what "can" be done, you can also install the pirated software too, the thing is, by buying legally Windows 7 or Windows 8 Media Pack or Ultimate I have really paid the DVD playback functionality to Microsoft as well as the other features I've mentioned. Also read about the legality aspects of the Microsoft's DVD solutions up to now and of the open-source DVD players: http://www.zdnet.com/article/if-vlc…
Anyone here know much about Windows licensing? This seems like a good opportunity to ask. I never run Windows on bare metal. I only run Windows on virtual machines on my Mac desktop and Mac laptop; only for personal use; and only on the rare occasion when I need to run the odd Windows-only application. I would like to go legit this time around, but it's nigh-impossible to find any specific documentation from Microsof…
Any news on how to get a free 'reserved' copy? The Verge seems to suggest that you just have to wait, and it might take weeks, since Microsoft wants to do a gradual rollout...
Why reserve something for which scarcity is impossible?
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Really though, he does seem like a marketing puppet... I have to say the title of this posting is pretty suspect when combined with the account creation date. Edit: Ohh, green means new it doesn't mean poster. Well, who cares.
Really though, he does seem like a marketing puppet... Because I question the importance of DVD playing ability relative to an enormous , free release? Give me a break. I suppose this mean that you and acqq must work for Apple or Google or some other competitor that is trying to undermine Microsoft. By your logic, that is just as, if not more, rational.
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It may not be hardware hash-based. OEM Windows reads licensing info from the BIOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS#SLIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Locked_Pre-installation
My machine does not have a product key in the BIOS, it is older than that :)
The naked truth about this new Windows from user's perspective: http://i.4cdn.org/v/1438148570882.jpg
Not to mention a bunch of stuff (Do Not Track) that is set by default that has been explicitly enabled (or disabled, depending on defaults) to look worse. You can argue about whether you should have an "opt-in" for some of these things at all, yes, but this image makes it look like many things are opt-out, when they are in fact opt-in.
Telemetry is the same diagnostics that OS X and even Linux Mint and other distributions do.
Let's hope Windows 10 is a big hit with PC users. Consumers trade in those old XP boxes and hundreds of millions take the free upgrade. Then maybe within 24 months lots of old IE's will fade away. https://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qpr... Edge appears to be a much better browser: https://html5test.com/results/desktop.html