Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world

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Post by anilmujagic » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 4:06 AM UTC

Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world
blogs.microsoft.com

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Post by daemin » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 4:29 AM UTC

It may be a south-of-the-equator mentality, but it's not going to be summer in all of the 190 countries when Windows 10 is launched. differing calendars aside could USA-centric press releases just mention the month rather than the season?

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Post by cyberjunkie » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 4:40 AM UTC

Show us the Raspberry Pi 2 goods!

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Post by BigChiefSmokem » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 4:43 AM UTC

Is this for OEMs only? Usually it's a paper launch until October for consumers.

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Post by AnkhMorporkian » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 4:47 AM UTC

daemin wrote: post #2

It may be a south-of-the-equator mentality, but it's not going to be summer in all of the 190 countries when Windows 10 is launched. differing calendars aside could USA-centric press releases just mention the month rather than the season?

They haven't announced a month, and there may be good reasons for that. They may have a target goal in mind, but still want wiggle-room if unexpected issues come up, and 'summer' sounds a heck of a lot better than 'At some point in the months of x and y'

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Post by tdicola » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 5:00 AM UTC

cyberjunkie wrote: post #3

Show us the Raspberry Pi 2 goods!

Don't get your hopes up, by all accounts 'Windows 10' on the Pi 2 is a special version just for running GUI-less embedded applications. Look at what they have already for the Galileo/Edison (C++ only apps, no GUI) and extrapolate a little bit from there.

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Post by nerdy » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 5:06 AM UTC

It's going to be free for some Win7/Win8 users[1], I still use Win7 so I'm looking forward to the upgrade.

1: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873214/windows-10-will-be-a-...

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Post by Urgo » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 5:09 AM UTC

"summer" okay... so I guess by Sept 22nd. Not very descriptive for a news story..

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Post by aceperry » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 5:12 AM UTC

LOL, windows 8 users can't wait.

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Post by NeutronBoy » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 5:20 AM UTC

cyberjunkie wrote: post #3

Show us the Raspberry Pi 2 goods!

The terrible media circus that said Windows 8/10 would run on a Raspberry Pi forgot to mention that it would be the embedded editions of Windows, specifically designed to run IoT-type apps. Not the desktop version.