Moon Jellyfish 23,232 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Microsoft sets July 29 launch for Windows 10, begins download reservations Microsoft on Monday announced that Windows 10 will launch on July 29 across 190 countries, available as a free upgrade for both mobile and desktop Windows devices. For the desktop version of the operating system, Microsoft has set up a reservation system. Users of Windows 7 or 8 may see a notification pop up in their system tray — if a copy is reserved, a 3-gigabyte installation file will be downloaded automatically once it's ready, and let users choose to install immediately or wait until a better time.The desktop upgrade will only be free for the first year. The move is nevertheless a first for Microsoft, which has traditionally made most of its money from Windows sales, but is aiming to put Windows 10 on a billion devices in three years or less.The operating system marks a radical departure in other ways, as it will be a unified platform across computers, phones, and tablets, simply iterated according to screen size and processing power. Through a feature called Continuum, users of some phones will even be able to connect to a monitor and work as if they were on a PC.The operating system also comes with a new Web browser, Edge, and Cortana, a formerly phone-only voice command system. Perhaps one of the most significant changes though is the return to a more desktop-friendly interface — whereas Windows 8 forced PC owners into a touch-oriented "Modern" UI by default, Windows 10 defaults to a desktop view, simply merging Modern tiles into a restored Start menu.The decision to make Windows 10 temporarily free was likely influenced in part by Apple, which has made OS X upgrades free and annual. Whereas Apple uses this to spur Mac sales, however, Microsoft is largely dependent on software, and will need to make money through new installations, enterprise customers, and various other means. Source: Here Here are also some of the features that will be excluded from Windows 10, mainly for Windows 7 users If you have Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8 Pro with Media Center, or Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center and you install Windows 10, Windows Media Center will be removed. Watching DVDs requires separate playback software (Although it is said that they hope to release another option for this later on) Windows 7 desktop gadgets will be removed as part of installing Windows 10. Windows 10 Home users will have updates from Windows Update automatically available. Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise users will have the ability to defer updates. Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Hearts Games that come pre-installed on Windows 7 will be removed as part of installing the Windows 10 upgrade. Microsoft has released our version of Solitaire and Minesweeper called the "Microsoft Solitaire Collection" and "Microsoft Minesweeper." (Note:New version of Solitaire and possibly Minesweeper will be available) If you have a USB floppy drive, you will need to download the latest driver from Windows Update or from the manufacturer's website. If you have Windows Live Essentials installed on your system, the OneDrive application is removed and replaced with the inbox version of OneDrive. Source: Here So what do you guys think? Worth the try or will you skip it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salieri 4,473 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I HATE WINDOWS 8.1. GOING TO download THIS ASAP!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aoe 1,529 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 they can't count no way im ever changing my win 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riri 4,384 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Sincerely this looks more fucked up than window 8.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosinate 4,183 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 But what about Windows 9???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SONYEO 2,397 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Should I update it or nah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbangjyjbapshineelove 356 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 The previous upgrades really messed up my computer. I hope this one works out a lot better. I'm going to skip it tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch Nose 6,905 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'm getting this, it has a start menu so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Schulman 7,948 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I fucking hate anything that comes after windows 7 I use windows 8 and I fucking hate it and I was planning to buy a new laptop so errr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Ham 56 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 windows 7 was the pinnacle of microsoft operating systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendoan 8,110 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Should i download or ? It can aplly to lumia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page6lovers 937 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Windows 7 is great but 8 fcking sucks. Maybe in this one they'll go back to being good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haunted 5,365 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I just approved the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Lipstick 510 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 yeah I saw that pop up on my laptop too but I'm never "upgrading" from Windows 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Knight 1,542 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I personally attended a seminar about Windows 10 and it looks interesting. You can have 5 desktops ( including the default one, as far as I remember), and the interface design is kept to a minimum. Simplistic but nonetheless stylish if you ask me. Cortana is just a modified Siri and a lot of things I can't recall because I was too busy playing mobile Sudoku at the time. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKaiTales 3,483 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'm getting this, it has a start menu so ia but also I need deets is this an improvement on win8 because it sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxxiedavis 0 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 But what about Windows 9???!!! effectively I think microsoft said windows 8.1 was windows 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loeyeol 3,808 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 i probably won't update into it. since i'm quite used to windows 8 alr xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Knight 1,542 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 But what about Windows 9???!!! 8.1 is essentially Win 9. I remember the speaker in our seminar half-joked about Win 8.1 = 8+1 = 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Jellyfish 23,232 Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 I fucking hate anything that comes after windows 7 I use windows 8 and I fucking hate it and I was planning to buy a new laptop so errr I had to buy a new laptop last year and was hesitant because I had heard so many bad things about Windows 8/8.1. I don't really like it much either, but I've learned to coupe with it. 10 sounds interesting, but the update thing has me a little iffy because some of their more recent updates kinda messed with my laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 so that's why I got this "get windows 10" thing on my activity field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnude 1,928 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'll update it because why not but all of this extra stuff is just unnecessary and I'll never use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokpopandbeyond 1,623 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Since it's gonna be free for a year, I think I'll upgrade later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serilost 176 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 It looks interesting, I want to try it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salieri 4,473 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Just got my reservation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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