Microsoft finally prices Windows correctly.
Microsoft to Provide Free Upgrades to Windows 10. The article doesn't discuss how the different "subtractive" editions will work. I suppose you get a free upgrade to whichever edition you are curr...
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From what I saw in a PC mag article on Win 10 with photos of the beta preview, the screen is back to looking like Win 7 with a start menu like Win 7.
I recently got a Win 8.1 laptop and the first thing that it did when once I got it started was update itself to "Win 8.1 Update" which is the current Win 8/8.1 version of Windows and the one that MS will continue to support - announcing that they will not support Win 8 or the original 8.1 in a few months.
Win 8.1 or Win 8.1 Update started out confusing (I have been using and programming computers since mainframes with paper tape memory readers and punch cards) as to where to access the software I was uploading, etc. The Start page is actually a large start menu that is just a big version of the start menu. I also found ways to change settings so that the computer always boots to Desktop and also how to bypass the now required password. There are things about Win 8.1 that I don't like and at the top of that is that Windows updating cannot be turned off - it can be limited to just essential updates but unlike Win 7 and apparently the original Win 8 there is no way to turn off updates (other than App updates). I like to update when I want to and not when the computer decides. Then I found out a couple of nights ago when I decided I better back up the whole thing and use my True Image to create a full back up, that True Image installed and opened just fine but could not find my C drive. It did find the USB portable drive and the SD card in the laptop - but no Drive 1 or Drive 0 - the C drive. This completely baffled me. I then learned searching around that only True Image 2014 with a limited time update and True Image 2015 works on Win 8 and 8.1. I am not going out to buy a new version of True Image so I found a freeware backup with good reviews. I am still wondering what MS did to hide the hard drive from back up software.
Right now I have Win 8.1 Update running almost like Win 7 without any added overlay software. It does boot really fast. With a little effort it can be made to work - but I know that I have other software (business software mostly) that it is not going to run. MS has also made it Android/IOS unfriendly and I have not found ways to make Windows Apps play nice with Google apps. There are also many apps that exist for Android and IOS that have no app versions for Windows.
If Win 10 is an improvement - and it is straight forward download the free update and you have a full OS with no strings attached, I will update. I will leave Win 7 running on my desktop PC and I still have a second desktop that still runs happily on XP.
I recently got a Win 8.1 laptop and the first thing that it did when once I got it started was update itself to "Win 8.1 Update" which is the current Win 8/8.1 version of Windows and the one that MS will continue to support - announcing that they will not support Win 8 or the original 8.1 in a few months.
Win 8.1 or Win 8.1 Update started out confusing (I have been using and programming computers since mainframes with paper tape memory readers and punch cards) as to where to access the software I was uploading, etc. The Start page is actually a large start menu that is just a big version of the start menu. I also found ways to change settings so that the computer always boots to Desktop and also how to bypass the now required password. There are things about Win 8.1 that I don't like and at the top of that is that Windows updating cannot be turned off - it can be limited to just essential updates but unlike Win 7 and apparently the original Win 8 there is no way to turn off updates (other than App updates). I like to update when I want to and not when the computer decides. Then I found out a couple of nights ago when I decided I better back up the whole thing and use my True Image to create a full back up, that True Image installed and opened just fine but could not find my C drive. It did find the USB portable drive and the SD card in the laptop - but no Drive 1 or Drive 0 - the C drive. This completely baffled me. I then learned searching around that only True Image 2014 with a limited time update and True Image 2015 works on Win 8 and 8.1. I am not going out to buy a new version of True Image so I found a freeware backup with good reviews. I am still wondering what MS did to hide the hard drive from back up software.
Right now I have Win 8.1 Update running almost like Win 7 without any added overlay software. It does boot really fast. With a little effort it can be made to work - but I know that I have other software (business software mostly) that it is not going to run. MS has also made it Android/IOS unfriendly and I have not found ways to make Windows Apps play nice with Google apps. There are also many apps that exist for Android and IOS that have no app versions for Windows.
If Win 10 is an improvement - and it is straight forward download the free update and you have a full OS with no strings attached, I will update. I will leave Win 7 running on my desktop PC and I still have a second desktop that still runs happily on XP.
