Windows 10... From an Apple Guy

ReadyToGo wrote:
Two points. MS did and still does have a program to determine if your computer can run Win 10. It is great in the that you don't have to remember if you are running hopscotch or purple or ice cream whatever.
I guess you aren't old enough to remember that Win10 was free when it was released and is free on any new PC.

I do remember that Windows 10 was free for a period of time. But one had to have a Windows 7 or Windows 8 license. Computer manufacturers, still had to pay Microsoft to install Windows 10.

Unlike Mac users, most Windows users are one-and-done as far as operating systems go. They buy a computer and stay with that OS until they buy a new computer. Microsoft needed to get a large user base for Windows 10, if for no other reason, for all of the Windows 10's hooks into the Microsoft ecosystem of services. It took Windows 10, 2.5 years to overtake Windows 7 and the predominant OS on PCs. (About 43% to 43%) Why so long for a free OS? The current MacOS is running on about 46% of the Macs and its been out less than a year. Mac users tend to keep computers longer - my travel computer is a mid 2009 - and the older machines can't run High Sierra.

Don't get me wrong, I think Windows 10 is the best OS Microsoft has produced. I love it.

Back to my previous post on what computers will run MacOS Mojave. I watched excerpts of Apple's Keynote and though I heard them say, Mojave would run on any computers that run High Sierra. Whether they did or not, that doesn't seem to be the case. In a later release, they provided a list of computers that could run Mojave.

MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer)
Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
iMac (Late 2012 or newer)
iMac Pro (2017)
Mac Pro (Late 2013, plus mid 2010 and mid 2012 models with recommended Metal-capable GPU)

Tom