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How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~
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Me, all the timeJohnny J. wrote:
How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think?
Never for me. I have Windows Update turned off. Marc
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As long as it doesn't make me re-install all my apps, and doesn't lose me any of my files, it'll be fine... ;)
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OriginalGriff wrote:
As long as
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Johnny J. wrote:
How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think?
Never for me. I have Windows Update turned off. Marc
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I have contemplated doing that, now that you have mentioned this I may actually go ahead and do that.
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I am guessing a lot of people won't mind being moved away from Windows 8. I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.
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Fredrik Bornander wrote:
I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.
Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu. :rolleyes:
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Fredrik Bornander wrote:
I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.
Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu. :rolleyes:
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Indeed, what can possibly be more controversial than a way to find shortcuts to apps?
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Fredrik Bornander wrote:
I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.
Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu. :rolleyes:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Richard Deeming wrote:
Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu.
Yay! This is the kind of improvement that users get excited about.. putting back features that they already had! :laugh: But when, oh when, can I get a resizable environment variables window? I've been waiting for that feature since 1995.
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How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time -
How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeJohnny J. wrote:
How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think?
They might have some legal issues with that. If memory serves, the Win7/8/8.1 licenses did not allow Microsoft to install whatever they wanted on the licensees' systems. Furthermore, I don't think a full O/S upgrade would come under the "important fixes" that most people allow to be installed automatically. If I were a lawyer (God forbid!), I'd love to prosecute the Class Action lawsuit for this! :evil grin:
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It will be a pleasure taking your money from you. It never happened for any of the previous incarnations. Why should it for this one (especially now we've had the U2 debacle!)?
Because this is supposed to be the last version of Windows. I'm sure Microsoft will find it much easier to patch errors if everybody is using the same version...
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Because this is supposed to be the last version of Windows. I'm sure Microsoft will find it much easier to patch errors if everybody is using the same version...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeJohnny J. wrote:
last version
One can only hope for...
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Johnny J. wrote:
last version
One can only hope for...
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
Oh, I'm not making it up. It IS the intention: http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2015/05/08/windows-10-to-be-last-version-of-windows/[^]
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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Oh, I'm not making it up. It IS the intention: http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2015/05/08/windows-10-to-be-last-version-of-windows/[^]
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeI know you don't making it up :-) I only say that: 1. Microsoft never told so 2. We had something similar (and this time from Microsoft) with VS 2012, but nothing changed there 3. Windows is the most profitable product of Microsoft, and if the model described in that (and other) articles is true it will make it as much as 5 times expensive as today to have a running Windows OS - most people will not pay that prize...
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How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeI for one have Corrupdates off so they'll have come and do a home invasion update to get me.
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How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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Richard Deeming wrote:
Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu.
Yay! This is the kind of improvement that users get excited about.. putting back features that they already had! :laugh: But when, oh when, can I get a resizable environment variables window? I've been waiting for that feature since 1995.
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
That's included in Windows 10! It looks a little different too; black background, off-white text, a flashing cursor; it's a real retro feel. To see the variables you have to type SET, to set them, also SET. NB: you can only expand it vertically though; horizontal expansion is still way beyond today's technology.
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How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timePresumably it'll be over a year; i.e. around the time they start charging for it ;).
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That's included in Windows 10! It looks a little different too; black background, off-white text, a flashing cursor; it's a real retro feel. To see the variables you have to type SET, to set them, also SET. NB: you can only expand it vertically though; horizontal expansion is still way beyond today's technology.
JohnLBevan wrote:
That's included in Windows 10!
Yay! :thumbsup:
JohnLBevan wrote:
NB: you can only expand it vertically though; horizontal expansion is still way beyond today's technology.
Boo! :thumbsdown:
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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I am guessing a lot of people won't mind being moved away from Windows 8. I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.
Try Grapple for Android, it has a naked pixel guy in it! Also, loads of blood and some snakes.
I'm hoping they solved the issue of mice conflicting with tablet devices. 17 months later, I'm waiting for left-click to work. For the time being, it's point-mouse, left-click-tablet.
The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.
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You have a year to upgrade to 10 for free. If you still want it after that, then you'll have to pay for it. If MS was to force everybody to upgrade to it in "less than 3 months" from now, then there goes that revenue stream. Still wanna have that bet?
I know it's supposed to be a free upgrade, that's why we here in NZ have to pay $98 to upgrade our systems. Nothing is ever free.
The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.
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I am guessing a lot of people won't mind being moved away from Windows 8. I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.
Try Grapple for Android, it has a naked pixel guy in it! Also, loads of blood and some snakes.
Windows 8 was so bad that Windows 10 would have to suck all the air off the planet to be worse. This is being written on a Win 7 machine and after testing 10, 7 looks odd, not bad just odd. Bottom line 8 is so bad after testing 10 and then down loading it last night 10 looks good.
