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What the story with windows 10 - how many versions will it have?
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Nettles said:
What the story with windows 10 - how many versions will it have?
Home, professional, starter etc.


We don't Know but might one given that he os will be the same on mobiles and xbox...:P



HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA!I just read that ms will delay window 10,as i said in my thread and that's because all of a sudden windows8.1/8 make a big jump in  my opinion!Autumn 2015 instead of spring 2015,so windows8.1/8 have enough time to reach 30% marketshare.:P



Microsoft discontinued selling Windows 7 licences in October. So PC-manufacturers have no other choice than putting Windows 8(.1) on their Windows-systems.

It's not the choice of the customer if the marketshare of Windows 8(.1) improves (much much slower than Windows 7 in aligned timeframes).



Conina said:
Microsoft discontinued selling Windows 7 licences in October. So PC-manufacturers have no other choice than putting Windows 8(.1) on their Windows-systems.

It's not the choice of the customer if the marketshare of Windows 8(.1) improves (much much slower than Windows 7 in aligned timeframes).


Oh i didn't know that!Thanks for the information...So only windows8.1/8 will be absorbing winxp marketshare?Ms is clever....:P



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Tamron said:
Usage of win8/8.1 surges after the announcement of Win10?
Let me tell you why, there's stores across the world stocking PC's and laptops that come preinstalled with OEM windows 8/8.1, and right now , windows 10 poses a threat to their stock, the average customer when offered the choice between a laptop running windows 8/8.1 in one store, and the SAME laptop, running windows 10 in another, the windows 10 laptop will get the sale.

And so, they are pushing lower deals on current stock to thin out the stock levels in anticipation of new stock installed with windows 10.
Happened with vista, happened with win7, happening now with win8.

Windows 10 is a good 6 months plust away. They arent thinning stock now.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

LurkerJ said:
thx1139 said:
LurkerJ said:
They cut its life short and cancelled promised updates. As a user of windows 8. I am not happy. Windows 10 has to be a free upgrade.

They did not. Dont spread FUD. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 will be supported for a long time.

With the usual security and bug fixes. Nothing else, just like VISTA was supported for "a long time". UI changes? Forget it. Want the start menu back? Resizable metro apps? Get Windows 10

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/build-conference-laid-bare-in-microsoft-leak-1207662

Exactly like every other release of Windows. Some things make it and something get pushed to later versions and something disappear all together.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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I personally hate windows 8. I think there is nothing useful with the "tiles" system. I dont find it convient or helpful. Then there's the fact that my gaming laptop just had a major bios issue caused by a windows 8 update...



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To all the illiterate people who think windows 8(.1) is so different than windows 7 try this:

http://download.cnet.com/Start-Menu-8/3000-2072_4-75852660.html

Now you have ur precious start menu and ur precious windows 7 ui without dealing with metro again.

Stop being idiots and plz do some research.

Windows 7 was a resource hog and ive had numerous memory leak issues all to be removed from win 8/8.1 my old laptop from 08 runs faster using win 8.1 vs vista or 7.

So please guys stop blindly hating microsoft. As a college student windows and office one note are my software BAEs.