Windows 10: Microsoft may do the unthinkable to make you dump XP, Vista and Windows 7

Microsoft may do the unthinkable to make you dump XP, Vista and Windows 7

 

The problem is going to be hardware. A lot of older XP systems cannot run Windows 8.1 X86 or X64 though they can run Windows 8.0 X86.

MS would have to provide some kind of incentive with the OEM manufactures to get cheap new hardware to these folks with Windows 9 already installed.

:)

 

Windows Phone app for windows

I may need someone that works at microsoft to answer this. Anyway, I don't want to buy a wp8 phone or a windows 7 computer just so i can use the app because i have xp. Will they make the app for vista and xp soon? And if they can't, then could they at
least make the windows phone visible on the computer so you can use itunes or bearshare to sync our wp7 phones.

 

Upgrade from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 10.

Very disappointed with Microsoft. Why is XP being excluded from the free Windows 10 upgrade? It is difficult to justify buying Win 7 or 8 just to get 10 specially on older machines.

Will Microsoft reconsider????

 

May be the version they give away will be cripple wear ? Cannot join a domain, no group policy editor. Much like XP Home and Home Premium. May even limit the maximum RAM to 8 or 16GB on 64 bit systems and limit the amount of programs that can be run on the desktop but not on the new user interface to force users into the metro mode. In other words not geek friendly as I like my OS fully operational and not crippled in any way.

 

Please, no Windows 9 Starter edition. *Doh

 

What would be unthinkable is;

...if they dumped all the gimmicks, stopped trying to force people down a certain path and simply produced a stable and usable piece of software that people liked at an affordable price. Um, what a novel idea.

 

I hope they provide a fair incentive for those of us who have paid for all of our upgrades through the years and are running Win 8.1 Update 1...

 

That's what the discounted upgrade versions are for. At least that's my understanding. With these quick release cycles they may have to sweeten it even more though.

 

If I was to make a new OS, I would separate kernel and GUI, something like Linux. kernel of course should be able to work on different devices, from desktop and up. Metro style App store and it's workings could be just an ad-on module. Another module could be for let's say servers and another strictly business without any of those eye candy and useless applets home users would like.

 

The only am always not happy is they don't do always have a basic edition of the OS; they're releasing. I don't think they will be giving it for free anyways.

 

Help, could someone please explain this please. . .*Smile

 

I understand the last sentence at least(Highlighted).

Yup, I doubt any version of the next Windows will be free.
Jeff

 

Here we go again with Microsoft should be giving it away free. They spend three to four years busting their butts, and now there are those who think that they are owed a free copy of whatever the new system will be. . .come on folks get over the I am entitled, so why should I have to pay. . .

 

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So true. If anyone wants a free OS. Use a distro of Linux of write your own. MS has to pay bills and it's not cheap to develop a top notch OS.

Free.. yeah.. not in my life time. Or yours.