Windows 10: Windows as a Service: The pros and cons

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Too worried to upgrade software. The pros and cons

Pro's tend to be

1) More Stable Phone,

2) Better / Faster Performance

3) New Features (Occasionaly)



Con's

1) If it go's wrong it can mean a trip to a care point and a few days without your phone.



TIps for a successful update



1) Never try it if you are susspicious about the stability of either your machine or your internet connection

2) Dedicate your PC to the upgrade, dont do anything else, no web browsing or chat, no games nothing else running

3) Do exactly what your pc/ phone tell you, don't try to get clever and think well they mean this

4) Unless told to do so, do not disconnect your phone unless you are sure the update is dead (give it a minimum of an hour to be sure)

 

Too worried to upgrade software. The pros and cons

The updates are for free dude. Direct from NOkia website or via PC suite:smileyhappy:

 

Now from my understanding, for the lifetime of the device MS will provide free updates for Win10. And you will have to purchase a copy of Win10 for new devices. ..

Jeff

 

Or does it mean that you need a new copy when your mother board or cpu die. It could also mean when the cpu becomes outdated.

 

Or does it mean that you need a new copy when your mother board or cpu die. It could also mean when the cpu becomes outdated. I agree that "device" is a vague term and we'll see what that really means when the final release comes out and that is clarified. I would hope that you could replace parts of your PC and retain Win10 for that machine.

Jeff

 

Or does it mean that you need a new copy when your mother board or cpu die. It could also mean when the cpu becomes outdated. I agree that "device" is a vague term and we'll see what that really means when the final release comes out and that is clarified. I would hope that you could replace parts of your PC and retain Win10 for that machine.

Jeff On most devices these days when they break while not under warranty a new one is in store. But Most desktops are upgradable and repairable and are long lived. I have an XP box that collects 13 analog signals 24/7 at one minute intervals and displays them on a chart also archives them, right now the run time on this boot is over 240 days.

 

We'll find out what it will cost later this year when the OS ships to non-Win7/8.x users who will have to pay for it. According to Mary Jo Foley @ZDNet, Microsoft has clearly stated in one of its blogs (she quotes from it) that Microsoft's business model relating to Windows hasn't changed--and that "Windows as a service" does not mean "Windows as a subscription." As a "service," I take it to mean that there will be no more of Win11; Win12, or Win13, etc. Basically, it'll just be "Windows 10" from here on out--different versions will be sculpted for different devices, no doubt, but superficially there will be no more distinctions made in the Windows family according to version numbers.

I haven't made up my mind about all of this yet...Still collating the data...*Wink

 

I tend to agree with that viewpoint - no EOL.

Just hope if this is the case we at least get SP's again - having to download a gazillion GB of updates each time you clean install is a royal PITA.

Ed: Having said that, Win8* is going the Refresh ISO route - which in effect is a slipstreamed ISO with an SP...

 

Most of the subscriptions will depend on the app installed and activated
The os it's self I would not expect it to go subscription
They boast most programs will work I verified office 2007 and outlook does indeed work Not subscriptionware *Wink
That was the only one I installed anything more was a waste when clean installing new builds every month or two
Love the gossip though *Biggrin