Windows 10 For Free And The Demise Of Ie ?

[youngmafbog]

Whatever next?

http://news.sky.com/story/1412045/microsoft-windows-10-what-to-expect

[Gromit]

Apple OSX and iOS, and Chrome have been free for years. Those are Microsofts competitors and they cannot continue to charge high prices without losing market share. However, Apple can afford to give away software because it makes a mint on hardware, and Google can give away Chrome because it makes its money on services and advertising. Microsoft is primarily a software company, so I doubt we will see free. Maybe cheaper, or free for a lite version.

IE has had a bad petutation in the past. This is just an attempt to rename it like Windscale was Renamed as Sellafield.

Microsoft will skip releasing a Windows 9 and go from Windows 8 to Windows 10. Eh?

[hc4361]

Gromit, can I put an Apple OS on my pc?

Windows 8 was free, too, for a short time when it was first released as an upgrade from Windows 7

[hc4361]

Windows 10 will definitely be free as an upgrade for W8 users and possibly W7 users too.

[gingejbee]

There was an article recently in Computeractive magazine about this...a few different ideas about why Windows 9 won't exist.

[bazwillrun]

@ hc4361

Youtube has tons of vids on how to achieve this.
For the most part the Mac ios will run fine but some Mac software wont funtion correctly, Ffinal Cut for instance or anything else that needs hardware acceleration.

[mushroom25]

Microsoft OS numbers and version numbers have been diverging for some years

http://www.gaijin.at/en/lstwinver.php

[Gromit]

Microsoft could give away the OS on its own products, such as on the Surface, or a future Microsoft Desktop. That way they could make money on the hardware.

Or they could bundle more crappy third party software and charge the software vendors for the privilge. That might cause bloat and deminish the user experience

Or they coyld give the OS away but intergrate more services, like storage, which you would have to pay for.

Or plaster the OS with loads of advertising, and charge for an Ad-Free version.

[VHG]

>>>Windows 8 was free, too, for a short time when it was first released as an upgrade from Windows 7

I am not sure it was free (the beta was but not the finished product), but you could buy Windows 8 at a low cost (£25??). I know because I bought one.

However I still use W7 on all my PCs at home, I just don't like W8.

[Gromit]

After the very poor adoption rate of Vista, subsequent Windows OS versions were offered at initially a cheap (or free) for an introductory period. Microsoft lost money on that, but it was the loss leader principle.

[ToraToraTora]

Well W8 was a giant leap for mankind..backwards, pilo ***! I'm on W7, I stripped out W8 could not ith it at all. I hope W10 is better.

[Clanad]

hc4361 asked if he/she could an Apple iOS on a Windows computer... I've heard and read of IOS X (Snow Leopard) being installed with great difficulty and the end product didn't work very well. The overiding concern though. is doing so would be a contravention of the End User Licensing Agreement that all of us simply glance at and click on "Accept".

It's probable that Apple isn't going to send out their Gendarmes in the middle of the night, but you can forget any kind of support from Apple for the endeavor... however, if you're really serious, check this out:

http://www.hackintosh.com/

[hc4361]

Thanks, Clannad, I don't think I'll bother. I already have a dual boot system with W8.1 and Linux.

[hc4361]

VHG, I was a very early adopter of W8 when it was still in beta. Maybe that's why it was entirely free for me

[Jomlett]

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 will be offered as a free download to customers using Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Windows Phone 8.1.

Announced during its Windows 10 media briefing, the free upgrade will be available to all of those customers - 200 million using Windows 8.1 alone - for an entire year after its official release date.

At present, that release is yet to be revealed. It is believed though that Microsoft will make the consumer version available for download from mid-2015 - summertime.

[bazwillrun]

"I've heard and read of IOS X (Snow Leopard) being installed with great difficulty and the end product didn't work very well"

I have used every version from 10.6 and now Yosemtie on a PC and apart from a few things they work and run fine.

If the PC is crap to start with then obvoiously it wont run Mac that well...tweak a few Kexts and for the most part it runs a treat

[Buenchico]

My worry about an OS which will be free for the first year ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30924022 ) is that it might then only be licensed annually, so that users have to keep on paying for it (rather than buying it outright). Microsoft are already moving that way with Microsoft Office, so it wouldn't surprise me if they tried the same trick with their operating system.

[Gromit]

Buenchico

Agreed, Adobe do that with Creative Cloud. I hate that model.

[sevenOP]

Then after = slower computer ... or upgrade.

[ichkeria]

"One of the key features demonstrated today is likely to be Continuum - which changes the appearance of the operating system depending on how you're trying to interact with it.

For example if you're using it on a touchscreen you'll see a different interface than if you're connected with a keyboard and mouse."

Hallelujah
That was the real issue with Windows 8.

"The Demise Of Internet Explorer"

Hallelujah 2

Windows 9 probably skipped to avoid confusion with references to Windows 9x versions.

[BlackadderV]

The demise of IE is long overdue. It should have been strangled at birth. Yet it still has its admirers.