Microsoft announces Windows 10

[Amaris]

Never ever ever ever ever pay more than $89 for an upgrade disc of Windows, ever.

Seconded. Do you generally just get it in store?

I got Windows 7 for free, but when I bought XP it was in a store, and I paid $99 for the Home Premium upgrade. Nowadays, you can just go to Amazon.com and buy Windows 7 for about $80.

 

[Random_Spock]

Never ever ever ever ever pay more than $89 for an upgrade disc of Windows, ever.

Seconded. Do you generally just get it in store?

I got Windows 7 for free, but when I bought XP it was in a store, and I paid $99 for the Home Premium upgrade. Nowadays, you can just go to Amazon.com and buy Windows 7 for about $80.

Lucky. Cool. That's better than paying an arm and a leg. And I only have a pair of each .

 

[Jim Gamma]

What happened to Windows 9?

Someone posted on Twitter that a lot of applications and code had the form:

IF {OS Version starts with "WINDOWS 9") THEN
{ // WINDOWS 95/98 code }
ELSE
{ // OTHER WINDOWS CODE }

 

[Robert Maxwell]

the 32 bit ISO

wat

They still make those?

 

[cooleddie74]

I still use Windows 7 Professional as my desktop OS and have no plans to upgrade to either 8 or 10 anytime soon, and I read last night that Microsoft plans to continue to support Windows 7 users until the year 2020 so there's no rush to have to upgrade to a newer system. Its performance has been quite smooth and hasn't had many issues or hiccups along the way, at least no more than I experienced when I was using 7 Ultimate.

I suppose I could always change my mind if something about 10 just really strikes me as ultra-cool and a must-have for my desktop wants and needs, but as of right now 7 Professional does everything I need it to and I'm more than satisfied with the 7-series.

 

[CorporalClegg]

My one wish is they finally fix pass-through ASIO audio. It's been dreadful in 7/8 and a notorious source of headaches.

While most people can eventually get it to work after many, many steps, compared to the simplicity of using an external I/O device or DSD DAC on MacOS, it's really unacceptable.

 

[Amaris]

the 32 bit ISO

wat

They still make those?

I have a lot of 32 bit programs that won't run in a 64 bit environment. I've been tempted to install a 64 bit version of Windows for a while, but those keep me in the 32 bit world for now.

I still use Windows 7 Professional as my desktop OS and have no plans to upgrade to either 8 or 10 anytime soon, and I read last night that Microsoft plans to continue to support Windows 7 users until the year 2020 so there's no rush to have to upgrade to a newer system. Its performance has been quite smooth and hasn't had many issues or hiccups along the way, at least no more than I experienced when I was using 7 Ultimate.

I suppose I could always change my mind if something about 10 just really strikes me as ultra-cool and a must-have for my desktop wants and needs, but as of right now 7 Professional does everything I need it to and I'm more than satisfied with the 7-series.

So far, Windows 10 feels like Windows 7 with some nice visual perks, plus the ability to install apps. The devs are saying we're only seeing about 10% of the features, and that future updates will bring out the bigger stuff, like Cortana.

 

[MacLeod]

Some of us are still waiting for Cortana to appear on Windows Phone, should be by the end of the UK.

 

[Amaris]

Well, Cortana is definitely slated for release on the Windows 10 tech preview, but they're not saying when. I'm hoping soon, because I want to see it in action without having to buy a Windows phone, which I can't afford anyway.

 

[cooleddie74]

A close friend just recently started using Cortana. He highly recommends it. I'm still on the fence about installing it but I've heard mostly good things.

 

[Amaris]

I want Cortana really bad, I'm just pretending to be clinical and dispassionate about it.

 

[cooleddie74]

A good friend uses Cortana on his brand new Windows phone and says it makes placing calls and sending texts a whole lot easier for him and the entire smartphone data experience much more pleasant. What are your personal experiences with it and recommendations?

 

[Amaris]

A good friend uses Cortana on his brand new Windows phone and says it makes placing calls and sending texts a whole lot easier for him and the entire smartphone data experience much more pleasant. What are your personal experiences with it and recommendations?

None at the moment. Cortana isn't yet a part of the Windows 10 tech preview beta. They're going to add it soon, but that could mean a week, a month, or six months.

 

[eyeresist]

I'd upgrade this machine to Win7 if I could, but can't expand memory to support it. Only 2 gig available and a 200 gig hard drive. My dead machine was 4 gig ram, 600 gig drive, so I miss it.

The increasing system requirements and footprint of Windows are ridiculous. Why do I need to buy the latest supercomputer just to do the same things I was doing with my old XP machine?

 

[cooleddie74]

Which brings up another issue: the end of support for Windows XP. We could each list quite a few people and organizations we individually know who use XP as their preferred OS and there are still a lot of people fuming about the company's decision to leave XP in the dustbin. I've probably known more people who use XP than any existing version of Windows 7 (or all of the versions of 7 combined).

 

[down to earth]

Not sure if 10's gonna be any better than 8 but (imo) it looks just as ugly. I'll stick with 7, thanks

 

[cooleddie74]

Yeah, as much as I try I just can't get used to or like the look of the menus and icons in Windows 8 and now 10. Maybe it's the old fart and fogey in me who just likes and prefers the familiar and the comfortable, but the Windows 8 layout just doesn't look right to the eye.

 

[B.J.]

The devs are saying we're only seeing about 10% of the features, and that future updates will bring out the bigger stuff, like Cortana.

<scotty> Hello, computer! </scotty>

 

[Random_Spock]

Yeah, as much as I try I just can't get used to or like the look of the menus and icons in Windows 8 and now 10. Maybe it's the old fart and fogey in me who just likes and prefers the familiar and the comfortable, but the Windows 8 layout just doesn't look right to the eye.

That's how I feel too. It feels alien. I'm using the shell menu in Windows 8 tbh. So I'll know where everything is at .

I'd upgrade this machine to Win7 if I could, but can't expand memory to support it. Only 2 gig available and a 200 gig hard drive. My dead machine was 4 gig ram, 600 gig drive, so I miss it.

The increasing system requirements and footprint of Windows are ridiculous. Why do I need to buy the latest supercomputer just to do the same things I was doing with my old XP machine?

Exactly. Guess they don't take those things into account. They figure everyone is rich and can afford to upgrade and/or get a new computer every few years.

Which isn't always the case for everyone. Some people live on a budget. And the computer they have has to last a long time.

 

[Mudang Harada]

Which brings up another issue: the end of support for Windows XP. We could each list quite a few people and organizations we individually know who use XP as their preferred OS and there are still a lot of people fuming about the company's decision to leave XP in the dustbin. I've probably known more people who use XP than any existing version of Windows 7 (or all of the versions of 7 combined).

I miss XP soo much.