Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free

Gonzo · 30th July 2015, 08:38 PM

Zeluvia · 30th July 2015, 08:40 PM

nm, I have no idea why MS is doing this, But I Don't Like them )

Zeluvia · 30th July 2015, 08:50 PM

Okay skimmmed about 5 articles...this is probably the closest reasoning, i.e, they will be transitioning to a F2P, or also known as P2Win model = p

"But don't think Microsoft is getting touchy-feely. The software maker's chief operating office recently spoke about moving from one-time licensing fees to an "annuity conversion," meaning that the company may still be trying to figure out how to loop people, or at least corporations, into paying an annual fee."

Gonzo · 30th July 2015, 09:11 PM

So do you or don't you think they are collecting wrongful amounts personal information about people? You deleted your link, so now I am double confused what you are talking about.

Zeluvia · 30th July 2015, 09:34 PM

The windows 10 test version was accused of that. Honestly I haven't been keeping up with what MS is up too.

But I don't like them : )

Zeluvia · 30th July 2015, 09:37 PM

https://edri.org/microsofts-new-smal...l-data-abused

Majiffy · 30th July 2015, 11:39 PM

Im not doing 10 until i have to. 7 is pretty good now. Liked XP prior. Vista was... tolerable. Kinda like Jerome.

Gonzo · 30th July 2015, 11:42 PM

I don't know, I'm doing this new thing where I don't read his posts and I'm really digging it.

Martin.au · 7th August 2015, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gonzo

and then tell me what's wrong with it
.

I tried. I failed.
Apparently my Macs are too complicated for Windows to successfully upgrade from 8.1. I can understand it freaking out on the Mac Pro (Windows boots from an external thunderbolt drive), but I thought my Macbook Pro would be fine (though in retrospect, I think it's a clone of the Mac Pro's bootcamp drive).

Oh well.

Dionysus · 7th August 2015, 04:14 PM

Have they done that same wonderful thing with 10 that they did with 7? That is have it not support any of your software so you have to buy it all again?

borealis · 7th August 2015, 05:14 PM

My husband upgraded to 10 on his win7 laptop. No problems, bit of a learning curve on new features, very smooth transition, all software he has still working fine, his desktop bg image stayed the same, and I haven't suddenly seen his porn collection.

TBH I don't think he has one, he hates dling stuff.

Dionysus · 7th August 2015, 05:19 PM

Oh lol yeah, I read that it scans through your My Pictures folder and does an auto slide show - causing a few frank family exchanges. Gawd I hate automatic stuff - as per the earlier car window discussion.

Eta: nevertheless that's good to know they've actually attempted some kind of backwards compatibility this time. Was frankly amazed they got away with that shit at version 7.

gib · 8th August 2015, 12:46 PM

can i put this on my machine that's running xp?

Zeluvia · 8th August 2015, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gib

can i put this on my machine that's running xp?

No. You have to go to 7 at least. And probably upgrade your computer cause after xp, win becomes a processor intensive program. I could run XP with 17 background processes. No way can you trim win7 down that low.

I know it sucks. I loved xp.

Dionysus · 8th August 2015, 02:16 PM

I got a solid state drive for the speed and all but back then they were only 125 Gb. You could get a 250 Gb but wildly expensive. Anyway, Win 7 took over half the drive volume just for itself. Couldn't believe it - brand new machine and half full just with the OS!

MondoVman · 8th August 2015, 04:06 PM

My friends have a walk-in-closet that can't be entered without first removing the single bed mattress set. Hope their fire extinguisher isn't in there.

Cunt · 8th August 2015, 04:09 PM

I have been using 10 for some time now, with no important issues.

People did warn me that ms would have too much of my data, but they traded it with a delicious free os, so I don't care too much if they watch me rub one out through my camera now and then.

I have a neighbour who has been running specialty programs for years, and he was delighted with it. Says that 10 is more compatible with his outdated shit than 7 was.

Sure, ms is hate-able, but on the other hand, look how they merged the metro panel in with the other

spruce · 1st September 2015, 08:05 PM

I've just taken the plunge, upgrading from 7. It took about 2 hours for me to download and install, but hey, I made it back here so so-far-so-good.

Dionysus · 1st September 2015, 08:35 PM

I don't trust 'em

What's in it for them? Why are they giving us all a free OS? One that actually seems like it might be half-sensibly designed? You guys know there's no happy ending to this. This is MS we're talking about here - not your good fairy.

Majiffy · 1st September 2015, 11:39 PM

Keeping my 7.

IT WORKS GREAT, DAMNIT!

Timewave · 1st September 2015, 11:53 PM

I'm loaded up on ms10 to hunt bear.
close on two weeks now i guess.
no problems except i'm not hunting bear.
jus' mice

serious, all i am using is internet an' adobe photoshop, (very occasionally).
what could go wrong?

Dionysus · 2nd September 2015, 12:19 AM

You having to pay rental for Adobe PS TW?

spruce · 2nd September 2015, 12:38 AM

And he's got rats.

Dionysus · 2nd September 2015, 12:45 AM

Going to take a wild punt on what Win10 is all about - I'm drunk and just made it up - and it’s based on the following postulates:

Corporations exist to make profit.
The larger the Corporation the more all-consuming the profit making drive is.
The software industry is making significant moves towards a new business model where no one buys and owns software but it is rented allowing a continuous revenue stream.
Win10 is designed to maximise the potential for this and take a % of the resulting profit boom.
Win10 has a significant component for the detection and disabling of pirate software.

Majiffy · 2nd September 2015, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dionysus

[*]Win10 has a significant component for the detection and disabling of pirate software.

Yep, keeping 7!

30th July 2015, 08:38 PM	#277139 / #1
Gonzo Some may never live, but the crazy never die. Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Savage American English	Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free and then tell me what's wrong with it . __________________ Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak, in the freak kingdom... “The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” textpress/CFb

30th July 2015, 08:40 PM	#277141 / #2
Zeluvia Send Cash or Drugs Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Evil Duckess	nm, I have no idea why MS is doing this, But I Don't Like them ) __________________ Last edited by Zeluvia; 30th July 2015 at 08:45 PM.

30th July 2015, 08:50 PM	#277142 / #3
Zeluvia Send Cash or Drugs Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Evil Duckess	Okay skimmmed about 5 articles...this is probably the closest reasoning, i.e, they will be transitioning to a F2P, or also known as P2Win model = p "But don't think Microsoft is getting touchy-feely. The software maker's chief operating office recently spoke about moving from one-time licensing fees to an "annuity conversion," meaning that the company may still be trying to figure out how to loop people, or at least corporations, into paying an annual fee." __________________

30th July 2015, 09:11 PM	#277145 / #4
Gonzo Some may never live, but the crazy never die. Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Savage American English	So do you or don't you think they are collecting wrongful amounts personal information about people? You deleted your link, so now I am double confused what you are talking about. __________________ Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak, in the freak kingdom... “The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” textpress/CFb

30th July 2015, 09:34 PM	#277152 / #5
Zeluvia Send Cash or Drugs Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Evil Duckess	The windows 10 test version was accused of that. Honestly I haven't been keeping up with what MS is up too. But I don't like them : ) __________________

30th July 2015, 09:37 PM	#277154 / #6
Zeluvia Send Cash or Drugs Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Evil Duckess	https://edri.org/microsofts-new-smal...l-data-abused __________________

30th July 2015, 11:39 PM	#277162 / #7
Majiffy I'll have you know I'm popular on many web forums Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Buffalo, NY	Im not doing 10 until i have to. 7 is pretty good now. Liked XP prior. Vista was... tolerable. Kinda like Jerome. __________________ Herpy derpy jerfy! ʘᴥʘ pledged my daily allegiance to Satan and pear-shaped air hockey turntable earth Vivere diu rebellionus! Proud propagator of the "fire for warmth" myth

30th July 2015, 11:42 PM	#277164 / #8
Gonzo Some may never live, but the crazy never die. Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Savage American English	I don't know, I'm doing this new thing where I don't read his posts and I'm really digging it. __________________ Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak, in the freak kingdom... “The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” textpress/CFb

7th August 2015, 04:14 PM	#279247 / #10
Dionysus absinthe minded	Have they done that same wonderful thing with 10 that they did with 7? That is have it not support any of your software so you have to buy it all again?

7th August 2015, 05:14 PM	#279257 / #11
borealis poikilothermic Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Canada	My husband upgraded to 10 on his win7 laptop. No problems, bit of a learning curve on new features, very smooth transition, all software he has still working fine, his desktop bg image stayed the same, and I haven't suddenly seen his porn collection. TBH I don't think he has one, he hates dling stuff. __________________

7th August 2015, 05:19 PM	#279259 / #12
Dionysus absinthe minded	Oh lol yeah, I read that it scans through your My Pictures folder and does an auto slide show - causing a few frank family exchanges. Gawd I hate automatic stuff - as per the earlier car window discussion. Eta: nevertheless that's good to know they've actually attempted some kind of backwards compatibility this time. Was frankly amazed they got away with that shit at version 7.

8th August 2015, 12:46 PM	#279417 / #13
gib mild mannered janitor Read my posts with the following stupid accent: the thin one out of Laurel & Hardy	can i put this on my machine that's running xp? __________________ communicating my inner something since 2017

8th August 2015, 02:16 PM	#279427 / #15
Dionysus absinthe minded	I got a solid state drive for the speed and all but back then they were only 125 Gb. You could get a 250 Gb but wildly expensive. Anyway, Win 7 took over half the drive volume just for itself. Couldn't believe it - brand new machine and half full just with the OS!

8th August 2015, 04:06 PM	#279460 / #16
MondoVman Giant Member Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Southwest Atlantica	My friends have a walk-in-closet that can't be entered without first removing the single bed mattress set. Hope their fire extinguisher isn't in there. __________________ Never see them let you sweat! Online dating is less painful than playing mafia.

8th August 2015, 04:09 PM	#279461 / #17
Cunt Unregistered member Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Circum-polar region	I have been using 10 for some time now, with no important issues. People did warn me that ms would have too much of my data, but they traded it with a delicious free os, so I don't care too much if they watch me rub one out through my camera now and then. I have a neighbour who has been running specialty programs for years, and he was delighted with it. Says that 10 is more compatible with his outdated shit than 7 was. Sure, ms is hate-able, but on the other hand, look how they merged the metro panel in with the other __________________ --------- Shit, Piss, Cock, Cunt, Motherfucker, Cocksucker and Tits. -Lenny Bruce Caution Feminism IS the Patriarchy.

1st September 2015, 08:05 PM	#284494 / #18
spruce redolent needling balm Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Appalachia, CSA	I've just taken the plunge, upgrading from 7. It took about 2 hours for me to download and install, but hey, I made it back here so so-far-so-good. __________________ "She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside 'er." - MSG (of diva) *** ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ *** I smell the STANK OF DEF!

1st September 2015, 08:35 PM	#284496 / #19
Dionysus absinthe minded	I don't trust 'em What's in it for them? Why are they giving us all a free OS? One that actually seems like it might be half-sensibly designed? You guys know there's no happy ending to this. This is MS we're talking about here - not your good fairy.

1st September 2015, 11:39 PM	#284515 / #20
Majiffy I'll have you know I'm popular on many web forums Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Buffalo, NY	Keeping my 7. IT WORKS GREAT, DAMNIT! __________________ Herpy derpy jerfy! ʘᴥʘ pledged my daily allegiance to Satan and pear-shaped air hockey turntable earth Vivere diu rebellionus! Proud propagator of the "fire for warmth" myth

1st September 2015, 11:53 PM	#284519 / #21
Timewave Senior Member Read my posts with the following stupid accent: IN MY HEAD (MOSTLY)	I'm loaded up on ms10 to hunt bear. close on two weeks now i guess. no problems except i'm not hunting bear. jus' mice serious, all i am using is internet an' adobe photoshop, (very occasionally). what could go wrong? __________________ this ol' world keeps spinning round, it's a wonder tall trees ain't laying down, comes a time.

2nd September 2015, 12:19 AM	#284528 / #22
Dionysus absinthe minded	You having to pay rental for Adobe PS TW?

2nd September 2015, 12:38 AM	#284529 / #23
spruce redolent needling balm Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Appalachia, CSA	And he's got rats. __________________ "She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside 'er." - MSG (of diva) *** ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ *** I smell the STANK OF DEF!

2nd September 2015, 12:45 AM	#284530 / #24
Dionysus absinthe minded	Going to take a wild punt on what Win10 is all about - I'm drunk and just made it up - and it’s based on the following postulates: Corporations exist to make profit. The larger the Corporation the more all-consuming the profit making drive is. The software industry is making significant moves towards a new business model where no one buys and owns software but it is rented allowing a continuous revenue stream. Win10 is designed to maximise the potential for this and take a % of the resulting profit boom. Win10 has a significant component for the detection and disabling of pirate software.

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