G+_Michael Abernathy Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Did the windows 10 announcement go well? Reading all the comments on the various feeds it seems there are a lot of confused people, seeing a lot of the following queries:- "Free for 1st year but do I then have to pay a subscription after that?" "What if you're not entitled to the free upgrade, how much will Win10 be?" "Are there different versions for the PC?" "They say it'll be valid for the life of the device, what if my motherboard fails, will I have to buy a new OS licence?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Patrick Delahanty Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Windows Weekly is currently sorting through it all. http://live.twit.tv/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_lonnie white Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Damn good questions I'd like to know that myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_john ferris Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 If subscription I believe they will lose. At this time I only use my PC for financial stuff. I am not paying a subscription for that. I'll jump to Linux if they do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Daryl Hunt Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Well office 365 has been successful for them as a subscription model. It all depends on the subscription costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eng. Jorge Santana Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Impressive stuff IMHO windows 10 running on phones, tablets, pc and xbox one. With the Internet of things coming Microsoft is position itself as a mayor player with on core that can communicate between themselves. And their AR headset makes more sense than Oculus since it can be use in the real world, impressive stuff from Microsoft. They have a place in the future a big one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jack Zhang Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 My view is that Windows is going down the data mining route where M$ can have a unified way of storing tracking data on you: The M$ Store account. If you offered Windows 10 with the M$ store account being optional, then I'd feel a little less resistant on an upgrade. Still won't change though the guarantee that the new Windows will lock out the Hosts file like Android KitKat did in it's infancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Todd “GovGeek” G Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 ^This. But my Gooverse already does that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_john ferris Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Todd Godchaux and gooverse is free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Neil Sedlak Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 It's more likely they are going the Apple route with much cheaper upgrade fees to the same core version of Windows, rather than huge, major version releases at high prices. One key item for those in business is that the free upgrade offer does not cover the Enterprise editions, or RT. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jack Zhang Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Todd Godchaux True, but with M$, there's few fine ways to limit and manage what they gather on you. Plus, if you've already paid full price, you expect a full package for your OS bundled apps, not avenues for getting more sneaky commercialization inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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