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More than 700m of the world's 1.5bn or so computers continue to run on Windows 7, a piece of software three generations old Win 7, Win 8, Win 10; 2 generatio
by mmanfrin 10y ago
More than 700m of the world's 1.5bn or so computers continue
to run on Windows 7, a piece of software three generations old
Win 7, Win 8, Win 10; 2 generations old. Preeeetty easy to check, WSJ. If your lede carries such a glaring mistake, why do I trust anything in this article.
- sgift 10y agoThey probably count 8.1 extra which was a pretty significant overhaul compared to 8.
- boznz 10y agosignificant in that they put the start menu back.
- reubenmorais 10y agoThey are probably counting Windows 8.1.
- icehawk219 10y agoMaybe they're including Win 8.1? In that case it is 3 generations. Although Win 8.1 was an update to 8 so you could argue whether or not it should be included but lots of version lists list it separately.
- charlieegan3 10y agoI imagine they're counting 8.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8.1
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- JackFr 10y ago> Preeeetty easy to check, WSJ. How can I trust your nit-picky, pedantic complaint when you believe the article is in the WSJ rather than the Economist?
- icanhelpu3 10y agoThey're definetely counting 8.1. While it wasn't as a jump as 7->8 or 9.1->10, I'd consider it major enough to be counted as it's own release.