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Windows 10 was supposed to be the last Windows and I'm sticking with it forever.

by ThaJay 5y ago

martini333 5y ago
lol
dymk 5y ago
I said that about XP, and then 7…
- cjsawyer 5y ago
  This is about how Microsoft marketed it.
  - jaywalk 5y ago
    One developer said it in an interview, and Microsoft never issued a correction. Microsoft never actually marketed it that way, and honestly I'm not sure why anyone even believed that developer at the time. That being said, Windows 11 is a free upgrade. So aside from just not liking the changes (I personally like most of them) there's not much room to complain about Windows 10 not actually being the last version of Windows.
    - dehrmann 5y ago
      > Windows 11 is a free upgrade. If your computer is new-ish.
      - jaywalk 5y ago
        Well, yeah. And I think that's ultimately why they bumped it up to 11, because they wanted to drop support for older hardware. Even if Windows 10 was going to be the "last version" of Windows, it would be insane to believe that it would continue to support all hardware forever. That being said, the cutoff line for Windows 11 CPU support does seem to be a bit higher than necessary. But I don't know all of the reasoning behind why they chose the point that they did.
        anticensor 5y ago
        Vendor lock-in powered by SecureBoot.
    - spicybright 5y ago
      And even if they did market it like that, why would anyone believe that at face value? When has that ever happened in software? Like anything, you gotta dig a little deeper if you want know what something actually is.
therealmarv 5y ago
it has an EOL in 2025. So no updates then anymore.
jaywalk 5y ago
Hopefully you're joking. The day will come when none of your software will be updated on Windows 10, and it will become increasingly unusable. That day is still pretty far off, but it's going to come.
- orionblastar 5y ago
  2025 is the cutoff year on Win 10 support.
  - ThaJay 5y ago
    :sadface:
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
  If Windows continues in the direction it is headed, I will likely have given up on personal computing entirely by that point.
- passivate 5y ago
  We're still using commercial software on W10 that was compiled for XP and shipped on CDROMS. The backwards compat on Windows is unreal and continues to be the major reason why I tend to stick my neck out for MS to the extent that I do. The OS is solid too, so hundreds of days of uptime on my desktop certainly doesn't hurt :D
go_elmo 5y ago
The switch to linux is much easier than expected. Try it?e.g. Regolith is great
- smoldesu 5y ago
  I wouldn't outright recommend dropping Windows to switch to Regolith, but goddamn is Regolith a good OS. It really doesn't get enough love, I'm hoping that development doesn't taper off over the next few years...
  - go_elmo 5y ago
    True! Would be even greater with rolling released based distros... Is there smth similar based on arch or similar maybe? :D still looking for the optimal work distro

Windows 10 was supposed to be the last Windows and I'm sticking with it forever.

by ThaJay 5y ago

Windows 10 was supposed to be the last Windows and I'm sticking with it forever.

martini333 5y ago

lol

dymk 5y ago

I said that about XP, and then 7…

cjsawyer 5y ago
This is about how Microsoft marketed it.
- jaywalk 5y ago
  One developer said it in an interview, and Microsoft never issued a correction. Microsoft never actually marketed it that way, and honestly I'm not sure why anyone even believed that developer at the time. That being said, Windows 11 is a free upgrade. So aside from just not liking the changes (I personally like most of them) there's not much room to complain about Windows 10 not actually being the last version of Windows.
  - dehrmann 5y ago
    > Windows 11 is a free upgrade. If your computer is new-ish.
    - jaywalk 5y ago
      Well, yeah. And I think that's ultimately why they bumped it up to 11, because they wanted to drop support for older hardware. Even if Windows 10 was going to be the "last version" of Windows, it would be insane to believe that it would continue to support all hardware forever. That being said, the cutoff line for Windows 11 CPU support does seem to be a bit higher than necessary. But I don't know all of the reasoning behind why they chose the point that they did.
      - anticensor 5y ago
        Vendor lock-in powered by SecureBoot.
  - spicybright 5y ago
    And even if they did market it like that, why would anyone believe that at face value? When has that ever happened in software? Like anything, you gotta dig a little deeper if you want know what something actually is.

therealmarv 5y ago

it has an EOL in 2025. So no updates then anymore.

jaywalk 5y ago

Hopefully you're joking. The day will come when none of your software will be updated on Windows 10, and it will become increasingly unusable. That day is still pretty far off, but it's going to come.

orionblastar 5y ago
2025 is the cutoff year on Win 10 support.
- ThaJay 5y ago
  :sadface:
AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
If Windows continues in the direction it is headed, I will likely have given up on personal computing entirely by that point.
passivate 5y ago
We're still using commercial software on W10 that was compiled for XP and shipped on CDROMS. The backwards compat on Windows is unreal and continues to be the major reason why I tend to stick my neck out for MS to the extent that I do. The OS is solid too, so hundreds of days of uptime on my desktop certainly doesn't hurt :D

go_elmo 5y ago

The switch to linux is much easier than expected. Try it?e.g. Regolith is great

smoldesu 5y ago
I wouldn't outright recommend dropping Windows to switch to Regolith, but goddamn is Regolith a good OS. It really doesn't get enough love, I'm hoping that development doesn't taper off over the next few years...
- go_elmo 5y ago
  True! Would be even greater with rolling released based distros... Is there smth similar based on arch or similar maybe? :D still looking for the optimal work distro