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Exactly. At least it may not be worth $200. Apple's $25 or free updates are much more reasonable and get people to actually stay current. The older hardware sl

Exactly. At least it may not be worth $200. Apple's $25 or free updates are much more reasonable and get people to actually stay current. The older hardware slows down gradually and people warm up to the idea of faster/newer hardware gradually, rather than thinking that the new OS broke their working computer. Please, Microsoft, switch to an evergreen OS model like Apple has.

zemoo 12y ago
Windows has moved to an evergreen OS model: http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/01/21/the-next-generation-of-windows-windows-10/ http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/01/21/the-next...
- grandalf 12y ago
  Oh wow that is great news!
- throwawaymsft 12y ago
  But it's for people running 7 and up, for one year. The 70% of Chinese users on XP aren't going to see the benefit of this. (Why didn't Microsoft make it for XP too? They want to squeeze that last sale out of people. They don't realize the greater threat is people leaving their platform entirely.)
  - grandalf 12y ago
    excellent point
  - seanmcdirmid 12y ago
    Even Google doesn't support new versions of Chrome on XP anymore. There is just a point where the OS is outdated. Not many people run XP in China anymore. Maybe some netcafes with pirated versions that they don't want to upgrade. Its really been a while since I've seen anyone run XP in Beijing.
    - yuhong 12y ago
      They still support Chrome on even XP SP2. What is frustrating is the users running XP SP2 (not even SP3) in Japan and France for example.
      - seanmcdirmid 12y ago
        I stand corrected: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/10/extending-chrome-support-for-xp-users.html http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/10/extending-chrome-support-... Until next month, anyways :)
        yuhong 12y ago
        Probably until the end of the year at least.
  - joshuapants 12y ago
    How many of the 70% of Chinese users on XP were using licensed copies in the first place?

zemoo 12y ago

Windows has moved to an evergreen OS model: http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/01/21/the-next-generation-of-windows-windows-10/ http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/01/21/the-next...

grandalf 12y ago
Oh wow that is great news!
throwawaymsft 12y ago
But it's for people running 7 and up, for one year. The 70% of Chinese users on XP aren't going to see the benefit of this. (Why didn't Microsoft make it for XP too? They want to squeeze that last sale out of people. They don't realize the greater threat is people leaving their platform entirely.)
- grandalf 12y ago
  excellent point
- seanmcdirmid 12y ago
  Even Google doesn't support new versions of Chrome on XP anymore. There is just a point where the OS is outdated. Not many people run XP in China anymore. Maybe some netcafes with pirated versions that they don't want to upgrade. Its really been a while since I've seen anyone run XP in Beijing.
  - yuhong 12y ago
    They still support Chrome on even XP SP2. What is frustrating is the users running XP SP2 (not even SP3) in Japan and France for example.
    - seanmcdirmid 12y ago
      I stand corrected: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/10/extending-chrome-support-for-xp-users.html http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/10/extending-chrome-support-... Until next month, anyways :)
      - yuhong 12y ago
        Probably until the end of the year at least.
- joshuapants 12y ago
  How many of the 70% of Chinese users on XP were using licensed copies in the first place?