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One thing I haven't discovered yet is whether the installation of 10 is going to be a brand new install rather than an upgrade. In other words, will it be neces

One thing I haven't discovered yet is whether the installation of 10 is going to be a brand new install rather than an upgrade. In other words, will it be necessary to reinstall all my applications after moving to 10?

wvenable 11y ago
An upgrade; the underlying technology in Windows hasn't changed significantly since Vista.
- stephengillie 11y ago
  It reminds me of the Model Year - We're still on Windows Model Year 2008.
  - wvenable 11y ago
    Windows 10 was version 6.4 internally but it sounds like they're going to go make it 10.0 on release. (Windows 8.1 is 6.3 and Windows 7 is 6.1 and Vista is 6.0)
    - stephengillie 11y ago
      I haven't used Win10 yet. I'm curious if they've rewritten some of the core components like they did for the 2003-2008 jump. Things like IIS, Task Scheduler engine, & Security (UAC elevation).
    - chadzawistowski 11y ago
      That's not correct - Tech Preview already shows the version 10.0.build# Conceptually Windows 10 would/could have been 6.4, but it isn't.
- tracker1 11y ago
  In the same vein... Windows Vista hadn't changed significantly since XP, or XP since 2000, or 2000 since NT 3.5.1, etc. It's all iterative and subject to perspective here.
  - 4ad 11y ago
    2003 -> Vista was the big change. All others were minor by comparison. Plus we were talking about the deployment/upgrade technology.
    - tracker1 11y ago
      But how "big" those changes are, is pretty subjective unless you're talking a pretty narrow context... the UI changed significantly in any number of areas between releases... if you have to access those a lot, that change is huge... to you. Frankly, I don't find any of them too different from each prior version... over time they're more significant.
dm2 11y ago
Necessary? Probably not. But you should anyways.
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- 0xffff2 11y ago
  It isn't 2001 anymore.
  - Dirlewanger 11y ago
    Eh, even with constant upkeep and trimming of all non-essential processes/services, desktop Windows still begins to atrophy from day 1 in a way that one just does not see on *nix machines. Wish it weren't so but such is the price of Windows' legacy baggage.
kej 11y ago
The technical previews have offered an upgrade option, but that's not guarantee it will be included in the final version. Either way, it's almost always better to do a full reinstall for a major version like this.

wvenable 11y ago

An upgrade; the underlying technology in Windows hasn't changed significantly since Vista.

stephengillie 11y ago
It reminds me of the Model Year - We're still on Windows Model Year 2008.
- wvenable 11y ago
  Windows 10 was version 6.4 internally but it sounds like they're going to go make it 10.0 on release. (Windows 8.1 is 6.3 and Windows 7 is 6.1 and Vista is 6.0)
  - stephengillie 11y ago
    I haven't used Win10 yet. I'm curious if they've rewritten some of the core components like they did for the 2003-2008 jump. Things like IIS, Task Scheduler engine, & Security (UAC elevation).
  - chadzawistowski 11y ago
    That's not correct - Tech Preview already shows the version 10.0.build# Conceptually Windows 10 would/could have been 6.4, but it isn't.
tracker1 11y ago
In the same vein... Windows Vista hadn't changed significantly since XP, or XP since 2000, or 2000 since NT 3.5.1, etc. It's all iterative and subject to perspective here.
- 4ad 11y ago
  2003 -> Vista was the big change. All others were minor by comparison. Plus we were talking about the deployment/upgrade technology.
  - tracker1 11y ago
    But how "big" those changes are, is pretty subjective unless you're talking a pretty narrow context... the UI changed significantly in any number of areas between releases... if you have to access those a lot, that change is huge... to you. Frankly, I don't find any of them too different from each prior version... over time they're more significant.

dm2 11y ago

Necessary? Probably not. But you should anyways.

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0xffff2 11y ago
It isn't 2001 anymore.
- Dirlewanger 11y ago
  Eh, even with constant upkeep and trimming of all non-essential processes/services, desktop Windows still begins to atrophy from day 1 in a way that one just does not see on *nix machines. Wish it weren't so but such is the price of Windows' legacy baggage.

kej 11y ago

The technical previews have offered an upgrade option, but that's not guarantee it will be included in the final version. Either way, it's almost always better to do a full reinstall for a major version like this.