Windows talk

[senor_jorge]

The Enterprise versions of Windows will never be in the free zone. The free upgrade is for consumers (and businesses running the consumer versions).

There are a lot of unknowns. Pricing, support structure, update frequency are all high on the list. It's looking like 10 may very well be a solid product. Redmond has to make it too good to say no. Corporate America proved that they will ride a horse until it has to be put down with XP. Win7 is a solid product and it only gained a majority due to necessity, but EoL is 2020 and that's five more years of not having to make a decision. Win10 has one advantage in the number of aging boxes that initially had XP.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

So is anyone planning on taking the free upgrade offer when Windows 10 is released?

I'm thinking I will give it a "testrun" on my Surface about a month after its release (unless it has extremely poor reviews) then if I like it, load it onto my laptop, and then after I've been using it for a while, put it on the rest of the computers.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I'm already using the Windows 10 Preview. Presently I do not have much use for Windows at home, but I was far happier with the earlier previews of Windows 10 than Windows 8.

 

[Voxel]

I'm already using the Windows 10 Preview. Presently I do not have much use for Windows at home, but I was far happier with the earlier previews of Windows 10 than Windows 8.

I'm on the same boat, my windows usage has been steadily dropping since windows 8 release. That being said, I'm am enjoying my vms of windows 10 and I'll prolly migrate

 

[senor_jorge]

It depends on whether or not I'm told to uninstall Office again to install another patch

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Windows 10 is expected to have a version of Cortana, the Siri-esque personal assistant already on Windows Phones.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/13/us-microsoft-einstein-exclusive-idUSKBN0M914D20150313

 

[lazyboy97o]

Windows 10 is expected to have a version of Cortana, the Siri-esque personal assistant already on Windows Phones.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/13/us-microsoft-einstein-exclusive-idUSKBN0M914D20150313

Cortana is already in Windows 10. It was added with the last update.

 

[Jahona]

It does have Cortana as of a few builds back. She is interesting to say the least. I'm not sure how useful she is on a desktop or laptop; but having her cross over from the Windows Phone platform to both iOS and Android is a huge boon for Microsoft.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

It does have Cortana as of a few builds back. She is interesting to say the least. I'm not sure how useful she is on a desktop or laptop; but having her cross over from the Windows Phone platform to both iOS and Android is a huge boon for Microsoft.

I'd be interested in trying Cortana. I use Siri sometimes on my iPod, mostly to set my alarm. And then I ask her random questions, like "Do you like Star Wars?" (apparently she's never seen it...). I prefer the Google app for searching, though, and general questions.

It would be nice if they could integrate it into Microsoft Word. It would be nice at times for typing long papers. The current voice recognition software on windows pcs is absolute carp.

 

[Jahona]

It would be nice if they could integrate it into Microsoft Word.

First thing I thought of when I read this sentence.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

First thing I thought of when I read this sentence.

I kind of miss the Office Assistant. Not that I ever really used it, but it was fun to have a cat in the corner of my screen.

 

[Jahona]

I probably spent more time right clicking and selecting play animation then actually typing a paper.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I probably spent more time right clicking and selecting play animation then actually typing a paper.

I was in elementary and middle school. I got on there just to play with the Office Assistant.

 

[wdwstateofmind]

So is anyone planning on taking the free upgrade offer when Windows 10 is released?

I'm thinking I will give it a "testrun" on my Surface about a month after its release (unless it has extremely poor reviews) then if I like it, load it onto my laptop, and then after I've been using it for a while, put it on the rest of the computers.

I finally gave into 8.1 and if it's setup correctly it's most definitely more efficient on a newer system than windows 7. It seems like 8.1, Windows 10 is going to make great use of Haswell systems, hyper-threading, etc... That being said, as long as 10 does what it says it does then I'm surely switching over.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Thought some of you would enjoy this nostalgic Buzzfeed article

http://www.buzzfeed.com/windows/things-we-did-on-the-computer-kids-today-will-n#.rrWXakKW9

 

[englanddg]

Thought some of you would enjoy this nostalgic Buzzfeed article

http://www.buzzfeed.com/windows/things-we-did-on-the-computer-kids-today-will-n#.rrWXakKW9

Heh.

Add "knowing how to use a typewriter" and you have my nostalgia.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Heh.

Add "knowing how to use a typewriter" and you have my nostalgia.

Typewriter? What is that?

 

[englanddg]

Typewriter? What is that?

My point exactly.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

My point exactly.

We've had computers in our house since 1996, the year after I was born. Never needed to learn how to use a typewriter. I don't even know of anyone who owns one.

 

[englanddg]

We've had computers in our house since 1996, the year after I was born. Never needed to learn how to use a typewriter. I don't even know of anyone who owns one.

I've had computers in my house since the early 80s. I grew up using computers in the mid 80s.

I still knew and learned how to use a typewriter...because printing was expensive for a very long time.

I started my IT career working for AOL in 1996. <wink>