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MartinW
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Posted: 20 Mar 2015 at 12:37pm |
Even free for those using pirated versions!!!
http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/tech-news/windows-10-upgrade-will-be-free-for-all-including-software-pirates-11363969435081
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wain
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I had an email the other day from Microsoft telling me I had 2 devices that were elegible for an upgrade, this is true my Home built PC and a 7' HP tab, so I am guessing its something that is registered on win 8 8.1
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MartinW
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It does say W7 eligible too Wain.
Not sure if that would apply to my W7. If it does, the only way I'd do it was via some kind of a duel boot arrangement. Given that W8 isn't too hot with FSX, that's the only way I'd do it. |
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mike H
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I am with you Martin on this one, I am still happy using W7. Cheers Mike |
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In my eyes to Fly is more than Just Loving it.
It is a Passion we can all now Share within Flight Sim. When in Doubt, Always go Around. Regards mike H |
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MarkH
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Windows 7 is the best version of Windows Microsoft ever developed, I'm very happy with it. My plan is to play with Windows 10 in a VM, hopefully that will work fine.
This upgrade path makes good sense for Microsoft. They want everybody on the same page so the company can move forward releasing new products. When their chief rival, Apple, gives away its office software and its OS X for free, this move from Microsoft was probably inevitable. A win win all round M.
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allardjd
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If a large corporation is giving something away or selling it well below the market expectation, pretend you're a fish and think "bait". There's a hook in it, somewhere.
For Win10, MS wants you to buy (literally) into their cloud computing, paying a fee to use cloud-based apps and storage. I'm sure Win10 will make using their cloud very attractive and easy, and may even make the old way of using a PC more difficult. It will all be with the intention of driving us into their "subscriber" account books for a monthly, usage-based fee. Recent examples of similar things are MS Flight and DG's FSX SE, where the initial rollout was incredibly cheap, but their intent was to hook you on future DLC. That's not to say it might not be a beneficial way to go, but go with your eyes open. If the idea of fee-based cloud computing sounds like a good idea to you and you are not worried about privacy, security and down-the-road overall cost, then this may in fact be just what you want. In the final analysis, we may not have much choice.
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MartinW
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The article I linked to...
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MarkH
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A "Great Microsoft Conspiracy?" Or rather the once great Microsoft after years of miss management finally, under guidance from their new CEO, is adapting and aligning it's self more to the future of home computing. An attempt to catch up with what the rest of the industry, Google and Apple have been doing for ages. Better late than never I suppose. BTW the Microsoft HoloLens. I want one M.
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CaptCosslett
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Now why would I want windows 10? I can't get FSX to run on my windows 8.1 computer, so have to use my old computer that uses Vista
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MartinW
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Have to agree with you James.
Many of us do have multiple devices though. There's a laptop hanging around our house, a PC I use for the internet, my daughters Microsoft Surface... so I wouldn't be surprised if my son or daughter give it a bash on one of those devices. Simming PC... no thanks! |
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wain
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I wont be upgrading until I have to, however your statement regarding 8.1 is not correct, you may not be able to get it to work but I have been using it since I built this PC 18 months ago, I run FSXSE, P3D and have even tried but not used very often DCS. I have had no issues with it or any of my addons not working because of 8.1 my opinion is if you have win7 and it works then there is no need to change, if you buy a PC and you find it has 8.1 it will work without any kind of magic, just my thoughts..
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snave
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W10 is neither a nefarious attempt at blackmail, nor a wholly altruistic gesture. Clearly the intent behind the free offer is to get everyone on a level playing field, avoiding the need to support disparate OS's through and beyond their lifespan, costing umpteen squillions in parallel support and development for bug and security fixes.
The secondary aim will be to sell `bolt on`modules that won't be free. A cross-platform common OS has interesting permutations and may be just what is needed to keep Apple at bay. The third aim will be to pee on wains chips by making sure he `has to` upgrade... frankly, unless you know how to control Windows updates on your PC, your computer is already `infected` with the prep work for Windows 10 - MS have been burying it in the `non-optional` updates for several months now! Damn, we're back to conspiracy theories...
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wain
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so Simon are you saying that whilst we have systems whether it be win 7 or win8 that currently run our sims as we would like that somehow these will stop functioning?
I have never had an issue with upgrading to whatever they push out, most have always functioned but the changeover is usually over a long period of time, win7 and win8 will be supported for quite a while yet but when it comes to building my next PC I may have no choice but to buy win10 as that may be all that is available. I agree with your 'bolt ons' we use office for our 'office' functions and that now is an annual licence or a monthly subscription, sadly everything seems to be going this way, mobile phones, tv channels etc have been like that for a while. I dont mind the change as long as my sims (flight) and other games and saitek panels work, which I am sure they will even if they need a patch, similar to FSXSE and different versions of P3D. Unlike most I have win8.1 and it works fine for me... Wayne |
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snave
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Not stop functioning, but you will be nagged to upgrade.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2906810/microsoft-seeds-windows-7-81-pcs-with-windows-10-upgrade-nag-notices.html |
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Alasdair M
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As some say "there is no such thing as a free meal".
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