Windows 10?

[Digital_Damage]

LOL at the nonsense in this thread. We have been on an RTM for awhile now.

You will not have to pay a monthly fee... They did the same thing with 8.1.

The reason Microsoft is handing it out for free is no one is making money on OS' anymore. It is all about subscription software and content.

They give you the OS, try to entice you to subscribe to office 365. I'm a big fan of Office 365 Business Premium.

It is a new world with SAAS.

[Digital_Damage]

It was what I had heard in the rumor mill last time I spoke with a friend and when I was last in a computer shop for my laptop.



Reading between, or not so in between, the lines, free if you buy in the first year, for the life of the device. Operative phrase in bold. Device dies you ****ed, and if MS writing it like their Windows 8, if harddrive dies and you need to reinstall then they consider that a new device. After that magical one year mark if you want it on any other device I would expect some sort of charge or other.

Sorry if I am sounding pessimistic, but it isn't that I don't trust the ****ers to not pull some shit, but I don't ****ing trust the ****ers not to pull some shit.

That is not the way their licensing works, they are not apple. You will still have a license that you can place on another device, you will have a limited number of activations. If you exceed it you can call them for more.

Find a new computer shop... I did not even know those still existed.

[Kain]

That is not the way their licensing works, they are not apple. You will still have a license that you can place on another device, you will have a limited number of activations. If you exceed it you can call them for more.

Find a new computer shop... I did not even know those still existed.

Not the experience or information I received in regards to their Windows8 last time I had issues with them. Was told by one of their reps that if the harddrive was replaced, since it died, I had to buy a new license. Then again, as incompetent as their CS is(Took me 3 calls, and nearly threatening to come through a phoneline to get them to cancel reup on an xbox live subscription after being told the first two times that it had been taken care of only to get the emails saying it would be reuped on a given date)I wouldn't be surprised if it was bad info from them. But, with that, I still don't trust them, then again, I don't trust many if anyone, but especially the ones trying to sell me something.

That said, I still likely won't even look at 10 until I get ready for a new laptop, at which point it will likely be preinstalled on the machine anyway, since I treat software and tech like new guns. I don't buy when they first come out.

[cwgibson]

It was what I had heard in the rumor mill last time I spoke with a friend and when I was last in a computer shop for my laptop.



Reading between, or not so in between, the lines, free if you buy in the first year, for the life of the device. Operative phrase in bold. Device dies you ****ed, and if MS writing it like their Windows 8, if harddrive dies and you need to reinstall then they consider that a new device. After that magical one year mark if you want it on any other device I would expect some sort of charge or other.

Sorry if I am sounding pessimistic, but it isn't that I don't trust the ****ers to not pull some shit, but I don't ****ing trust the ****ers not to pull some shit.

That's why I started using Linux, the only thing I use windows for now is to run my school software.


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[t1tan]

As a long time user of 7 and not being a fan of 8/8.1 I've been using the Windows 10 Insider Preview since May(currently Build 10130) on the new gaming machine I put together and have been pleased with it. A few small issues pop up here and there as updates come frequently. Since I only use windows for gaming, I do always turn off almost all windows services and features and generally only use chrome, steam, origin, battle.net on a regular basis, so that helps keep issues to a minimum, but overall I look forward to the full release.

[Digital_Damage]

Not the experience or information I received in regards to their Windows8 last time I had issues with them. Was told by one of their reps that if the harddrive was replaced, since it died, I had to buy a new license. Then again, as incompetent as their CS is(Took me 3 calls, and nearly threatening to come through a phoneline to get them to cancel reup on an xbox live subscription after being told the first two times that it had been taken care of only to get the emails saying it would be reuped on a given date)I wouldn't be surprised if it was bad info from them. But, with that, I still don't trust them, then again, I don't trust many if anyone, but especially the ones trying to sell me something.

That said, I still likely won't even look at 10 until I get ready for a new laptop, at which point it will likely be preinstalled on the machine anyway, since I treat software and tech like new guns. I don't buy when they first come out.

That is just bad information.
First mistake was calling Microsoft if you did not have the ISO that came with your computer. You should have called the OEM to get the ISO. The volume licensing key the OEM used to image your system and live account would already be register with Microsoft and you can just rerun the upgrade.

[Kain]

That is just bad information.
First mistake was calling Microsoft if you did not have the ISO that came with your computer. You should have called the OEM to get the ISO. The volume licensing key the OEM used to image your system and live account would already be register with Microsoft and you can just rerun the upgrade.

Again, I am going by what I have heard, and been told, including their CS.
When I contacted the manufacturer of the laptop since it didn't come with any recovery disks, only a recovery partition on the harddrive that had gone to hell(Not much use there when the HD dies, and backup disks are scattered to the 7 winds from a recent move) I was told to get their disks from them would cost me more than just buying a license. Which was why I called MS, and that was what I was told, by their knuckleheads. Like I said, their CS has proven incompetent before, so if I getting ****ed up info it isn't that big of a surprise, but nevertheless make me less than trusting of anything they do. Ended up imaging the old harddrive and getting things sorted that way, actually turned out better since I didn't end up losing anything, so other than taking me another couple days, it came out to a wash, besides, that is why I keep an extra laptop around for such events.

[Big A]

I received the same notification and signed up to get Windows 10. I absolutely loathe Windows 8 so it can't possibly be any worse than what I already have.

[cwgibson]

I received the same notification and signed up to get Windows 10. I absolutely loathe Windows 8 so it can't possibly be any worse than what I already have.

Not a fan of 8 either but I hear 10 is supposed to be better.


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[Koshinn]

LOL at the nonsense in this thread. We have been on an RTM for awhile now.

You will not have to pay a monthly fee... They did the same thing with 8.1.

The reason Microsoft is handing it out for free is no one is making money on OS' anymore. It is all about subscription software and content.

They give you the OS, try to entice you to subscribe to office 365. I'm a big fan of Office 365 Business Premium.

It is a new world with SAAS.

They still make a ton of money off of enterprise and OEM sales.

Individual users are likely to not upgrade, pirate it, or get it for free with a new computer. So offering it to home users for free is just a good idea in every way. Plus they get Windows Store to all those Win7 users like me who refused to update to Win8.