Windows 10 ?? Have i missed something ?

[MrNeil]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29431412

have i totally missed something here ???

What has happened to 9 .....

[MrNeil]

DUUH !! Jumped the gun !!!

I have to cut down my working hours

[TheAnimus]

Heh, it's odd isn't it. Because seven ate nine!

Or maybe because nine is bad in Japan.

Or just a cunning plan by MS to get press attention.

[Output]

Or just a cunning plan by MS to get press attention.

[AGTDenton]

My thinking is that they realised they were heading down the wrong path with 9.
The solution to the GUI problem in 9 was to have tiles on touch devices by default, and a start menu on desktop PC's (and laptops) by default thus keeping the 2 different GUI's. Windows would then default to using the GUI most suited to the type of device that it is being used on.

With 10 they've married the 2 GUI's together so that your applications aren't jumping from one to another.
Does this warrant a complete version jump? perhaps not, and perhaps there is more to it than that but that's my feeling. Its probably also a rebranding process for confidence amongst the business sector.

I've just installed 10 Technical Preview on Virtualbox and its working like a charm but without the charms bar (hooray!!!)

It is only NT 6.4 which really suggests GUI and aesthetic changes rather than anything major under the hood.
I get the feeling this will cancel out plans for 8.2 especially if this is to become a free upgrade to anyone with 8.

[directhex]

https://searchcode.com/?q=if(version...22windows+9%22)

There's the tip of the iceberg as to why not 9.

[MrJim]

https://searchcode.com/?q=if(version...22windows+9%22)

There's the tip of the iceberg as to why not 9.

Yup...more about this here:

http://channeleye.co.uk/the-real-rea...-name-revealed

[Game388]

so a stupid code, made so much confusion and hassle?

[kalniel]

so a stupid code, made so much confusion and hassle?

Confusion, a little. But what hassle is it if they call it 10?

[Disturbedguy]

Confusion, a little. But what hassle is it if they call it 10?

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[IdleMagpie]

Windows has a bit of a star trek curse with their operating systems.

8's bad, 7's good, vista's bad, xp's good etc etc.

I think they might just want to skip the next good one and skip straight to the bad.

[suedenim]

So is anyone running this as their daily OS?

[scaryjim]

Not yet, but it'll be going on to my audio workstation at some point over the next month or so, mostly because I will finally have a use-case scenario that will actually benefit from having an OS that can switch between touch-centric and standard desktop modes (well I will come end of January, anyway ).

[KeyboardDemon]

8 plus 1 (8.1) = 9.

[RobbieRoy]

So is anyone running this as their daily OS?

Yes - now on build 9879, running smoothly on all fronts. Installed Win 10 TP from scratch on my new rig and really no problems now, although earlier builds had a few compatibility issues.

[Murph02]

So many different stories about versions, capabilities and prices. Will they aim to roll all the versions into one that runs on tablets, phones and laptops/desktops?