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Windows 10 Release Date: July 29th
Ammalgam writes with news that Windows 10 will be released worldwide on July 29th, 2015. It'll be immediately available for PCs and tablets — their announcement doesn't mention smartphones. The upgrade will be free (within one year of launch) for users running legitimate copies of Windows 7 and 8.1. Another reader notes that users of those two operating systems are now being prompted to upgrade by a message in their notification area (system tray).
The upgrade will be free for one year after the release. But what after that year? What will it cost? Can I download the upgrade and use it later (after one year) and than still use it for free?
It doesn't have to be like this. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.
I don't understand why Microsoft doesn't realize that I don't want my desktop to look and operate like my phone.
So you'll be a fan of Windows 10 then. Oh what you weren't paying attention to the development cycle? The bit where the desktop mode will now be default, the metro menu is gone, the few metro apps that ship with the OS will work within a desktop window?
What is it you're complaining about again? Why not reinstall your "nag icon" and give it a go before you complain that no one understands you.
That link doesn't say anything about the inevitable updates for Windows 10 being free.
Perhaps I'm being paranoid, but this IS microsoft we're talking about here.
There has to be something here which is screwing over users, we just have to figure out what it is.
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