What is"fuzzy" about it? Microsoft has stated that as long as you stay on the insider program after RTM you can continue to run your free version. If you no longer wish to din a beta version you will either need to purchase a copy or upgrade a version of 7 or 8/8.1 within the year for free. After the year is up you'll have to pay for a copy.
> Apple CAN NOT read my passwords, so they can not share them.
Do you honestly believe this? You probably also believe it when Apple says that Macs can't get viruses.
If they do ever go to a subscription model I'm sure that would only apply to future releases. I know most people on this board are too cynical to believe this but they're not going to give you the upgrade to Win 10 for free then turn around and start charging for it down the road. They've indicated they do plan on moving to a quicker release schedule and I could see where the subscription would apply to getting those upgrades. But I have to believe if you're willing to stay at the initial Win 10 release then you can stay on that version forever. If you're talking about staying at Win 7 then it's really no difference since you're willing to stay at on version that will eventually be obsolete.
If it makes you feel better to have the Win 7 fallback then I say go for it. In the end your' re probably never going to use it and will forget about all the hoopla.
This is only true if you plan to stay on the insider program and continue to run the latest pre-release version. Basically, the version you get on July 29 will have an expiration date a few months in the future. Each insider release will extend that expiration so you can continue in that mode as long as you like. If you decide not to continue getting new releases you'll hit the expiration date for the release you're on. At that point you'll have to purchase a copy to get on the normal stable released version.
So if I understand your logic correctly, you're going to forgo the free version and wait a year or two when you know you're going to have to pay for it because you're afraid you're going to have to pay for it?
Be realistic, the worst case, if you take up the free offer is that you may have to pay a subscription to upgrade after that. If you don't want to continue with the upgrades you stay where you're at. That shouldn't be an issue for you if you're already willing to stay where you're at. I don't believe they're going to give you a version for free then start charging you for that same version after a year.
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I think the analogy would be to not to take pictures while on vacation. Not not going on the vacation.
I can't find the term "popular vote" in the constitution. Can you explain what that has to do with the topic of electing the president?
You don't have to be a conservative to realize we have the most incompetent president ever.
That two seconds it takes to respond to the question really puts a crimp n the workday.
Staggering update. Just staggering. I saw so m... wait, I'm still on Windows 7. Never mind.
Did you have a point? Or are you just staggering?
How do you figure it's a major fail? IT's working really well for me and the adoption rate seems pretty good. Where is it failing?
Where did you get the idea that open source it's free?
I'm an early adopter and my report is that it's running great with no issues.
You get what you pay for
That's been my opinion which is one of the reasons I avoid Linux.
There you go assuming.
I doubt he wanted to find the tablet mode. Otherwise there would be no reason complain and race back to win 8 and post about his bad experience.
I've been using Win10 and it's been great. Wonder where you got your copy from for out to be so different?
What is"fuzzy" about it? Microsoft has stated that as long as you stay on the insider program after RTM you can continue to run your free version. If you no longer wish to din a beta version you will either need to purchase a copy or upgrade a version of 7 or 8/8.1 within the year for free. After the year is up you'll have to pay for a copy.
But then you're stuck with a mac.
, there is a fourth solution but that involves using Linux.
But then you're stuck with Linux. That's not a solution.
> Apple CAN NOT read my passwords, so they can not share them. Do you honestly believe this? You probably also believe it when Apple says that Macs can't get viruses.
It's less than a month away. Is the average person really going to do this just to avoid Win 8.1 for that long?
If they do ever go to a subscription model I'm sure that would only apply to future releases. I know most people on this board are too cynical to believe this but they're not going to give you the upgrade to Win 10 for free then turn around and start charging for it down the road. They've indicated they do plan on moving to a quicker release schedule and I could see where the subscription would apply to getting those upgrades. But I have to believe if you're willing to stay at the initial Win 10 release then you can stay on that version forever. If you're talking about staying at Win 7 then it's really no difference since you're willing to stay at on version that will eventually be obsolete. If it makes you feel better to have the Win 7 fallback then I say go for it. In the end your' re probably never going to use it and will forget about all the hoopla.
This is only true if you plan to stay on the insider program and continue to run the latest pre-release version. Basically, the version you get on July 29 will have an expiration date a few months in the future. Each insider release will extend that expiration so you can continue in that mode as long as you like. If you decide not to continue getting new releases you'll hit the expiration date for the release you're on. At that point you'll have to purchase a copy to get on the normal stable released version.
That's just speculation and confusion by the anti-Microsoft folks that are afraid it'll be successful and their OS will become even more meaningless.
So if I understand your logic correctly, you're going to forgo the free version and wait a year or two when you know you're going to have to pay for it because you're afraid you're going to have to pay for it? Be realistic, the worst case, if you take up the free offer is that you may have to pay a subscription to upgrade after that. If you don't want to continue with the upgrades you stay where you're at. That shouldn't be an issue for you if you're already willing to stay where you're at. I don't believe they're going to give you a version for free then start charging you for that same version after a year.