Heard Windows 9 is a free download to all who purchased Windows 8.
Downloaded Windows 8 Professional back in October 2012 for $39.99, then they upgraded me to Win 8.1 Pro for free, now Win 9.0 again for free, that $39.99 is going a long long way.
Woot 3hours away, enough time to spit polish my summary and grab Chinese takeout, woot General Tso, here I come.
Looking forward to this. I (I know I am a minority) have enjoyed every newer version of windows more than the previous, save WindowsME, going back to 3.1 which was on my first PC.
I'm tentatively excited for this.... hopefully they don't screw this up like Windows 8, or make Windows 8 look amazing by doing something stupid like changing the pricing model for Windows to be a subscription based service...
I'm tentatively excited for this.... hopefully they don't screw this up like Windows 8, or make Windows 8 look amazing by doing something stupid like changing the pricing model for Windows to be a subscription based service...
Heard Windows 9 is a free download to all who purchased Windows 8.
Downloaded Windows 8 Professional back in October 2012 for $39.99, then they upgraded me to Win 8.1 Pro for free, now Win 9.0 again for free, that $39.99 is going a long long way.
Woot 3hours away, enough time to spit polish my summary and grab Chinese takeout, woot General Tso, here I come.
Yeah, I've seen enough rumors that I'm a little worried about it. Also, it's clearly the direction they want to go with Microsoft Office. They did it with Office and it made me jump ship completely to LibreOffice. If they do it with Windows, I'll stay with Windows 7 for gaming but use Linux for everything else (and hopefully, SteamOS/Linux will eventually be viable for gaming in that scenario).
I'm tentatively excited for this.... hopefully they don't screw this up like Windows 8, or make Windows 8 look amazing by doing something stupid like changing the pricing model for Windows to be a subscription based service...
I like Win8/8.1, and if that happens I'll do with 9 what so many others did with 8/8.1. Same if it's dependant on cloud services. If it won't work offline, then I don't want it (besides, we have 2Mbps on paper, and rarely get 1Mbps).
Yeah, no matter how good Win9 ends up being, I have a hard time imagining myself paying a monthly fee to keep using Windows. It's the same reason I won't pay for Adobe CC, or lease a car. You pay less, but you never actually own anything.
It'd be tricky finding a replacement OS though, because literally every other operating system is stuck in the past. Windows 8 is the only one that draws inspiration from new technology.
"Our new Windows must be built from the group up for a mobile-first cloud-first world."
My PC isn't mobile, stop making mobile software for it
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