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[TheBoy]

My understanding is that the reason that Win 10 is being called the last Windows OS is that during Win 10's life they are going over to a totally based cloud system and like Photoshop you will have to rent it with a monthly fee but updates / upgrades will happen automatically.

This is great for shareholders where you will pay £100's to £1000's in rent every year, but not for people like me who refuse to rent / lease things where it normally works out far more expensive than buying.

Its not really possible to move the client into the cloud (you can move their desktop experience though), as the thin clients required to run at a decent speed aren't that "thin". The thin client OS needs maintenance.


I suspect MS will be going more towards a constant update system for the client/desktop, as has been trialled with Win8 with the 2 big feature updates, including Win8.1.

[Kevin Wood]

Its the VB IDE that's the problem. The IDE is too buggy in Win7, so have to maintain a XP VM just for this

Yes, tell me about it. I inherited a project in VB6 a couple of years ago (never actually developed anything in VB6 myself). Every time I think it's finally dead, some daft git quotes a customer for it.

This has a snowball's chance in hell of even running under Windows 7, since it makes extensive use of bits of the disk and registry that it shouldn't.

[Mr Gav]

Just noticed that I have got the notification too 

[TheBoy]

Its the VB IDE that's the problem. The IDE is too buggy in Win7, so have to maintain a XP VM just for this

Yes, tell me about it. I inherited a project in VB6 a couple of years ago (never actually developed anything in VB6 myself). Every time I think it's finally dead, some daft git quotes a customer for it.

This has a snowball's chance in hell of even running under Windows 7, since it makes extensive use of bits of the disk and registry that it shouldn't.

In my bro's case, I have a GPO frig the registry to overcome the Vista+ enforcements of abusing the registry 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Just noticed that I have got the notification too 

Same here on a Toshiba laptop on Win 7 roughly 4 years old.

[BazaJT]

Yep I've got that showing at the bottom of my laptop screen,but as all this computer talk is just so much gibberish to me all I want to know is if I click on it does it cost me money?Or what happens if I don't click on it?I'm told at present I'm on windows 7 whatever that means!

[The Sheriff]

I haven't had my PC on today. Shall I boot it up so that I can get excited too.

[tigers_gonads]

I'm stuck using 7 Ultimate because my printer / scanner / ect won't run on Win 8 

Can I take it that it will be the same with this new supper dooper Windows 10 

[korum]

I'm stuck using 7 Ultimate because my printer / scanner / ect won't run on Win 8 

Can I take it that it will be the same with this new supper dooper Windows 10 

Thats odd any driver that works on win 7 should run on win 8! what printer do you have?

[mka306]

I've got it on mine aswell, bit strange it's a free upgrade unless were the test dummies!!

[tec2tec]

I've got it on mine as well regarding the printer go to printer web site to find windows drivers for all version of windows

[Terbs]

Ok....let me be the first noob to ask this...
I have had the notification from Microsoft, and reserved my upgrade. When this happens, how does it work. What about all my e-mails, documents, and especially stuff that relies on registry entries. Will it just overwrite certain bits, and carry on as normal or will I have to load programmes back in.

Please let the answers soothe my troubled brow.

Oh...and I have 3 computers running 7, will I get notification for all three ?

[zirk]

I'm stuck using 7 Ultimate because my printer / scanner / ect won't run on Win 8 

Can I take it that it will be the same with this new supper dooper Windows 10 

Win10, when its officially released (supposedly later this year, more like early 2016), should be similar to a mix of Win7 and 8 but with the missing Start Menu back again, so you should be able to run all the Windows Programs kicking around plus all the Win Apps from the MS Store.

Having said that Ive been running Win10 for a while now (Beta Test Version) and whilst its pretty good, its still very buggy, especially on existing Drivers etc, a long way to go yet, before its finished, but there under pressure to get it released in some form or another. 

[zirk]

Ok....let me be the first noob to ask this...
I have had the notification from Microsoft, and reserved my upgrade. When this happens, how does it work. What about all my e-mails, documents, and especially stuff that relies on registry entries. Will it just overwrite certain bits, and carry on as normal or will I have to load programmes back in.

Please let the answers soothe my troubled brow.

Oh...and I have 3 computers running 7, will I get notification for all three ?

Will be a totally fresh Install that will overwrite your existing OS and keep (Try to) your existing programs , probably with a Roll Back feature to your existing OS (there be silly not to put that in).

Personally, assuming you have enough Disk Space kicking around, I would backup / clone your existing OS Drive(s) and run with a Dual Boot for a while until you feel comfortable with it. Then do a completely fresh Install of 10 (using your existing Win10 Licence, if needed) on a new drive and reinstall your programs and data.

And yes, Win10 will be available for all your OS's running 7,8 and 8.1 that are capable of running Win10, Hardware dependent, so will exclude Win7 Mobile, Win8 RTM etc.

[Terbs]

Thanks, zirk, appreciated