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Yup its a total trap to get people into the subscription fold. The Bean counters decision to keep a revenue stream incoming.
Of course maybe they want to see how mad the internet gets at the idea of windows becoming a subscription before deciding whether to go through with it.They need to clarify if it's subscription or not, ASAP. Or the Internet will go mad.
I'm curious to know what kind of fucking brain damage someone must have to be confused or offended by this announcement.
The same kind of brain damage taken by someone that blindly laps up marketing drivel and carefully worded spin-without-specifics.
I went on like two different forums and both of them were asking the same question here so basically it's Microsoft spin machine at fault.
You can change it by associating the file type to a desktop application. At least that how I changed the default program for video files to use VLC.Even with Classic Shell, I often open a file and it automatically opens into a Modern app in 8.1
I went on like two different forums and both of them were asking the same question here so basically it's Microsoft spin machine at fault.
The same kind of brain damage taken by someone that blindly laps up marketing drivel and carefully worded spin-without-specifics.
since we have a year to upgrade I'll probably wait until Day 364 before upgrading to make sure things work as promised...I also want to know what happens to my Windows 7 license key once I upgrade...paying for a Windows 10 OEM license after a year might also be worth considering...or even paying for Windows 8 and upgrading that way versus 'losing' my Windows 7 key
Nothing. I've reinstalled my $25 and $40 dollar copies of windows 8 a couple of times, just use the key they gave you. The only stipulation they gave was that if you wanted a free copy of media center you needed to activate that key before a specific date at least once. That key still works too.
My free media center keys don't work anymore
My server is running an unactivated 8.1 after the key I bought off ebay unactivated itself after about 4 months. I wonder if MS will upgrade in these circumstances
I get skeptical when something is "free" as I never known a business to not make money on it.
reading comprehension has gone downhill.
people scream instead of google it and find out.
Zarathustra[H];1041377133 said:If you are not paying for it, you are the product.
I'm sure Cortana is there to be more than Microsoft's answer to Siri, no?
Zarathustra[H];1041377286 said:I couldn't care less about cortana.
In fact, I'd prefer it weren't there at all. I'd also appreciate a way to remove ALL microsoft cloud integration.
I can't stand the fact that I have to have a "microsoft account" to use Windows 8. I've tried Local accounts, but there are so many things I can't do.
Pisses me off to no end that my local computer has to somehow be tied into a microsoft account.
I will probably upgrade my desktop Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 with the free update, but I will disable as much of the phone/tablet interface crap as possible as well as as much as the cloud integration as possible. I will try to run it on a local account.
Either way it won't matter much, as I only boot to it once or twice a week for games. Everything else I do in Linux.
I want my phone to be more like my computer, not my computer to be more like my phone!
Zarathustra[H];1041377286 said:I want my phone to be more like my computer, not my computer to be more like my phone!
And so that's what Microsoft is doing what the market overall wants. But there is something of a generational divide. Many traditional PC users, like you're expressing here, don't want cloud integration or apps. They just want incremental improvements to keyboard and mouse driven local desktop computing. And there's a market for that but it's pretty static and is becoming less and less relevant in the consumer space as mobile devices have become far more numerous than PCs.
Zarathustra[H];1041377391 said:I blame Apple for starting the trend of turning computing into something done with disposable locked down consumer electronics junk.
I will never cave to this, and will ditch windows all together before I do. (Which I already mostly have)
I refuse to use anything cloud based (except for my Crash plan backup, which is on my terms, and I encrypt with my own key before sending out)
Zarathustra[H];1041377286 said:I couldn't care less about cortana.
In fact, I'd prefer it weren't there at all. I'd also appreciate a way to remove ALL microsoft cloud integration.
I can't stand the fact that I have to have a "microsoft account" to use Windows 8. I've tried Local accounts, but there are so many things I can't do.
Pisses me off to no end that my local computer has to somehow be tied into a microsoft account.
I will probably upgrade my desktop Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 with the free update, but I will disable as much of the phone/tablet interface crap as possible as well as as much as the cloud integration as possible. I will try to run it on a local account.
Either way it won't matter much, as I only boot to it once or twice a week for games. Everything else I do in Linux.
I want my phone to be more like my computer, not my computer to be more like my phone!
Interesting to see some of the glassy effects back in Windows 10. Could it be that the flat fad has already run its course?
not sure why I cant edit my post but ^ for my post aboveSituations like yours is why I never, EVER buy anything (ESPECIALLY software) off EBay.
not sure why I cant edit my post but ^ for my post above
Interesting to see some of the glassy effects back in Windows 10. Could it be that the flat fad has already run its course?
Zarathustra[H];1041377391 said:I blame Apple for starting the trend of turning computing into something done with disposable locked down consumer electronics junk.
I will never cave to this, and will ditch windows all together before I do. (Which I already mostly have)
I refuse to use anything cloud based (except for my Crash plan backup, which is on my terms, and I encrypt with my own key before sending out)
Zarathustra[H];1041377413 said:A smartphone (and to a lesser extent a tablet) is an excellent mobile supplement to a real computer with a real windowed operating system controlled by mouse and keyboard, but it is not now, nor will it ever be a replacement.
A Windows tablet however is a real computer and does what any Windows PC can do within performance constraints of the device when connected to a mouse and keyboard.
A Windows tablet however is a real computer and does what any Windows PC can do within performance constraints of the device when connected to a mouse and keyboard.
iOS and Android handle keyboards and mice. As well, there's not a generic category of computing functionality that isn't supported with apps of some sort aside from virtualization (and there was rumors about that stuff being in development last time I checked) so while you can point out a specific program that only works on Windows, its hard to find the function that program performs not being replicated on a tablet with an OS from those other people.
Also, as far as I know, those other devices contain processors, memory, and storage. They seem to physically exist as far as we can tell so they're "real computers" even if you want them to be imaginary.
iOS and Android handle keyboards and mice. As well, there's not a generic category of computing functionality that isn't supported with apps of some sort aside from virtualization (and there was rumors about that stuff being in development last time I checked) so while you can point out a specific program that only works on Windows, its hard to find the function that program performs not being replicated on a tablet with an OS from those other people.
Also, as far as I know, those other devices contain processors, memory, and storage. They seem to physically exist as far as we can tell so they're "real computers" even if you want them to be imaginary.