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David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
http://www.cnet.com/news/windows-7-support-ends-today/ Effective yesterday, January 13, Windows 7 has been changed to extended support (meaning you have to pay if you need help) and no further non-security development. Another five years and it goes the way of XP. The article ends with a brief video of a preview of Windows 10. Looks to me like they took a step from 8 back toward the greater comfort and familiarity (for us old fogies) of 7. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
They will have to do something if they want people to accept Windows 10. If you check out the market share for Windows 8 versions. They are not really taking off. http://marketshare.hitslink.com/ > Operating Systems > Desktop Trend by Version SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
OTS Send message Joined: 6 Jan 08 Posts: 369 Credit: 20,533,537 RAC: 0 |
http://www.cnet.com/news/windows-7-support-ends-today/ The part about MS no longer offering free support is correct and they will not be adding any additional features in the future, but it is my understanding that security patches and updates will still be issued until 2020. |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
http://www.cnet.com/news/windows-7-support-ends-today/ Here's a better explanation of the Windows 7 support situation: "Peter Bright @ ArsTechnica" wrote: Contrary to headlines you may have read today, Microsoft isn't dropping support for Windows 7 today. The operating system is still supported and will continue to receive security updates for at least another five years. |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
And for those interested when other OS or apps have their support end. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
They will have to do something if they want people to accept Windows 10. If you check out the market share for Windows 8 versions. They are not really taking off. One of the things they're doing is cycling out 7. 8 will be three years behind it. I wonder what they'll call the one after 10. I suppose no one will miss Vista much. I'm typing this on Vista, but I'm not in love with it. Windows versions seem to be kind of like Star Trek movies. They alternate good and bad. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
They will have to do something if they want people to accept Windows 10. If you check out the market share for Windows 8 versions. They are not really taking off. Vista isnt bad. Its was a lot differant than XP and its a lot differant than Win 7 I call it the tween windows. As vista is my daily driver I dont have a problem with it. At Least it has proven( in my case anyway) to be as stable as XP was. My other two crunchers are Win 7. Havent had a problem with them either. But for the most part they just crunch. I use Win 7 at work but just the programs I need to use for my job. I havent got into the nuts and bolst of Win 7 like i have had to do with Vista. [/quote] Old James |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
They will have to do something if they want people to accept Windows 10. If you check out the market share for Windows 8 versions. They are not really taking off. One of the things in the current beta of Windows 10 -Traditional Calculator app has been removed Well... that's just annoying. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
Ulrich Metzner Send message Joined: 3 Jul 02 Posts: 1256 Credit: 13,565,513 RAC: 13 |
One of the things in the current beta of Windows 10 Take your choice, there are tons of alternatives! Just for example: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-free-calculator-apps-happy-windows-calculator/ If all else fails, copy over calc.exe from a previous Windows, where is the problem? ;) Aloha, Uli |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
One of the things in the current beta of Windows 10 Well as someone that uses clean ghost images of OSs for testing it is rather annoying. Having to install software for a basic function after ghosting a system each time is rather annoying. Dropping calc into a folder in the storage partition might work, or Windows might be grumpy about it like it does sometimes. It just seems really silly to me. It would be like removing notepad. Sure notepad++ has a lot more functionality, but when you just need a quick text editor to generate a quick .bat or something it is nice that it is there. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
Brings back memories. I was commissioned to write an application - first under DOS, but quickly followed by a Windows 3.1 version. Alongside the main application, we supplied a range of word-processed information sheets, which users were encouraged to copy and adapt to suit local needs. So we needed a format and application which satisfied all these requirements: * Fully editable WYSIWYG text * Embedded illustrations * Full pagination, including headers/footers/page numbering * All normal font and layout support * Guaranteed to be available on all target machines, at zero cost, without separate installation Windows Write fitted the bill perfectly. Then Microsoft brought out Windows 95... I remember having a conversation with Microsoft, emphasising our (and our users') charitable status, and asking to what extent the new 'WordPad' application met our needs. Not a lot, as you'll have realised. What should we do, we asked? Well, you could send out a copy of Write with your application installer, they replied... And so we did, well into the Windows XP era. |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
They will have to do something if they want people to accept Windows 10. If you check out the market share for Windows 8 versions. They are not really taking off. I was very unhappy when they didnt include Cardfile On my Vista machine. Jeez I had cardfile on my 3.1.1 system and migrated it right up to XP. I found a good alternate but had to manually type in 400 movies. Boy that sucks. [/quote] Old James |
Iona Send message Joined: 12 Jul 07 Posts: 790 Credit: 22,438,118 RAC: 0 |
Would this be the same Gates, who said that no-one would need more than 1 Mega-Byte of RAM? This, comes from someone running 7 Pro (a good, stable OS, but not with the same level of customisation as XP) with 16 Gigs! Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive! |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Would this be the same Gates, who said that no-one would need more than 1 Mega-Byte of RAM? The quote was "nobody will need more than 640k of RAM" and it is a myth. Bill Gates never said it. Of all the stupid things he's said, and the marks he's missed, that wasn't one of them. |
JanniCash Send message Joined: 17 Nov 03 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,276,920 RAC: 0 |
One of the things in the current beta of Windows 10 I always replace whatever calculator there is with a HP48 or HP50 emulator. Even on my tablets and phones. I can never work with those default calculators. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20289 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
And for those interested when other OS or apps have their support end. And for those interested in other OSes: Take a look at "Top Ten Distributions". Yes, those are Linux :-) - scroll down to see what they look like. And there are yet other OSes (such as the FreeBSD listed there at the moment)... Happy cool crunchin! IT is what we make it... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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