And we all know what even numbered OS releases from M$ mean!!!!

Back to a proper OS again like Win 7 and XP

Windows 8 was a disaster for Micsosoft..nobody bought it!!

Bring it on!!

This is stupid. I was really looking forward to Windows 9... yeah ok it's only a name, but it makes me wonder exactly what is going through these people's minds. 7 is fantastic and I was hoping 9 would be the big upgrade to it. 7 and 9 sound really good as well.

 

I heard somewhere that this'll be the last ever Windows release - the next Windows systems will all be cloud-based, which sounds gash.

I heard somewhere that this'll be the last ever Windows release - the next Windows systems will all be cloud-based, which sounds gash.

 

Interesting...

 

Quite looking forward to Windows 10. Should be interesting. Fingers crossed it'll be a good OS, not that 8 was bad, just a big difference that people struggled with.

I havent really read up on the reports; but they are saying it is going to be used for everything from a smart phone to a desktop based 80" display. That means it is either going to be a complete cludge (which is what I expect), or the OS is going to use up 100GB of drive space,16GB of RAM, and need a Cray supercomputer to run it..

Well to add another bit of confusion. A friend of mine yesterday who works in London for Symantec was telling me that I will be called Windows 9 and it will

be offered free to those who purchased Windows 8 or 8.1.

 

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/windows-9-confirmed-rolled-free-software-upgrade-windows-070058338.html

I've only read article on the BBC website - I think the naming to Windows 10 shows a clear break from the debacle which was Windows 8.

 

In that same article it suggests that only approx. 13% of machines are running either 8 or 8.1 - in contrast c51% are on 7 and 24% on XP

Wat, no Windows X. Oh the 'nix guys got there first [tiny violin plays]

 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/30/microsoft_windows_10/

 

Early days but I suppose this will be usable without a touch screen at least.

 

I've read an unconfirmed rumour that Winph 8.1 users will get this as an update.

 

 

 

 

For the first time in 30 years of Windows, you will be able to cut and paste in the command line.

 

I'm sold!

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For the first time in 30 years of Windows, you will be able to cut and paste in the command line.

 

I'm sold!

 

 

I have been able to cut and paste for years in a windows command prompt.

I have been able to cut and paste for years in a windows command prompt.

 

They mean via ctrl c and ctrl v.  You can only do it via right click atm.

They mean via ctrl c and ctrl v.  You can only do it via right click atm.

 

You can use alt-space, edit, and then select from mark, copy & paste.

Still a pain in't ass having to do it differently.

 

Win10 actually looks like it might be worth getting.

I would just say different, rather than a pain.  But then I am used to that, I like keyboard shortcuts, but I suspect that most people don't even know that alt-space menu exists.  It can be very handy when stupid Java applications open a window off screen (and thus you can't click on it to move it), but you can do alt-space, move and then use the cursor keys to bring it back :-)

I've gone so long without a laptop and was gonna get one in new year but windows 8 has put me off

Looks like waiting another year now until number 10 is released!

There's nothing wrong with 8. Well 8.1 to be precise.

 

It's far slicker than any of the others and runs well on older tech.

 

I've even grown to like the start screen lately. In as much as I hardly use it so it's not a problem.

They mean via ctrl c and ctrl v. You can only do it via right click atm.

I wobder how you to a ctrl c to kill then.

Question is will it still be version 6.x

Windows 10 will support bash

It will (of course), have native NSA and GCHQ support built in.

Just installing the technical preview now (into a hyper-v machine on my Surface 2 Pro), for all you windows 8 haters out there :-)

Wow, that installed in just minutes.  Hardest bit was added a new virtual switch!!

Trying to decide if it is worth using resources on my Hyper-V host server to look at this early a version or not. 

I only allocated mine 3GB and 30GB of disk space.  Although I haven't done anything with it yet.

 

I think all the win8 haters are still going to dislike it.  haha :-)

Installed it on a VM earlier - looks promising. And really what's wrong with Windows 8.1? It's a good stable OS, I use it at work and home and I love it. No idea why all the hate for it though I suspect a lot is down to people who've never used it just going along with the press hate and wanting to slag it off.

Might go for the preview myself

Installed it on a VM earlier - looks promising. And really what's wrong with Windows 8.1? It's a good stable OS, I use it at work and home and I love it. No idea why all the hate for it though I suspect a lot is down to people who've never used it just going along with the press hate and wanting to slag it off.

 

I think that people hate change, and refuse to accept anything that is different.  The GUI between 95, 98, me, xp didn't really change much (vista was slightly different).  But then they drop in the metro interface and all the stick in the muds hate it.  However by generating a single OS which works between touch screen devices, laptops and desktops seems sensible to me.

 

Sadly I think MS dropped the ball a bit with the RT (although the battery life was great, there were minimal apps for it), however the Surface Pro (1, 2 & 3) are all heading in the correct direction.

 

Maybe I am biased as I also use Windows Phone, and I like same experience across all my devices. (win 8.1 desktop, win 8.1 laptop, surface pro 2, win phone 8.1).