So, the new OS is entirely subscription based?
No. Not at all. Don't believe the FUD.
So, the new OS is entirely subscription based?
It's still there , you just uncheck the "Use the start menu insted....." and the name is Start Screen
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The wife and I are both getting new laptops and a new tower for our son with tax refund this year. Son is still on XP, our current laptops are on Vista. I have read so many bad things in the past week about W8 and a slew of problems on new computers that I can't see enjoying using it at all. Son's new tower will have W7Pro. New AMD A10 processor running at 3.9ghz, 8gig ram, expandable to 32, Radeon R7 graphics, HP by bread. Only decent deal I could find on laptops with the AMD A10 Pro's have W8.1. Would it be possible to use the disc from my son's tower for both new laptops?
I am not a fan of there new subscribe model they went to with the new os. They talked about it for a few years before win 8 but they finally did it with win 10. No thanks, I'll just stick with my Linux.
I like win 8 a lot and I won't upgrade to the new one. The finally removed the full screen start menus like win8 has. I use win 8 as a media center on my big screen tv so now they took away the best feature for media center pcs.
It might be the result of Microsoft doing the automatic adjustment of OS characteristics based upon what type of system it detects it's running on, something they said they'd be doing. Does your laptop have a touchscreen?Interesting. I don't have that option. I'm running the 10041 technical preview, on a laptop not in tablet mode, but that doesn't seem to matter.
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Apparently this option went away in the previous build 9926. Some answers here:https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...u-in-w10/54753db4-0ec8-428b-a343-5112224712e0
It is still there. There are a bunch of ways to configure it, biased toward a Win 7 viewpoint. Just click on the notifications icon (how you used to access the charms bar) and click on "Tablet Mode" at the bottom. They've changed from left-right scrolling to top-bottom scrolling, and merged it a bit with the apps screen. I wish they'd left it alone, but it still works.
And, it isn't a subscribe mode, yet, not that it matters that much. I use Office 365, and other than the yearly subscription, it's no different from old Office (and it's super easy to get it to work on up to five other computers -- and yes, Windows Phone too).
There isn't one. There was some discussion of this in a thread a while back but the short version is that they were afraid that some systems/programs would mistake Win9 for and earlier version such as Win95 or Win98 so they skipped 9 and went straight to 10.
I have win7, I know about win8, and now people are talking about 10...
What happened to 9 ???
No one knows for sure last time I checked, but there was speculation that poorly written software used "9" as a check for "95" and "98" although I'm not even sure if that's correct. Haven't checked for the latest theory.I thought it was because 9 sounds like nein, and nein means no, and so nobody would buy something called Windows No.
I thought it was because 9 sounds like nein, and nein means no, and so nobody would buy something called Windows No.
I didn't install it on a VM, but installed it as the main os on a Dell Venue 11 Pro (tablet/2-in-one). I much prefer the Windows 8.1 interface. To me, the Windows 10 interface is a step backward. But maybe the Win7 or XP fans will be satisfied. I do like the windowed Metro apps.
Have you tried the tablet mode? This looks like it could help you (I just found it and didn't test it thoroughly).
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I'm not sure if this works. "Nein" (No) and "Neuen" (Nine) are pronounced differently. Though if it were true, it would be sufficient reason from a marketing standpoint to avoid it.
The Chevy Nova never sold well in Spanish speaking countries since Nova translated literally as "No Go."
An "Update Reservation" icon is to be pushed via a system update to eligible Win7 and Win8.1 users and appear as an icon in the Windows system tray in the lower right corner:July 29th.
6 Features Disappearing in Windows 10 (and How to Replace Them)been looking at various things about w10, win media center out(can't say that I'll miss something that I've never used), have to get a newer solitaire game, drat guess I'll won't get to 20k games played . the only app that needs replacing is one the install program will fetch, Norton AV. doubt that I will go out of my way to get a microphone just to talk to my computer(for me Cortana sounds like an unneeded feature), the new browser looks like it will take some getting used to.
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