Mr.Karizmatic Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 UPDATE: In a surprise move, Microsoft is skipping Windows 9 entirely and going straight to Windows 10. You can read the story on the new OS what its new features will be as it breaks right here. The original story appears below Windows 9 has not been officially announced, although we expect Microsoft to reveal the next version of their Windows operating system during a widely rumored press event scheduled for tomorrow, September 30. But in the meantime, the president of Microsoft Indonesia has reportedly spilled early details on an upgrade program for current Window 8 users. According to Indonesian site Detik (via PCWorld), Andreas Diantoro confirmed that "Windows 9 will be a free upgrade for all Windows 8 users." His full quote, translated by the handy but not entirely perfect Google Translate was: "Easy, when the OS (Windows 9) was launched later, users who have been using Windows 8 just need to do the update via his device. It will be installed automatically." He reportedly made this comment at the Hotel Mulia in Jakarta. A US Microsoft representative said that they have nothing to share at this time. But we'll keep you updated on the further details as they're made available, as well as what this could mean for PC gaming. On a related note, Microsoft's Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, talked about renewing the company's focus on PC gaming earlier this year at E3. 1 Quote
ajnl Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Wait, so is windows 10 free or are they ALSO releasing a windows 9? Quote
Chameleon Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 The way I understand it, they changed 9 to 10 and it will be free to those who have purchased 8... But it is so confusing haha 1 Quote
Heretic121 Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) They're skipping 9 and moving to 10, because they're weird and want to end major versioning on a "proper" number. Basically they're jumping to 10 and there won't be an 11, there'll just be a metric f*ckton of updates every time you reinstall (f*ckton is a valid unit of measurement) ... Similar, in a sense, to when you reinstall a Linux distro using that 3 year old disc that's been sat on your shelf. Edited October 2, 2014 by Heretic121 I missed three characters... 1 Quote
CruelKind Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Sounds like a good idea, I hope they decide to skip all the bugs and go right for the fix! Should have done this with Vista (Skipping directly to 7) 1 Quote
putts Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 It's Windows 10. There is a code that looks for a version and gets confused. "Windows 95" and "Windows 98" both start with "Windows 9". To get around it, they went to 10. Personally, I would have gone to 11! :all rock: I really wanted to try Windows 8. I didn't want to spend the $. My $ went to hardware instead. The taskbar is useless to me. Only for troubleshooting and finding that 1 program I use every 6 months... Everything is pinned. Keyboards shortcuts are the key to efficiency and productivity. Quote
Leader RedBaird Posted October 3, 2014 Leader Posted October 3, 2014 The way I understand it, they changed 9 to 10 and it will be free to those who have purchased 8... But it is so confusing haha When I saw the title of this thread, my first thought was that they had skipped Windows 9 to avoid giving out free upgrades! Quote
easyest Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 yeah indeed 8 is not best think they did i like more xp or even 7 but we will see..... Quote
Kat0n Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 What's wrong with vista and 8? First pc was vista, never had any problem with... and this one is running win 8, but excpept the interface can be annoying it's not shitty either lol Quote
SiD Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 8 is fine. Amateur users suck with it, though. They made it a little more complicated than past versions. Vista, I didn't like at all. My fav in recent years was Win 7. Had the XP feel with all the shiny doodads. Windows 10 looks decent. Nice to see a real start menu come around. I heard that 8.1 had a start menu, then numpty got her laptop and I got to play with it. Yes. Awesome start menu, guys. You have to RIGHT CLICK(dafuq?!) to even see it. Microsoft,do you even windows brah?! Outside of that stupidity, and some compatibility issues, 8's been decent. 1 Quote
Raskin Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 I got desktops with Xp and 7 and one with linux.I got a non touch screen laptop w 8 and used a program to bring start button back before 8.1....windows 8 for me was best for a tablet..I guess....... my tablet has jelly bean 4.1...mcsoft in such a feakin hurry to change versions stuff they fall all over themselves...they will probally say well..we are stopping support for vista..w7 and 8 so....you got to get our next buggy thing we are serving up...kill me now Quote
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