Microsoft Windows X I mean 10

[darkswordsman17]

So Microsoft is skipping 9 to go straight to 10 (not sure why they're not going to 11 though). Oh no! Rabble rabble version numbers rabble rabble!

They'll have to pull a Firefox and get aggressive in going up version numbers too if they want to catch Apple. Windows 10 Liger. Windows 10 LOLcat. Then they'd need to jump to geography. Windows 10 San Diego (codename Whale's Vagina). Windows 10 Seattle (Seahawks > 49ers). Or maybe Windows 10 SuperSonics (codename Fuck the Thunder).

Shame they're going with 10. Don't they realize X is far more extreme! Probably worried people will get confused. So is it the 10box One?

 

[Printer Bandit]

lol at the people that voluntarily use Windows.

 

[brianmanahan]

lol at the people that voluntarily use Windows.

if you wanna play games, you gotta play windows

 

[Printer Bandit]

if you wanna play games, you gotta play windows

ain't nobody got time for that.

 

[brianmanahan]

ain't nobody got time for that.

i do! legend of grimrock 2 coming out oct 15, oh man

 

[Red Storm]

I don't get why they skipped 9?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Huh? Isin't the next one going to be called 9?

What I don't get is how they are so inconsistent in their naming schemes.

ex:
(not counting the server versions and may have skipped some near the start)
Windows 1.x: use version number
Windows Bob: use a name
Windows 3.x: back to using version number
Windows 95: Using year now
Windows 98: Gaining some consistency here, using the year again
Windows 2000/ME: Now we're talking (I'll consider "ME" as using the year, since it was the Millennium)
Windows XP: Huh? Going back to using a name I guess
Windows Vista: Ok guess they'll do way with years and version numbers
Windows 7: Huh? 7 what? What's this number for? Was there even a 6, a 5 ..a 1? Why 7?
Windows 8: Still kind of confused
Windows 9: Ok I guess this is simple enough, but why didn't you start at 1! I'm confused.

 

[highland145]

XP or buy a new machine.

 

[jlee]

Huh? Isin't the next one going to be called 9?

What I don't get is how they are so inconsistent in their naming schemes.

ex:
(not counting the server versions and may have skipped some near the start)
Windows 1.x: use version number
Windows Bob: use a name
Windows 3.x: back to using version number
Windows 95: Using year now
Windows 98: Gaining some consistency here, using the year again
Windows 2000/ME: Now we're talking (I'll consider "ME" as using the year, since it was the Millennium)
Windows XP: Huh? Going back to using a name I guess
Windows Vista: Ok guess they'll do way with years and version numbers
Windows 7: Huh? 7 what? What's this number for? Was there even a 6, a 5 ..a 1? Why 7?
Windows 8: Still kind of confused
Windows 9: Ok I guess this is simple enough, but why didn't you start at 1! I'm confused.

Actually yes, but there hasn't been a 7 or 8 yet.
http://www.jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=winvernotes

[
5.0.2195 Windows 2000
5.1.2600 Windows XP
or Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2002 (Itanium)
5.2.3790 Windows Server 2003
or Windows XP x64 Edition (AMD64/EM64T)
or Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium)
6.0.6000 Windows Vista
6.0.6001 Windows Vista with Service Pack 1
or Windows Server 2008
6.1.7600 Windows 7
or Windows Server 2008 R2
6.1.7601 Windows 7 with Service Pack 1
or Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1
6.2.9200 Windows 8
or Windows Server 2012
6.3.9200 Windows 8.1
or Windows Server 2012 R2
6.3.9600 Windows 8.1 with Update 1

 

[Red Squirrel]

I just found this out now but they are indeed skipping 9. LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfveyXCsiA8

Wow.

 

[Away]

if you wanna play games, you gotta play windows

Bullshit.

http://store.steampowered.com/browse/linux/
http://www.gog.com/games/linux/

 

[jlee]

I just found this out now but they are indeed skipping 9. LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfveyXCsiA8

Wow.

LOL..I hadn't seen that yet. Thanks for the link!

 

[BudAshes]

Next up, windows eleventy.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Bullshit.

http://store.steampowered.com/browse/linux/
http://www.gog.com/games/linux/

Well most big titles are windows only. Yeah you can screw around with emulation and crap but typically you wont get the same experience.

Problem with Linux is too many distros to support, so in a way I don't blame companies.

 

[futurefields]

gonna be twice the price as previous versions of windows watch

calling it now

what did windows 8 sell for? windows 10 gonna be atleast $50 more

 

[jlee]

gonna be twice the price as previous versions of windows watch

calling it now

what did windows 8 sell for? windows 10 gonna be atleast $50 more

I think I paid $15 for one of my licenses and $40 for the other.

 

[brianmanahan]

Bulls**t.

http://store.steampowered.com/browse/linux/
http://www.gog.com/games/linux/

lol, just a small number of the games i want to play are available on linux

linux is great for servers, i use it all the time, but The Year Of The Linux Desktop is still years away

 

[momeNt]

This looks awesome. Windows as usual, every other one is absolutely amazing.

 

[futurefields]

not sure i would trust this guy to make ANY decisions...

 

[brianmanahan]

not sure i would trust this guy to make ANY decisions...

he's a cross between sylvester stallone and all of the beatles

 

[uhohs]

lol at skipping 9.
wth are they thinking.

 

[Imp]

My work just about finished rolling to Windows 7 from XP this past summer.

Now we're starting Windows 8 rollout -- why the eff didn't they just skip it?

 

[Crono]

Looking forward to it.

I never had a big problem with 8, and 8.1 has been smooth sailing. It's only the settings being split between Modern and Desktop that has been a real nuisance, and a few compatibility issues very early on.

I think the biggest problem most people had with 8 is being unable to adjust to Metro/Modern, even though the way I think of it is as a full screen start menu. Keeping the background the same as your desktop helps with that, and all the tiles are adjustable. The massive tree of menus in older versions of Windows was worse, in my opinion, and you could always access the full list from the start screen, anyway.

Charms are easy access for things like search, too, but again not a lot of people seem to use them effectively - Microsoft was at fault there for not making them obvious or putting in the tutorial at launch. It helps that I've been using 8 since Developer Preview, though, and pretty much in every form factor (tablet, desktop, WP 8 phone).

Windows 10 is a step forward in "fixing" 8.1 because at least it gives options to the user. That's the one thing Microsoft really should have considered; no one likes to forced to use a new interface, not when upgrading to a new version. The classic desktop should have been there in Windows 8 with the old start menu, and Microsoft should have made the OS detect if you were on a desktop and ask if you wanted to use the old or new UI elements on first run. That would have been acceptable to most people.

 

[HeXen]

I just use windows to boot directly to Steam in big screen mode. OSX for everything else.

ain't nobody got time for that.

If you don't have time for any kind of hobby then you might want to consider using an eraser on your tight schedule once in a while. All work and no play is usually just wasting your life.

 

[Pocatello]

ain't nobody got time for that.

But enough time to become a lifer at ATOT.