Windows 10? Free? For Windows 7 Users?

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 06/01/2015 at 15:32 • Filed to: None

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That calls for a Carlton gif!

jkm7680 > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 15:33

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Jokes on them, I’m not getting it!

PS9 > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 15:35

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BUT YOU DON’T NEED IT FOR FREE, YOU ALREADY GOT A GOOD VERSION! WHAT ABOUT US IN THE WASTELANDS STILL RUNNING VISTA, HUH? YOU CAN’T FORGET ABOUT US, MICRO$OFT!? WHAT ABOUT UUUUUUUS!

TheHondaBro > PS9 06/01/2015 at 15:36

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You’re still running Vista? I’m sorry.

TheHondaBro > jkm7680 06/01/2015 at 15:36

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k

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > PS9 06/01/2015 at 15:37

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I feel sorry for your soul.

jkm7680 > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 15:38

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mmkay

Tareim - V8 powered > jkm7680 06/01/2015 at 15:39

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I’m guessing you’re not using windows but mac?

jkm7680 > Tareim - V8 powered 06/01/2015 at 15:39

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Nope Windows 7, but Windows 8 was some shit so I’ll pass on 10.

TheHondaBro > jkm7680 06/01/2015 at 15:42

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10 will address all the problems that 8 had. Yeah I’m looking forward to it.

jkm7680 > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 15:43

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I’m looking forward to continuing my use of Windows 7, because all the other ones are stupid.

Lots of places still use XP, haha.

djmt1 > jkm7680 06/01/2015 at 15:46

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You sure?

jkm7680 > djmt1 06/01/2015 at 15:47

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XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10. Woooo great counting guys!

TheHondaBro > djmt1 06/01/2015 at 15:48

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Pretty much.

Nisman > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 15:56

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I think I’m gonna wait a little bit. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it am I right? I’ll wait until I actually can’t run something I want to run on 7 before upgrading.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 15:56

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If all the shit they’re saying about DX12 is true...hnnnggggg.

Tareim - V8 powered > jkm7680 06/01/2015 at 15:57

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10 is meant to be the best of 7 & 8 + win 7 support will eventually end and then you will either be stuck with an OS that is not getting updates or have to buy a license for 10, if your not 100% sure on it right now, get a VM running with the tech preview whilst you still can

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 15:58

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Vista with SP2 is basically just Win7 with a more attractive interface.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > djmt1 06/01/2015 at 15:59

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But what about 2000, 8.1, 98SE, 3.11, WFW, etc?

2000 was the tits, 98 was shit, 98SE was the tits, 3.11 was far better than 3.1, WFW was even moar better.

TheHondaBro > Nisman 06/01/2015 at 15:59

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Windows 8 is broke.

TheOnelectronic > jkm7680 06/01/2015 at 15:59

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Officially, it’s to signal that 10 is a fresh start, and not just a continuation of 7 and 8.

Reportedly, it’s because a lot of software would check to see if someone was running an old version of windows by just seeing if the version started with “9”, so a “windows 9” would trip a lot of “You need a newer OS to run this” messages.

Textured Soy Protein > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 16:00

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Windows 8 was bad enough to finally push me over to a Mac the last time I bought a computer.

My gf needs a new one soon. Her current computer is running 7 but it’s old and heavy and she wants something lighter. Since she’s going to have to learn a new OS either way with Windows 10 or Mac, really the only thing keeping her leaning towards a Windows machine is price.

TheHondaBro > Textured Soy Protein 06/01/2015 at 16:02

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Macs are becoming garbage, frankly. Overpriced fashion items.

Firewrx234 > djmt1 06/01/2015 at 16:08

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I've always found this to be fact. They make all kinds of changes for the bad ones, let everyone complain about the nuances. Then they fix them all for the next OS

Sam > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 16:09

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They’re falling into the Toyota mindset. If you don’t need to make it any better to push units, why would you?

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 16:21

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that’s why i buy old used one and fix them up, and upgrade them

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 16:42

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8.1 is pretty usable, and hella fast on SSD.

spanfucker retire bitch > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 06/01/2015 at 17:01

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And way more secure than Windows 7 as well.

Textured Soy Protein > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 17:05

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I had very specific features I wanted and in my case the only Windows machine with similar specs to my MBPr 13 was $300 more. I didn’t want to spend $300 more for the one with the OS that I hated.

My gf is not as particular about gadgets as I am so she should be fine with a Windows 10 laptop assuming Windows 10 actually doesn’t suck, and we are not a household that’s stuck one one particular company’s products.

Last week I bought her a perfectly decent Acer 8” Android tablet to replace her 2012 Nexus 7 that’s been running like shit ever since the Lollipop update. It was 120 bucks and she’s totally happy with it.

A laptop is a bit outside price range of me just making an impulse buy on one for her. Unless it’s a Chromebook...maybe.

Allen750 > PS9 06/01/2015 at 17:14

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Yes! They’re appealing to those who believe 7 is the best... but forgetting about Vista (da worst.)

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 17:19

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Just make sure you’re not on Legacy support, otherwise...

Nibbles > jkm7680 06/01/2015 at 17:45

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You’re going to miss out. Win10 is leagues ahead of Win7 plus the upgrade doesn’t kill your current 7 license. You can always downrev if you want.

PS: Plenty of people are still using XP because plenty of people are stupid

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 17:48

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Nah, I will stick with 7 until SteamOS comes out of beta. Then Microsoft can lick my taint.

jkm7680 > Nibbles 06/01/2015 at 17:53

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Well, lots of specialized software only runs on XP Pro.

Nibbles > jkm7680 06/01/2015 at 18:03

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You want to be tied to a software that runs on an unsupported OS, be my guest.

Disclaimer: My company software does not run on Windows 8/10/2012. We hired a new dev team to fix that.

Axial > PS9 06/01/2015 at 18:10

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Why didn’t you grab Win 8 when it was $30? That would have been a ticket onto the Win10 train.

Axial > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/01/2015 at 18:14

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And if you had Windows NT, you got to skip all the crap that was in 95, 98, and ME before buying 2000...which was just another version of NT with a different name.

Also, the reports of 8 being terrible are greatly exaggerated; it even improves performance. Vista wasn’t even that bad, but Vista did have a performance penalty so I let it stay in the bad category.

Axial > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 18:15

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Not even. Runs more stable than 7 ever did.

jkm7680 > Nibbles 06/01/2015 at 18:24

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Where I work, we ran Ubuntu and it was a fucking nightmare.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Axial 06/01/2015 at 18:56

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Technically, Windows 8 is superior in every way to previous versions.

The user experience suffered a bit, however. But a lot of this was fixed in Windows 8.1, and even more in 8.1u1

TheHondaBro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/01/2015 at 19:32

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Don’t you shit on 98. She was a gem of an OS.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro 06/01/2015 at 19:32

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It didn’t even have USB support. SE had USB support.

Axial > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/01/2015 at 20:52

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I barely noticed the lack of a Start button in Windows 8, and any other UI deficiencies have been forgotten. For both 8 and 8.1, though, the speed and stability of my computer have been better than they ever were with 7. I would get random, infrequent crashes with 7, and I’ve never had that problem with 8/8.1. I’m even hesitant to actually follow through on the upgrade to Windows 10, since it’s that good and because I worry about UI inconsistencies with 10. The direction they are taking the icon aesthetics, especially the charms, bothers me; all thin and Android-looking.

Random Commenter > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/02/2015 at 00:28

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Don’t forget Windows NT, which in my experience was a damned solid OS...

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Random Commenter 06/02/2015 at 09:02

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So NT would be... NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 3.5.1, NT 4.0, then 2000, XP, XP 64-bit, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10...

Or if you wanted to include server OSes...

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Axial 06/02/2015 at 09:03

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The biggest win for me with 8.1 was driver support. So many new network drivers that work out of the box compared to win7. Which is great, because as long as you have network you can get any other drivers you need through Windows Update or OEM websites.