So, really, what’s the point of Windows 10? What does upgrading to Windows 10 do - other than enrich Microsoft - that Windows 7 doesn’t currently do?
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I was just about to say, Windows 10 looks just like Windows 7, but with a ‘Start Menu’ with a Win8 ‘look’. lol
Microsoft seriously needs to find a different vision. I’m frankly astounded that no one has come along and wiped them off the face of the Earth. They’ve been basically sitting there for years, just waiting to be replaced. They have had NO innovations in over a DECADE. They’ve tried things outside of Operating systems, and aside from gaming consoles, everything they’ve done has been a money losing failure. Even now, the Playstation 4 is cleaning their clock in gaming console sales.
The only thing that can be really keeping them going forward has to be in the corporate world, where their Server OS and Office/Email software is a HUGE revenue generator for them. Their corp software licensing is a money SPONGE. It just sucks up the money from your budget into their banks accounts, and it’s so complex, I’m not sure any one person understands ALL of it. They just say, “Pay us”, and people just do it.
touch screens are what is driving the app based screens.
If you have a touchscreen flip around laptop.. basically a tablet with the computing power and peripherals of a computer .. then you will appreciate the win8 win10 GUI a lot more.
If you prefer a mouse and keyboard.. you probably like the win7 GUI better.
Hence the win10 customizable hybrid.
One GUI capable of working in both environments...
**** “So, really, what’s the point of Windows 10? What does upgrading to Windows 10 do - other than enrich Microsoft - that Windows 7 doesn’t currently do?” *****
Exactly....
Only thing I can think of is that it starts training you for Windows 12 or 54 (depending how many numbers they want to skip)
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Windows 10 will be free to Windows 8 users. That's the first time Microsoft is doing anything like it, and while they stand to lose some licensing money on the back end, they're betting on a solid platform to appease the masses to get folks off of 7.