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There are seven different versions of Windows 10
Business Insider ^ | MAY 13, 2015, 2:11 PM | MATT WEINBERGER

Posted on 05/13/2015 8:14:54 PM PDT by Swordmaker

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1 posted on 05/13/2015 8:14:54 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: dayglored

Ping for your list. . .


2 posted on 05/13/2015 8:15:17 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: Swordmaker

The snippet only listed six versions...?


3 posted on 05/13/2015 8:16:32 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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4 posted on 05/13/2015 8:17:23 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (When things are rightly ordered, man is steward of God's gifts and civil law enables him to do so.)
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To: Swordmaker

10 binary is 2 decimal

10 hex is 16 decimal

and others in between.


5 posted on 05/13/2015 8:18:18 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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To: Swordmaker; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; Alas Babylon!; amigatec; ...
The many flavors of Windows 10 ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Hat tip to Swordmaker for the ping!!

6 posted on 05/13/2015 8:19:53 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored
Another good article on the many flavors:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/05/13/microsoft_reveals_how_many_flavors_of_windows_10_will_be_on_the_menu/

7 posted on 05/13/2015 8:21:04 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: Swordmaker
There are seven different versions of Windows 10

As well there should be. One of the long-term corporate goals of Microsoft is to keep as many people confused and frustrated as possible.

As someone who had to deal with Microsoft Vista for many years, I know this to be a fact.

8 posted on 05/13/2015 8:24:49 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
The snippet only listed six versions...?

AAARRRGGGHHH! I counted them and then fixed it and then it didn't take!

There, fixed. Again.

9 posted on 05/13/2015 8:25:30 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: Secret Agent Man

There is a secret version that is kept secret. Kinda.


10 posted on 05/13/2015 8:29:06 PM PDT by ThomasThomas ("YOUR BADGE! SHOW HIM YOUR BADGE!")
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To: Swordmaker

:)

Honestly I half thought Microsquish counted wrong.


11 posted on 05/13/2015 8:29:26 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Swordmaker

Which version runs your car. Reports to DOT big brother, etc., shuts down on command from Feds, ...


12 posted on 05/13/2015 8:36:17 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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To: Scrambler Bob

IoT core.


13 posted on 05/13/2015 8:41:23 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Swordmaker

>>There, fixed. Again. <<

Was our original post performed on an Apple product, perchance?


14 posted on 05/13/2015 8:45:26 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (When things are rightly ordered, man is steward of God's gifts and civil law enables him to do so.)
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To: Swordmaker

They absolutely just cannot help themselves. Good grief.


15 posted on 05/13/2015 8:45:34 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: Swordmaker

There could be a hundred the way you can code one program and then remove certain code with just a keyword. There could be a rumpledumplepurplepumpkin version if Microsoft so chose. Microsoft just has to write code once then set a keyword for each version and depending on the license number you get puts the codeword into the parameters for the installation. Simple yet effective and generates way more profits than writing code separately for each version. So there are 7 or 10 or how many doesn’t matter, the same code for the highest level version gets shipped for the lowest version.

Nothing to really see here.


16 posted on 05/13/2015 8:50:41 PM PDT by zaxtres
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To: Swordmaker

I just ordered some quad-core Raspberry Pi Model 2 computers.

There is a version for the Pi, I believe it must be the Windows 10 IoT Core. It will be interesting to see what it is like.

I bought some of the CanaKits complete Pi 2 packages... right now it’s the best buy for the Pi Model 2.

http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Original-Preloaded/dp/B008XVAVAW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1431575497&sr=8-3&keywords=pi+model+2


17 posted on 05/13/2015 8:51:41 PM PDT by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: freedumb2003
Was our original post performed on an Apple product, perchance?

Irrelevant. It was a Comcast internet dropout. . . which required me to go back and re-post. I went back one too many steps backwards in history to try re-posting and missed the correction I had done adding a list item in the middle of a monolithic block of text copied from the raw data from the page source of the article which didn't include list items code in the same way that is handled right on FR.

Trust you to bash Apple.

18 posted on 05/13/2015 9:05:55 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: Swordmaker

Other than trying to contradict some part of the advertising campaign I am not sure what the point of the article is. Does anyone really care that the OS has different versions optimized for different hardware and purposes? It seems like a given.

I suppose Microsoft is pointing out that the platform has more consistency between computer and mobile versions. Even though I have been using both phones, tablets and computers for years... I think that I would find this useful and less frustrating.


19 posted on 05/13/2015 9:11:40 PM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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To: Swordmaker
I'm very likely to go for the free Windows 10. I really like 8.1 but am annoyed by the one size fits all full screen windows Apps. Apparently 10 will give us Apps in a Window. Big plus.

The Start Screen revisions in 10 don't do much for me. I actually like the 8.1full screen setup despite my dislike of full screen apps in general. In any case it looks to me that 10 will be sufficiently customizable to keep me happy.

20 posted on 05/13/2015 9:19:41 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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