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Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric – it won't hit one billion devices by mid-2018
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| Jul 15, 2016
| Iain Thomson
Posted on 07/15/2016 8:13:13 PM PDT by dayglored
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Oh well, good try.
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:13:13 PM PDT
by
dayglored
To: Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; amigatec; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; ...
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:13:48 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
The nagware worked for me. I switched to Linux. Why did I wait so long?
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:14:40 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: dayglored
So, shall we start a pool on what the number will be in July 2018?
750 million?
850 million?
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:14:56 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: GingisK
>
Why did I wait so long? You probably don't want me to answer that. :-)
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:16:05 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
Was it that clown Ballmer who promised that, or was it the new Slurpee salesman?
To: GingisK
I'm gonna get on letting one of my VirtualBox Win7's upgrade to Win10 32 bit this week.
Based on a Linux box of course.
Keep that M$ stuff in a lock box I say...
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:20:22 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: GingisK
I’m on FR with a W7 laptop. FW10.
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:22:24 PM PDT
by
max americana
(fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
To: dayglored
I bought a refurbished desktop with a 900 GB HD and a fresh installation of Windows 7 Professional for wait - the miserly sum of $62.
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:24:48 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: angryoldfatman
>
Was it that clown Ballmer who promised that, or was it the new Slurpee salesman? The prediction was made in April 2015, a few months before Win10 released. Steve Ballmer retired effective Feb 4, 2014.
Can't lay this one at the feet of ol' Steverino.
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:26:52 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
If they’d tried something other than the ‘free candy’ marketing approach, a lot more Windows users would have given it a whirl.
Forcibly inserting that Windows 10 icon into billions of users system trays, was a draconian, heavyhanded move. Tens of millions of users (like me) objected to that intrusion on THEIR computers.
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:27:55 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: dayglored
Mine won’t fire up. Not necessarily a Windows 10 problem but this laptop for some reason is dead as a door nail. Won’t power up. Toshiba.
To: dayglored
Software so impressive you can’t give it away.
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:33:51 PM PDT
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789)
To: dayglored
Upgraded a couple of months ago from Windows 8.1. It took a little time to adjust to the changes but the price was right.
I like it. Best Microsoft operating system ever and I go back to DOS.
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:36:56 PM PDT
by
InterceptPoint
(Still a Cruz Fan but voting for Trump)
To: dayglored
...a pool on what the number will be in July 2018...I'd guess at 400 million....unless there are any more rumors about home users becoming "subscribers" to Windows.
If that happens, Redmond's going to be lucky if they don't start losing systems by the thousands.
If they think they had a near revolt on their hands over XP, just wait....
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:38:58 PM PDT
by
Unrepentant VN Vet
(...against all enemies, foreign or domestic...)
To: gunsequalfreedom
'...Wont power up. Toshiba....."
Try this: disconnect the power supply and remove the battery.
Hold down the start button for about a minute.
Then, in this order- connect the power supply, replace the battery...and see if she boots up.
This procedure does work-sometimes.
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:39:35 PM PDT
by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
To: dayglored
We may have loaded win 10 but were turned off bad by all their very annoying pop up ads. To hell with it!
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:41:10 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
To: Victor
Thanks. The battery is not easily removable. I did try the complete power down and the hold the start button for 20 seconds.
I will see if I the battery can come out and try your idea. Much appreciated (Someone on here showed me how to hot wire a tablet that would not power up and dang it worked). Hope your idea does.
To: InterceptPoint
8.1 is the best ever! Just to be sure I picked up 8.1 all versions, 7 all versions, and all versions of 10 on disks. You can always get serial #’s or COA’s on ebay or on great boxes from the PA state warehouse.
Drop in an SSD, get a dell restore disk , by model, and you have a better than new unit for less than 125!
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posted on
07/15/2016 8:51:18 PM PDT
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS.. We are DOOMED for several generations. . Who cares? Dem's did and voted!)
To: dayglored
Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
I don't know about Microsoft's metrics, but my mine, Windows 10 has been a pretty decent OS.
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