XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
   > Chris  wrote:   
   >> On 01/04/2024 16:19, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>> Chris  wrote:   
   >>>> On 31/03/2024 19:17, Newyana2 wrote:   
   >>> [...]   
   >>>   
   >>> [About Apple:]   
   >>>   
   >>>>> quickly dropping   
   >>>>> support for older products.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Which from a security standpoint works very well. Apple long ago stopped   
   >>>> selling OS updates - which Microsoft still kinda does - as it made sense   
   >>>> to have as many users as possible on the latest and most up-to-date OS   
   >>>> version.   
   >>>   
   >>> Maybe you can still buy some Microsoft Windows upgrades for some niche   
   >>> corner cases, but effectively all Windows upgrades have been free, ever   
   >>> since Windows 7 (2009!), till today (Windows 11).   
   >>   
   >> I thought the upgrade to 10 from 7/8 was only free for a while? It also   
   >> certainly wasn't "transparent" upgrade.   
   >   
   >   Yes, Microsoft has been sending mixed messages about this and there   
   > may have been gaps when the previous free period was over and the next   
   > free period was not yet there. After all, one can't use Microsoft and   
   > consistent in one sentence, can one!? :-) Anyway, my wife's 8.1 to 10   
   > upgrade was done in March 2023, nearly 8 years after release of 10, and   
   > was free.   
      
   Interesting. That's not the message I've seen over recent years.   
      
   >>> Of course you can still buy full licenses, for systems which come   
   >>> without one, but those are not upgrades.   
   >>   
   >> Although, anyone can use Win10 for free as long as they ignore the   
   >> subtle 'nag' from MS. No idea why they still charge so much for Windows.   
   >> Maybe it's so they can justify the costs to OEMs?   
   >   
   >   I only bought Windows 1.0 (the 386 version), never since.   
      
   I've used Windows off and on since 3.1 which came with my first PC, but   
   only ever bought Win10. I used a pirate version of win98 for a long time   
   and then linux until I made a gaming rig.   
      
   I think my next home computer will be a mac. I'll consider this when win10   
   goes out of support next year.   
      
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