DarkKnight Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) I posted this over at The Windows Club also due to an article they wrote about the latest Windows 10 build, I'd like to see what kind of feedback I get here too.... The article can be read here :http://news.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-as-a-service-70823/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWindowsClub+%28The+Windows+Club%29 My response to the article: "Well, MS has said Windows 10 will be a free upgrade to those running Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 for the first year after it's release. What they have not made clear is if you upgrade within that first year and have to reformat and reinstall after the initial first year is it still going to be free? Windows as a service? I really am not sure how much I am going to like that, I don't like the idea of my OS running in the cloud. This essentially means that MS is moving towards Windows becoming a pay as you go service where everyone will be on the same OS computing in the cloud, yes it will be easier for them to distribute updates and patches for the OS but there are too many drawbacks to the scenario. First being as the end user will lose control of their system and MS takes over the drivers seat, if you don't pay for the update or patch or monthly bill I can see systems being locked or shut down. Second, in the event of a virus outbreak ..... everyone gets infected not just a handful of users. Third, MS basically will have the keys to your system, privacy will no longer be an issue because they have any and all information on you whenever they need it whether it be with or without your knowledge. In short I can basically see all pc's, handhelds and tablets basically becoming empty boxes that are controlled by MS, pay for the service and you'll be fine, don't pay and your shut off, just like if you don't pay your power bill, you'll be sitting in the dark. As I type this I can only see the worst and it doesn't look good. Another point I'd like to touch on is when installing Windows 10, which I have been doing in a virtual environment. I forgot where I seen it but someone posted a screenshot somewhere that when installing Windows 10 as a clean install, if you need to revert back to your previous version say like Windows 8.1, it will not let you access your recovery partition. If true, this is just another way of MS forcing everyone towards 10 by destroying your recovery partitions." EDIT: I found it here and is true if the end user does not pay attention :http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-downgrade-from-windows-10-technical-preview/aeee58c9-de3f-47b4-9633-bbd02bae122e "The fine print, before installation was that you will not be able to go back to windows 8.1 without a usb / dvd recovery disk. They repeated it several times stating we should make sure to have that if we ever want to go back to previous window because we will NOT be able to go back." IMO, this is pretty sh!tty that they do this, one should be able to go back using their own recovery partition if need be. Windows 10 may be an innovative OS with some nice features but upgrading to it is looking grimmer and grimmer with everything I read lately. Edited January 24, 2015 by DarkKnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamTron Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I honestly don't think Windows will become a pay-as-you-go service. If that's the case, I know that I an many others will never upgrade downgrade to that. After seeing the changes in the latest (9926) preview build, I don't think I'll upgrade anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkKnight Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) I honestly don't think Windows will become a pay-as-you-go service. Did you not watch the webcast last week?Be prepared because Microsoft is definitely moving towards a pay as you go model once they get the masses on board with Windows 10. This is why they are "giving the OS" away, besides, why else do you think they are trying their hardest to build an OS per user feedback? Edited January 26, 2015 by DarkKnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Be prepared because Microsoft is definitely moving towards a pay as you go model once they get the masses on board with Windows 10. Are you sure you really meant "once" (and not "if") ? jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Resistance is futile, Jaclaz. The correct term is most definitely once. No one wants to sell you an OS that does what you want or need. Building a better mousetrap is simply "last millennium" thinking. Now it's about getting a foot in the door and delivering an engine with which to fleece the users for future profit, and if that's the only way people can get high tech frivolty, then that's what they'll gladly accept. We wouldn't have imagined people would throw away their financial futures just to have cell phones that they cannot actually talk reliably on either, but here we are. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkKnight Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Here is a link to the January 2015 Windows 10 webcast. Before you say this can't and won't happen, watch it. This my friends is EXACTLY what they have planned. http://news.microsoft.com/windows10story/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 A company wants to supply you with ongoing high tech for a monthly fee. The concept of software as a product has come and gone. We're probably not going to see a reversal. Where will this go from here? My opninion: Everyone will just - perhaps begrudgingly - accept it and it will become the norm. In the next generation paying Microsoft monthly will just be a staple of life. Another set of companies (Apple? Google? Some new ones?) will do it slightly better with an OS based on Unix, and get people to join them. Note that it will still be a monthly fee. The tech will gain self awareness and what we want will be irrelevant. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TELVM Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 ... Windows 10 will be a free upgrade to those running Windows 7 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 i guess consumers will buy enterprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 ... Windows 10 will be a free upgrade to those running Windows 7 ... Very fitting!! The logical end of this whole process (maybe even the goal) is to turn our formerly autonomous PCs into little more than dumb terminals connected to the Center, which will keep a caring Eye on all of us and prevent us from hurting ourselves. --JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TELVM Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) JorgeA, to here your servant the true intentions behind this 'generous freeness' are crystal clear. Edited February 4, 2015 by TELVM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Oh, yeah: Microsoft aims to trap the simpleton boobs out there into its ecosystem. Where DO you find all these incredibly fitting images and videos?? --JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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