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Microsoft has announced that it is giving OEM PC makers another year to sell machines with Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 pre-installed. Starting from the 31st of October 2016, companies like Dell or Lenovo will need to ship systems with Windows 10, moving away from older versions of the operating systems entirely.
This comes on the back of the news that Microsoft plans to get more aggressive with its Windows 10 push early next year by turning it in to a recommended update for those on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, meaning the OS will automatically download on to machines and wait for an install.
There is also talk of Windows 10 updates becoming automatic for Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 users at some point next year, meaning those that want to stick with one of the older operating systems will need to turn off automatic Windows updates, though this is unconfirmed at this time.
In the past, Microsoft has set its end-of-sales date for older versions of Windows two years after the launch of the new one. So things seem to have sped up a bit this time around in order to push Windows 10. If Microsoft keeps on like this, it may actually manage to get Windows 10 on 1 billion devices within the next couple of years.
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KitGuru Says: Microsoft is heavily pushing Windows 10 in an effort to get it on to as many devices as possible. Have any of you updated to Windows 10 yet? I've been using it for a few months now myself without issue but I do know a few people that are trying to hold off for as long as possible.
I am really tired of “Pushed” operating system changes.
If you use it for gaming,it’s a piece of shit.
I just upgraded last month to try and it seems to run fine. Only issue so far is txt resolution on applications. But for gaming it runs without issue for every game i play.
Have you actually spent time on it recently? I use it on all my pc’s and tbh i get noticeable gains from it for everything i do including gaming. And before you think i am just another nobody. i run my own business as a pc tech and i use my main system for streaming, rendering, server work and also gaming. All my systems are custom built and all of them have seen a significant gain from w10 over w8.1 and we will only see even more gains in the near future as devs start coding and writing to take advantage of the new features of w10 like dx12.
Yes at first the gains weren’t there but thats not M$ fault because it is up to software devs to write and code for the new features and strengths being released. Things like dx12 simply don’t just magically work. They rely upon the game manufacturers and devs to actually write to use it lol.
Gains for gaming from DX12 shouldn’t really sell W10 as those same gains, if not greater, will be possible on other versions of Windows via Vulkan.