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More of your Windows 10 questions answered<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"Windows10-logo\"<\/a>We have been receiving dozens of emails every day asking about Windows 10. And a lot of \u00a0you…and rightly so…are a little suspicious about why Microsoft is suddenly becoming altruistic and giving most users – over 60% of computer users use Windows 7 and about 11% use Windows 8 — Windows 10 free. Skepticism abounds. When a company which has been driven by making huge profits from operating system upgrades starts giving an update away it does make you wonder. So we’re going to try to address some of your questions. Keep in mind, only Microsoft knows what it will do in the future; we’re basing our answers on the best available current information. And we know – nothing is as certain as change.<\/p>\n

1><\/strong> Your Question:<\/strong> If I upgrade to Windows 10 on July 29, 2015 will it only be good until July 29, 2016. Will I have to pay to keep using it?<\/p>\n

Our Answer:\u00a0<\/strong>You can use Windows 10 until you-know-what-freezes over without paying for it. Microsoft says Windows 10 and all future upgrades to it, will be free for the “supported lifetime of \u00a0your device”. \u00a0Um…what does that means. It means, we think, that let’s say you’re using a computer built in 2009 and it’s now 2024. That 15 years may be considered to be well beyond the supported lifetime of your device. In 2024 there may be liquid helium processors running 5000 times faster than today’s – or 500 GB of RAM will be common. You can’t very well drag your dual-core pc with 8 GB of RAM into 2024 with you and expect Microsoft to make Windows backward compatible with your device. You have to give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt here. The supported life will probably be fair period of time.<\/p>\n

2> Your Question:<\/strong> Why is Microsoft doing this\/<\/p>\n

Our Answer:<\/strong> We don’t have any inside information, however we think you can thank your Chromebook, Android device and Apple users. Chromebook’s operating system quietly updates, new features are added, things are improved and it’s all done via automatic updates. Android and Apple do the same things.<\/p>\n

Let’s face it. At one time, Microsoft was the only game in town. Apple was struggling and Chromebooks and Android devices \u00a0and smart phones were years in the future. If you wanted a computer, and you were not a Linux geek, you either chose Windows or Apples. And most people chose Windows simply because Windows computers were hundreds of dollars less expensive than their Apple counterparts. At one time 95% of the home computers in the word ran Windows.<\/p>\n

That was back in day when almost everyone accessed the Internet using a desktop computer. Laptops were expensive – and famously under-powered. If you wanted to browse the Web, you used a desktop computer.<\/p>\n

How things have changed. People are accessing the Internet is many different ways – tablets, smart phones, even watches. The day when people were tied to a desktop while accessing the Internet. It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that Windows is becoming a smaller and smaller force in the world of computing devices. A very small number of the tablets and smart phones in use are Windows-powered. There are many, many more Android tablet, Android smart phones, Chromebooks,Apple tablet and Apple smart phones than there are Windows tablets and smart phones. \u00a0With fewer and fewer people using desktops and even laptops to access the Internet, Microsoft can no longer make the rules. It must compete to survive and that’s our theory behind why Windows 10 is free for MOST Windows users (sorry Vista and XP users, it’s not free for you).<\/p>\n

3> Your Question.<\/strong> How will Microsoft make money?<\/p>\n

Our Answer:<\/strong> They hope to make money by selling you apps from the Windows store, or selling you Skype minutes, or selling you music subscriptions or extra storage on its OneDrive – or all of these. There is a lot of money in having millions of users buy all-your-ears-can handle music subscriptions at a monthly rate. A lot of money in the other things too.<\/p>\n

And let’s not forget, Windows is not exactly setting the smart phone and tablet world on fire. Depending on whose stats you use, Windows runs on 10-15% of the smart phones and tablets in the world. That means 85% to 90% \u00a0don’t run Windows. That’s a far cry from the days when 90% of the world’s Internet-connected devices ran Windows.<\/p>\n

We think, Microsoft hopes that if enough people like Windows 10 and get comfortable with it, that will automatically translate into more Windows-powered smart phones and tablets.<\/p>\n

4><\/strong> Your Question:<\/strong> Will there be future versions of Windows like Windows 11, Windows 12, Windows 13 and so on?<\/p>\n

Our Answer:<\/strong> According to Microsoft, Windows 10 will be the last named\/numbered version of Windows. So five years in the future you won’t way you run Windows 10, you’ll just be running Windows. New features and improvements will be automatically delivered via Windows Update – and in Windows 10 Home – users will not have the option to turn off the updates.<\/p>\n

Windows will constantly be improved (according to Microsoft) and new features added via the update path.<\/p>\n

We’ll wait and see on this, but if Windows Update doesn’t work any better on Windows 10 than it did on Windows 7, then there will be plenty of \u00a0very unhappy users. On the bright side, our test versions of Windows 10 have upgraded perfectly – automatically – with very few service interruptions. We’re willing to give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt on this one too. They’re striving to compete with Google and Apple, two companies as big or bigger than Microsoft. We think, given their new, less influential position in the world of Internet-connected devices, they will start giving users what they want and Windows will go on for a long time to come.<\/p>\n

Only time will tell.<\/p>\n

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