You cannot discuss the social history of the last quarter-century in the computing industry-roughly half its entire lifetime-without acknowledging the impact of Solitaire. I speak, of course, of releasing Solitaire with Windows 3.0. OK, it’s not exactly 100 years, but 25 years ago this month Microsoft took the watershed step toward becoming the colossus it is today. Right now I suspect Microsoft is focusing on the free upgrade offer and will not release these details until they are absolutely necessary.įor Microsoft getting users on Windows 7 and 8.1 to Windows 10 in this first 12 months is critical – especially if they want to meet their goal of having one billion user devices on Windows 10 in the first 2-3 years.Volume 30 Number 7 Don't Get Me Started - 100 Years of Solitaire Reservations for the Windows 10 upgrade are not required.Īlthough we now have a lot more info than we did before this announcement there are still unanswered questions such as the upgrade path/options for Windows Insiders who are on Insider Preview builds, the cost of Windows 10 after the free upgrade period, when system builders can get their hands on an OEM copy of Windows 10 of any flavor and what, if anything, will Surface RT/RT 8.1 devices see in the form of an upgrade/re-designed UI as Microsoft has previously mentioned.Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise and Windows RT/RT 8.1 are excluded from the free upgrade offer.Any new computer purchased with Windows 8.1 between now and 29 July will be eligible for the free upgrade.Windows 8.1 Pro and Pro for Students upgrades to Windows 10 Pro.
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