{"id":17368,"date":"2015-05-08T22:34:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=17368"},"modified":"2015-05-08T22:34:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T21:34:14","slug":"no-more-windows-by-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=17368","title":{"rendered":"No More Windows By Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 – the soon-to-be-released latest version – will be the last to have a number associated with it<\/a>. In future, updates will happen on an on-going basis.\"Windows<\/p>\n

Over the years, we\u2019ve had about ten versions of Windows for PCs, with a further half dozen or so for business-oriented systems. I started out at home with Windows 3.1 (it originally came on a handful of floppy disks), then moved to Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and I currently have Windows 7 on my PC and Windows 8 on my notebook.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s sad when I look back, but I actually queued on the day of release to get Windows 98! However, as technology has improved – and not just on the PC – it is now possible to get the latest version delivered to your door within hours of its release, so you don\u2019t need to be such an anorak any more.<\/p>\n

Technology on the PC, though, has made getting hold of OSes extremely simple. My internet connection with Virgin is currently knocking on 200Mbps and I have easily downloaded the disk image for the Windows 10 beta versions several times from Microsoft (the same goes for Linux and other large non-OS files). It takes just a few minutes each time. I\u2019ve been trying it out on a virtual machine using Oracle\u2019s VirtualBox for a few months, and I like it.<\/p>\n

The other thing to be aware of is that if you are already using Windows 7 or 8 (there is no Windows 9), Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for one year once it is released during the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 – the soon-to-be-released latest version – will be the last to have a number associated with it. In future, updates will happen on an on-going basis. Over the years, we\u2019ve had about ten versions of Windows for PCs, with a further half dozen or so for business-oriented systems. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-tech-related"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t