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Original Windows 10 Version to Receive Support until 9 May

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday April 16 2017, @08:53PM   
from the get-on-the-upgrade-treadmill dept.

butthurt writes:

Betanews reports on an announcement from Microsoft regarding its Windows 10 operating system:

[...] come May 9 it will stop updating the original release, known as 1507. The software giant had intended to stop supporting that release on March 26, but pushed back the deadline.

additional coverage:
Computerworld

related story:
Microsoft Kills Windows Vista On April 11: No Security Patches, No Hot Fixes, No Support, Nada

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• Re:And Re:And (Score: 2) by butthurt on Monday April 17 2017, @08:33AM (2 children)

  by butthurt (6141) on Monday April 17 2017, @08:33AM (#495155) Journal

  Where did that figure come from? A better estimate is that between 0.9% and 2.9% of installations are the original version of Windows 10.

  http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/adduplex-data-shows-strong-windows-10-anniversary-update-rollout/ [digitaltrends.com]

  Microsoft claim 400 million computers are being updated to the latest version. The previous major update had 91% uptake. Hence there could be around 4-13 million computers still running the 1507 version.

  https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/04/11/introducing-edgehtml-15/ [windows.com]

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• Re:And Re:And (Score: 2) by Dunbal on Monday April 17 2017, @08:57AM (1 child)

  by Dunbal (3515) on Monday April 17 2017, @08:57AM (#495167)

  Where did that figure come from?

  My imagination. That's where stuff usually comes from when you're making a joke. You sound pretty butthurt, butthurt....

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  • Re:And (Score: 1) by butthurt on Monday April 17 2017, @09:21AM

    by butthurt (6141) on Monday April 17 2017, @09:21AM (#495181) Journal

    I wasn't, but I am now that I understand that a joke was being made at my expense. Thanks for explaining.

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