Dell contradicts Microsoft, says Windows 10 will be installed on PCs starting July 29. It turns out Windows 10 will be installed on PCs from four major manufacturers.
Dell Inc. CEO Michael Dell said on Twitter that he expects Windows 10 to ship on new Dell PCs on July 29, contradicting a statement made yesterday by Microsoft.
Microsoft, which is still testing the highly anticipated operating system, said consumers would have to work with their local retailers to upgrade to Windows 10 after purchasing their new devices, in a blog post.
This means that all new units, such as the Dell XPS 15, on which Microsoft demoed Windows 10 during Computex, would not come with Windows 10 preinstalled, but rather users would have to upgrade at retail locations.
After some confusion regarding what was actually going to happen, Microsoft announced:
[...] Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Acer will begin shipping PCs on July 29 with Windows 10 preinstalled, Microsoft told Bloomberg.
Yusuf Mehdi, Vice President of Windows and Device Marketing, was mistaken when he wrote in a blog post that PCs shipping on July 29 would not have the new operating system preinstalled.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:13PM
They are being way too pushy with this windows 10 thing. I am afraid one day I will turn on my windows 7 machine and it will be "upgraded" to windows 10 or some semi-functioning purgatory state. I tried to get rid of the "offer" and it keeps coming back under different names. Is the only option to turn off windows update? That seems like a bad idea too.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:22PM
There's also the option to switch to Linux. That way you'll never again be prompted to update to a newer Windows version. ;-)
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:27PM
Yes, I may have to do that. Based on previous experience, I am trying to avoid this because I do not want to spend endless hours tinkering to get a printer to work, etc. But Microsoft appears to be crossing a threshold and it is causing me undue stress.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by sudo rm -rf on Wednesday July 15 2015, @01:53PM
If you consider switching, here [soylentnews.org] a lot of different opinions and reasons what distro to use for what.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Wednesday July 15 2015, @03:25PM
Linux continues to get better as time goes by. You will still have some issue with the latest hardware having troubles working, but hardware that's a couple of years old has much better support. Instead of buying the most recent printer, try buying a printer that's been around a few years. That way it's much more likely to be supported in Linux. Or you could do a bit of research and get a printer that's supported. http://www.openprinting.org/printers/ [openprinting.org]
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2, Informative) by jummama on Wednesday July 15 2015, @06:11PM
And buy from Brother.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday July 15 2015, @06:05PM
Well, based on previous experience, if you decide to stay put 10 is probably the "good" version.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @06:35PM
I doubt that.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday July 15 2015, @06:45PM
Scare quotes completely intentional.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:24PM
seems like a good idea to me. just set windows update to manual
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:50PM
Set Windows Update to check for, but not download updates.
Then, I'm afraid, that you'll have to read the descriptions of the updates. At that point, you can choose what to install and what to hide.
If you can't make the effort to know what is happening on your box then you don't get to complain about decisions that other people make for you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:55PM
Yes, I have this set up although I apparently have not been vigilant enough. I think even if I turn off all windows updates they may still "try something". So I need to go find all of the preparatory updates and also get rid of those.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday July 15 2015, @08:21PM
Nuke it from orbit--er, I mean unplug your Ethernet cable the day it rolls out and look up on your phone or something what happens to other people.
Wireless? What's that? Not everybody has a smartphone? Bah! ;)
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 5, Informative) by tibman on Wednesday July 15 2015, @02:46PM
Most of the descriptions are terrible though and don't explain what exactly they are changing or why.
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(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Wednesday July 15 2015, @04:51PM
That's because having people see "installing NSA key logger" would be bad for business.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday July 15 2015, @04:40PM
It sounds to me like they are pushing an unfinished product as well: maybe if it is unfinished/glitchy/garbage, people will sit up and start thinking and start tossing it for something else.
I'm dreaming, right? :/
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Wednesday July 15 2015, @04:49PM
some semi-functioning purgatory state
It's called "Windows Vista". Relax, it's not like you're going to be summoning a demon if you say its name.
(Score: 1) by AnonymousCowardNoMore on Wednesday July 15 2015, @06:24PM
It's called "Windows Vista". Relax, it's not like you're going to be summoning a demon if you say its name.
That only happens if you say it three times.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @10:27PM
It's called "Windows Vista". Relax, it's not like you're going to be summoning a demon if you say its name.
That only happens if you say it three times.
You just said it again! Careful, that's twice, and if someone says "Windows Vista" again. . . . oh, merde . . . . .
Windows V + Windows V = Windows X The Math of Evil!