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After Initial Confusion, Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 to be Installed on PCs Starting July 29

posted by janrinok on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the I'm-not-sure-that-they-know dept.

"exec" writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:22PM (#209330)

    There's also the option to switch to Linux. That way you'll never again be prompted to update to a newer Windows version. ;-)

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:27PM (#209334)

    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

      by sudo rm -rf (2357) on Wednesday July 15 2015, @01:53PM (#209373) Journal

      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

      by Freeman (732) on Wednesday July 15 2015, @03:25PM (#209413) Journal

      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

        by jummama (3969) on Wednesday July 15 2015, @06:11PM (#209485)

        And buy from Brother.

    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday July 15 2015, @06:05PM

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday July 15 2015, @06:05PM (#209482) Journal

      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

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @06:35PM (#209495)

        I doubt that.