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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.
Original Submission
(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.