Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-24 Thread Brian Walters
Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Wednesday, 24 June 2015 9:31 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it? I just got an offer from Microsoft to upgrade

Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-24 Thread Jostein Øksne
To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it? On Wed, Jun 24, 2015, at 11:49 AM, John Coyle wrote: As far as I've seen reported so far, it's a genuine upgrade. I've had the notification from Microsoft that I'm eligible, and have accepted the offer, the new software will be downloaded when

Re: OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-24 Thread Zos Xavius
The offer is good for anyone with a valid installation of Windows 7 and 8. Vista users get left out. The offer is good for exactly one year after release date. After that point you will have to purchase a copy if you want to upgrade. All of my computers are running Ultimate with OEM keys and they

Re: OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-24 Thread John
I just checked Windows Update on this computer. It's there. They may have just put it up, because when I ran update on Tuesday it hadn't appeared yet. All of my licenses for Windows 7 were verified legit by Microsoft when I installed them. I expect it will show up on my other computers when I

Re: OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-24 Thread John
It's probably a limited time offer to nudge people towards being early adopters. On 6/23/2015 8:39 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: You'll have a year to decide. My advice: let the early adopters shake out the release for a while before you decide to take the plunge. You can also image your drive and

Re: OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-24 Thread John
On 6/23/2015 7:31 PM, Bill wrote: I just got an offer from Microsoft to upgrade for free from Win7 Ultimate to Win 10 when it comes out. Any Windows gurus know if it's really an upgrade? Overall I'm pretty happy with Win7. thanks bill UGLY, Ugly, ugly! Did I mention that it's UGLY? Some

Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-24 Thread George Sinos
. :-) Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Brian Walters Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 10:42 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it? On Wed, Jun 24, 2015, at 11:49 AM, John Coyle wrote: As far as I've seen reported so far, it's a genuine upgrade. I've had

Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-24 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015, at 10:56 PM, Jostein Øksne wrote: Brian, it probably depends on your windows update schedule and maybe windows license numbers, that they roll out the offer in batches for all I know. According to what I've read, I have all the appropriate updates and the notification

RE: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-24 Thread John Coyle
: Wednesday, 24 June 2015 6:42 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it? On Wed, Jun 24, 2015, at 11:49 AM, John Coyle wrote: As far as I've seen reported so far, it's a genuine upgrade. I've had the notification from Microsoft that I'm eligible, and have accepted the offer, the new

Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-24 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Thank you, George, for posting that interesting blog. I agree with your (and a few others') recommendation regarding the upgrade. I just looked it up, and found that Windows 10 continues to have both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. (So much for Adobe-LR-6's lack of support for 32-bit systems.)

RE: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-23 Thread John Coyle
: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it? I just got an offer from Microsoft to upgrade for free from Win7 Ultimate to Win 10 when it comes out. Any Windows gurus know if it's really an upgrade? Overall I'm pretty happy with Win7. thanks bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-23 Thread Zos Xavius
You'll have a year to decide. My advice: let the early adopters shake out the release for a while before you decide to take the plunge. You can also image your drive and revert, but there is always the outside chance that something goes wrong. On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Bill

OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-23 Thread Bill
I just got an offer from Microsoft to upgrade for free from Win7 Ultimate to Win 10 when it comes out. Any Windows gurus know if it's really an upgrade? Overall I'm pretty happy with Win7. thanks bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net