You don't. That was an internet urban legend. If you don't upgrade after July 29 2016, you will have to pay for Windows 10.
----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Portillo To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 12:21 PM Subject: RE: Microsoft Windows 10 review: Microsoft gets it right Here's a question about Windows 10. I'm wondering if we upgrade our machines, how long will it be before we have to begin paying for it? And, will we have to be paying a subscription rate per machine? This concerns me. Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 7:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Microsoft Windows 10 review: Microsoft gets it right I did not notice any mention of Narrator. I'm assuming that since the person was reviewing it from an accessibility stand point, he was focused on more powerful, third party, screen readers. But, that is only a guess. I have not tried any version of Windows 10, but those whom I know that have, they don't have anything to say about narrator because they are focusing on third party screen readers. Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Devin Prater Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 7:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Microsoft Windows 10 review: Microsoft gets it right that review didn't mention narrator did it? I read it once but it may have been updated. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 30, 2015, at 8:21 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Two things: > 1. Edge, the new default browser is only accessible to NVDA beta so > people will have to figure out how to launch IE in Windows 10 for web use 2. > Here is an extremely long review from an accessibility perspective from > CoolBlindTech: > http://www.coolblindtech.com/stepping-over-the-threshold-windows-10-in > -10000-words-thoroughly-reviewed/ > > If you copied this review into Word it is about 31 pages, but a lot of that > is chatter but it is a good, positive, thorough review with some warnings for > accessibility. > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of M. Taylor > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Microsoft Windows 10 review: Microsoft gets it right > > Hello Everyone, > > As so many of us use our iOS devices in combination with Windows, I > thought it appropriate to post this cNet review, on-list. > > I have done my best to remove any orphan links or references but I may > have missed a few. > > You may find the link to the original article at the end of the text. > > Enjoy, > > Mark > > Microsoft Windows 10 review: Microsoft gets it right > By: Nate Ralph > Reviewed: July 28, 2015 > > The Good: > Windows 10 bridges the gap between PCs and tablets without alienating > anyone. The new OS combines the best bits of old and new Windows > features into a cohesive package, while correcting nearly all of the > missteps of Windows 8. The upgrade process is mostly painless, and > free for most Windows > 7 and 8 users. > > The Bad: > Many of the new features will be lost on those who don't care about touch. > Automatic, forced updates could spell trouble later on. Cortana's > features are better suited for smartphones. > > The Bottom Line: > Windows 10 delivers a refined, vastly improved vision for the future > of computing with an operating system that's equally at home on > tablets and traditional PCs -- and it's a free upgrade for most users. > > Windows 10 is the Goldilocks version of Microsoft's venerable PC > operating system -- a "just right" compromise between the familiar > dependability of Windows 7, and the forward-looking touchscreen vision of > Windows 8. > > This new Windows, available as a free upgrade for existing Windows 7 > and Windows 8 noncorporate users, is built from the ground up to > pursue Microsoft's vision of a unified OS that spans all devices > without alienating any one platform. It's an attempt to safeguard > Microsoft's crumbling software hegemony, assailed on all sides by > Google and Apple. And it's a vision of the future as Microsoft sees > it, where a single user experience spans every piece of technology we touch. > Welcome to Windows as a service. > > Yes, this new OS is chock-full of fresh features. To name just a few: > a lean, fast Internet Explorer replacement called Edge; Microsoft's > Siri-like voice-controlled virtual assistant, Cortana; and the ability > to stream real-time games to your desktop from an Xbox One in another > room. (And in case you're wondering: there is no "Windows 9" -- > Microsoft skipped it, going straight from 8 to 10.) > > But Windows 10 is also the end of a long, awkward road that began with > the release of Windows 8 in 2012, when Microsoft tried to convince a > world of keyboard and mouse wielders that touchscreens were the way to go -- > or else. > Ironically, in 2015, the PC hardware for that touchscreen future is > now here > -- everything from 2-in-1s such as the Lenovo Yoga line to convertible > tablets with detachable keyboards, like Microsoft's own Surface. And > Windows > 10 smoothly lets users transition from "tablet" to "PC" mode on such > devices like never before. > > For the rest of the PC universe -- including those who still prefer > good old-fashioned keyboard and mouse navigation -- Windows 10 is a > welcome return to form. The Start menu, inexplicably yanked from 8, is > back and working the way you expect it to. Those live tiles from the > Windows 8 home screen still exist, but they've been attached to the > Start menu, where they make a lot more sense. And the fiendishly > hidden Charms bar has been morphed into the more straightforward (and easier > to find) Action Center. > > As always, there are some quibbles and gripes with the end product, > but all-in-all -- after living with Windows 10 for months -- I can say > it's a winner. It's flexible, adaptable and customizable. And it's > been battle-tested by an army of beta testers for the better part of a > year, making it one of the most robust operating system rollouts in recent > memory. > > A fresh Start > The Start menu is back; it's almost funny how relieving that is. That > humble Start button has been a fixture on the lower left corner of the > Windows desktop since the halcyon days of Windows 95, offering speedy > access to apps and settings. Press it on Windows 10, and you'll see > the latest step in a long conversation about the state of the PC industry. > > I spend more time than I'd like to admit rearranging the Start Menu. > > The past sits on the left: a neat column with shortcuts to your most > used apps. Press the "All Apps" button and you'll get an alphabetical > list of all of the apps installed on your PC. There are folders in > there too -- press them, and extra options will fly out, just like they > always have. > > The future -- or at least, the future as Microsoft envisions it -- > sits on the right side of the Start menu. These are the colorful, > animated live tiles that debuted in Windows 8, pulling double duty as > app shortcuts and informative widgets. You can resize these live > tiles, drag them about to arrange them into groups and pin as many > apps as you'd like -- the entire Start menu can be shrunk or expanded > to suit your liking. It's essentially a miniaturized version of the > fullscreen Start menu we saw in Windows 8. Hate live tiles? Then unpin > them to excise them from your computer, leaving you with the narrow column of > frequently used apps we've known for so long. > One step back, two steps forward > > The Start menu in Windows 10 is admission that Windows 8 maybe have > been a bit too forward thinking. But Microsoft hasn't abandoned that > vision of unifying all manner of devices under a single operating > system: Continuum in Windows 10 is the latest attempt to bridge the > gap between touch and non-touch devices, and this time it doesn't > force us to relearn how to work with our PCs. > > To start, there's no divide between the Windows 8-style "Modern" apps > you get from the Windows app store, and those you install the old-fashioned > way. > Everything exists as a traditional windowed app, sharing space on the > desktop. If you're on a two-in-one device like Microsoft's Surface Pro > 3, pop the keyboard off and Windows 10 will switch to tablet mode. The > Start menu and your apps will stretch to take up the entire screen, > and all of the miscellaneous apps and shortcuts on your taskbar will > disappear, to give your finger fewer obstacles to hit > > Reattach the keyboard, and everything slots back into place. It's an > instantaneous, seamless process (once you've shooed away the annoying > confirmation window). It's also entirely optional: you can disable the > feature and switch to tablet mode manually, or forget that this whole > touch concept exists at all. > > This is what Windows 8 always should've been: an operating system that > bridges the divide between touch and non-touch, without alienating > folks who fall into one camp or the other. Like it or not, the future > belongs to devices with touchscreens. But Microsoft (finally) > understands that we'll all get there at own pace, and Continuum makes > the transition painless. And now that there are so many hybrid devices > to choose from, making the switch to touch without abandoning the > interface we know is more important than ever. > > Learning new tricks > Microsoft hasn't stopped at making touch make sense on a Windows PC. > With Windows 10, just about every facet of the OS has been tweaked and > updated, and a few new features have been rolled in. In typical > Microsoft fashion, there's a dizzying array of keyboard shortcuts and > touch gestures for each of these features, giving you no fewer than > three ways to access the things you're trying to get to. No need to > memorize them all -- just use whatever suits you (or your device) best. > > Virtual desktops > If I had to pick my favorite new feature, I'd go with virtual desktops. > Click the new Task View button on the taskbar and you'll get a > bird's-eye view of all of the apps you've got open. Drag one of those > apps onto the "new desktop" button, and it'll be moved to its own > independent workspace. I can keep one workspace focused on work, a > separate desktop for gaming forums, yet another workspace for the new > camera lenses I'm checking out; there's no limit to the amount of > virtual desktops you can create, and each one is treated as its own little > private island. > > Virtual desktops are far from a new development, and they've been > available in past versions of Windows thanks to third-party apps. But > it's nice to see Microsoft catching up here. The feature could still > use some work: desktops are numbered, but if you create a lot of them > it can be hard to keep track of where everything is. The "traditional" > Win32 apps you might download and install from a website are happy to > open a new instance on any desktop, while clicking the shortcut on an > app from the Windows store will yank you back to whatever desktop you used it > on last. > > You can move apps across virtual desktops -- just drag them, or > right-click to shunt them over -- but there's no way to reorder the > virtual desktops themselves, which would be really useful for staying > organized. I'd also like to be able to set a different wallpaper for > every virtual desktop -- I can do both of those things in Apple's OSX > operating system, and have always found it really handy. > > Windows Snap > The Snap feature introduced in Windows 7 has gotten a bit of an > upgrade, too. Drag an app to the left or right side of the screen, and it'll > "snap" > to fill that space. The new Snap Assist feature will then chime in, > showing you little thumbnails of any other apps that are currently > open -- click a thumbnail, and it'll fill up the remaining space. You > can also snap an app into a corner of your display and fill your > screen with up to four apps, divided equally across the screen -- this > could prove useful for folks with massive monitors. > > Action Center > The new Action Center replaces the "Charms" introduced in Windows 8, > and is another nod to mobile operating systems. Click the Action > center icon on the taskbar to bring up a panel that houses all of your > app notifications, and offers quick access to a few important system > settings, like toggling your Wi-Fi network or switching in and out of > tablet mode -- you can choose the options that turn up here in the > settings menu. If you're coming from Windows 7 and have no idea where > to find some of the settings you're used to, there's a good chance you'll > find them here. > > Wi-Fi Sense > I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Wi-Fi Sense. While technically not a > new feature (it's part of Windows Phone 8.1) its presence in Windows > 10 should've been a welcome addition: Wi-Fi Sense connects your > devices to trusted Wi-Fi hotspots. > > I love the idea. Automatically sharing Wi-Fi credentials with my > friends would remove much of the hassle of most social gatherings, > when people just want to jump on my Wi-Fi network. And -- this part is > key -- Wi-Fi Sense doesn't share your actual password, so it > theoretically eases a social transaction (the sharing of Wi-Fi > connectivity) without necessarily compromising my network security. > Until Wi-Fi sense offers granular control over sharing, I'd avoid it. > > But the implementation is, in a word, daft. I do want to automatically > share my network with a select group of friends who are visiting, and > have them return the favor. I don't want to automatically share access > with everyone in my Outlook address book, or on Skype, or the random > assortment of folks I've added on Facebook over the years. Give me the > ability to choose who I share access with, down to the individual, and > I'll give it a shot. Until then, I'll be leaving Wi-Fi Sense off -- I > recommend you do too. > > Windows Hello and Windows Passport > Microsoft is also beefing up security with Windows Hello. The feature > will use your Windows 10 devices' camera or a fingerprint scanner to > turn your body into a password. Once you've authenticated yourself > with Windows Hello, Windows Passport will then give you access to a > number of third-party sites and products, without forcing you to log > in all over again. This should make it a bit more convenient to log in > to your devices, so you don't skimp on traditional measures, like > having a robust password. The only catch is that Hello isn't widely > supported on a lot of existing hardware: you'll need a device sporting > Intel's RealSense camera, or a fingerprint scanner. > > Original Article at: > http://www.cnet.com/products/microsoft-windows-10/?roi=echo3-281910863 > 52-293 > 96149-dd7f5e652252fc71d16b9ce74dfd1ee2&ftag=CAD1acfa04&bhid=2269466738 > 168683 > 9172315209628767 > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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