{"id":763,"date":"2016-04-08T22:08:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T22:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/?p=763"},"modified":"2016-04-08T22:09:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T22:09:20","slug":"the-last-version-of-windows-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/08\/the-last-version-of-windows-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"The last version of windows – ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little over a year ago, I was reading about how windows 10 would be the last OS upgrade that I will ever need<\/a>. \u00a0It is understandable that Microsoft wishes that people switch\u00a0to their latest operating system and those darn users are reticent to change. \u00a0Especially when Microsoft provides an operating system that already works up to the users expectations.<\/p>\n

This is a fairly intractable situation. \u00a0Make an operating system that people don’t like and they will moan about how terrible it is, words gets around and nobody buys it; \u00a0the alternative is that you make an operating system that works fine and people don’t want to upgrade to the next new operating system 3 years later.<\/p>\n

An interesting solution to the whole upgrade treadmill was the mention of Windows as a service.\u00a0 It simply would continuously update and upgrade to remain current.\u00a0 No more new releases of windows.\u00a0 It sounds like a pretty big order.\u00a0 How will they bring out a new file system formats?\u00a0 Do they simply convert it when that feature is released? What if the disk is virtually full?\u00a0 Do they support one file system standard for machines installed today and another in three years?<\/p>\n

Yet, as a developer I know how nice it is to leave something old behind and re-design it from scratch.\u00a0 Similar arguments could be made about changes to the GUI or driver model.<\/p>\n

Is Windows 10 is as good as it gets.\u00a0 No more innovation possible?<\/p>\n

Maybe, but in January I was reading an article<\/a> that in the future only the most critical security fixes will be made available for those (windows 7 and 8.1) platforms.\u00a0 An even more bold statement suggests that the operating system will be closer tied the the hardware.<\/p>\n

Going forward, the company says that using the latest generation processors will always<\/em> require the latest generation operating system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This seems contradictory to me.\u00a0 This is the last operating system that I will need, well, unless my machine gets old.\u00a0 If that happens the critical patches will be installed up to the dates that have been promised but no longer.\u00a0 If you are a windows 7 user you should see these patches until January 14, 2020.<\/p>\n

That is a long time but it sounds like it would be really locking the company into a single code base that acts different and has different levels of security depending on the age of the machine.\u00a0 It is really no different than the situation that Microsoft has now but they will have to keep it forever.\u00a0 No reprieve of a new code base for the new Windows N.<\/p>\n

I personally hope to have a new machine in 2020 anyway.\u00a0 Perhaps it will be a 7gz 16 core with 500Tb SSD storage.\u00a0 I can really word-process on a machine like that.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/pc-hardware\/microsoft-says-windows-10-will-be-the-last-os-upgrade-youll-ever-need.html<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2016\/01\/skylake-users-given-18-months-to-upgrade-to-windows-10\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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