flipswitch wrote:On OSX I'm running snow leopard (mid 2010 MBP) and I'm finding lots of software not being compatible with it lately since it's "old". But on Windows with winxp/vista it's a different story, there's still software available for it and it's much older.
A much higher percentage of OSX users run the latest version than do Windows users, which is likely a factor. I guess it depends what you're using it for, I've always gotten a really good run out of my MBs and MBPs. I'm also using Snow Leopard (though I'm stuck on it due to hardware, no option to upgrade further), and it runs the latest version of Lightwave 3D. I was astonished, my MacBook is eight years old. The only trouble I've run into was a C obfuscator that required 10.9, though admittedly it's been a while since I've updated any of my audio software.
My main point was that Misly doesn't have to be wary of "one store Apple style bullshit", since Apple style bullshit doesn't lock you into one store in the first place, and I'd be very surprised if MS didn't take the same approach with Win10.
Ambrose Burnside wrote:Misread the post. Thought you meant is it possible not will you be forced to. No, you wont be forced to, that's been confirmed.
So apps might be universal or might not? I'm not seeing how this is substantially different from having separate OS families. I guess it gives the outward appearance of a single unified OS, but does that really help anyone other than the MS marketing team?
K.T.Shoe[BMs] wrote:lestat wrote:My PC is ready, so is my tablet, phone and console.
They didn't confirm it's a free update for 8.1 users? I saw rumors about it but didn't see anything in official PR yesterday.
It farken better be a free upgrade for poor 8.1 users like myself
Free upgrade for all Windows 9 users.