Windows 10
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@Mike-Ralston said:
@ajstringham Windows 8 and 8.1 users are supposedly getting 10 free.
This is only a rumor
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@Mike-Ralston said:
@Dominica Just make sure that if you're creating a bootable USB for it, make absolutely certain that it's formatted NTFS.
OH? I thought UEFI couldn't boot from NTFS for installation?
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@Dashrender said:
@Mike-Ralston said:
@ajstringham Windows 8 and 8.1 users are supposedly getting 10 free.
This is only a rumor
I can dream!
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@Dashrender said:
@Mike-Ralston said:
@Dominica Just make sure that if you're creating a bootable USB for it, make absolutely certain that it's formatted NTFS.
OH? I thought UEFI couldn't boot from NTFS for installation?
That's a new one on me.
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One thought on the 'free' or maybe free side is that MS is dropping major releases after Windows 10. From now on they'll be mini updates more akin to what Apple is doing. I think the idea is that you get on a subscription plan.
I'm not really sure how that will work.
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@Dashrender said:
One thought on the 'free' or maybe free side is that MS is dropping major releases after Windows 10. From now on they'll be mini updates more akin to what Apple is doing. I think the idea is that you get on a subscription plan.
I'm not really sure how that will work.
You mean a program for OSes similar to Office365, as far as a model?
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@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
One thought on the 'free' or maybe free side is that MS is dropping major releases after Windows 10. From now on they'll be mini updates more akin to what Apple is doing. I think the idea is that you get on a subscription plan.
I'm not really sure how that will work.
You mean a program for OSes similar to Office365, as far as a model?
This is what they are talking about on Windows Weekly.
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@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
One thought on the 'free' or maybe free side is that MS is dropping major releases after Windows 10. From now on they'll be mini updates more akin to what Apple is doing. I think the idea is that you get on a subscription plan.
I'm not really sure how that will work.
You mean a program for OSes similar to Office365, as far as a model?
I think just meaning that they will go to rolling updates rather than huge releases. So more like Fedora, less like RHEL.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
One thought on the 'free' or maybe free side is that MS is dropping major releases after Windows 10. From now on they'll be mini updates more akin to what Apple is doing. I think the idea is that you get on a subscription plan.
I'm not really sure how that will work.
You mean a program for OSes similar to Office365, as far as a model?
I think just meaning that they will go to rolling updates rather than huge releases. So more like Fedora, less like RHEL.
They are going to have to earn money on it somehow.
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@Dashrender said:
@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
One thought on the 'free' or maybe free side is that MS is dropping major releases after Windows 10. From now on they'll be mini updates more akin to what Apple is doing. I think the idea is that you get on a subscription plan.
I'm not really sure how that will work.
You mean a program for OSes similar to Office365, as far as a model?
This is what they are talking about on Windows Weekly.
That'd be an interesting way to do it. Now, if they can roll-out major releases as an upgrade, so I can do a Windows Updates and go from 8.1 to 10, for example, I'd be willing to do that, I think.
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@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
One thought on the 'free' or maybe free side is that MS is dropping major releases after Windows 10. From now on they'll be mini updates more akin to what Apple is doing. I think the idea is that you get on a subscription plan.
I'm not really sure how that will work.
You mean a program for OSes similar to Office365, as far as a model?
This is what they are talking about on Windows Weekly.
That'd be an interesting way to do it. Now, if they can roll-out major releases as an upgrade, so I can do a Windows Updates and go from 8.1 to 10, for example, I'd be willing to do that, I think.
That's exactly what Paul Thurrott was proposing.. and looks like it actually already exists.
If you sign up for Windows 10, but don't download it.. while you're logged into your windows 7 machine (and the same MS account that you signed up to Windows 10 with) you'll see an option to install an important update called Windows 10.
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@Dashrender said:
@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
One thought on the 'free' or maybe free side is that MS is dropping major releases after Windows 10. From now on they'll be mini updates more akin to what Apple is doing. I think the idea is that you get on a subscription plan.
I'm not really sure how that will work.
You mean a program for OSes similar to Office365, as far as a model?
This is what they are talking about on Windows Weekly.
That'd be an interesting way to do it. Now, if they can roll-out major releases as an upgrade, so I can do a Windows Updates and go from 8.1 to 10, for example, I'd be willing to do that, I think.
That's exactly what Paul Thurrott was proposing.. and looks like it actually already exists.
If you sign up for Windows 10, but don't download it.. while you're logged into your windows 7 machine (and the same MS account that you signed up to Windows 10 with) you'll see an option to install an important update called Windows 10.
That'd be amazing. That'd make upgrading systems so much easier!
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@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
@Mike-Ralston said:
@Dominica Just make sure that if you're creating a bootable USB for it, make absolutely certain that it's formatted NTFS.
OH? I thought UEFI couldn't boot from NTFS for installation?
That's a new one on me.
They recommend you use NTFS.
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@Mike-Ralston said:
@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
@Mike-Ralston said:
@Dominica Just make sure that if you're creating a bootable USB for it, make absolutely certain that it's formatted NTFS.
OH? I thought UEFI couldn't boot from NTFS for installation?
That's a new one on me.
They recommend you use NTFS.
That makes more sense. Not sure what else you'd use...FAT32 doesn't make sense, and outside of that, what, ext?
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@Mike-Ralston said:
@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
@Mike-Ralston said:
@Dominica Just make sure that if you're creating a bootable USB for it, make absolutely certain that it's formatted NTFS.
OH? I thought UEFI couldn't boot from NTFS for installation?
That's a new one on me.
They recommend you use NTFS.
Do you get a choice? It's an ISO. ISO is the filesystem. You can't use NTFS.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Mike-Ralston said:
@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
@Mike-Ralston said:
@Dominica Just make sure that if you're creating a bootable USB for it, make absolutely certain that it's formatted NTFS.
OH? I thought UEFI couldn't boot from NTFS for installation?
That's a new one on me.
They recommend you use NTFS.
Do you get a choice? It's an ISO. ISO is the filesystem. You can't use NTFS.
Bootloaders such as WinISO, UnetBootIn, and Rufus all allow you to choose the file system.
By default, they use FAT32 -
@scottalanmiller Yeah, we're talking about bootable flash drives, not discs.
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller Yeah, we're talking about bootable flash drives, not discs.
Does that change things? You can put NTFS on a disc or ISO on a USB. But the ISO images that are copied down are images - the filesystem is part of it.
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@Mike-Ralston Why do they modify the filesystem?
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@scottalanmiller A PC can't read an ISO from a USB as a bootable file, you have to pull it apart into another format.
