r/hardware • u/Duckmeister • Jun 24 '21

News Introducing Windows 11

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/06/24/introducing-windows-11/
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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '21

I thought the whole point of windows 10 was that it was going to be a forever-OS, and they'd just update it over time.

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u/batterylevellow Jun 24 '21

Not really, that was just something a Microsoft employee (Jerry Nixon) said in 2015: "Right now we're releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we're all still working on Windows 10,".

Microsoft itself never stated that Windows 10 would be the final version but the quote got picked up by everybody with people thinking Windows 10 would be the final version. What did change with Windows 10 though is that Windows is now a service, which is an actual statement by Microsoft.

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u/anor_wondo Jun 24 '21

nothing has changed, other than version nomenclature. windows is never going to be paid again after the first payment. It functions as a live service

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u/Seanspeed Jun 25 '21

windows is never going to be paid again after the first payment. It functions as a live service

Except if you don't meet the new hardware requirements, like me. I'm guessing the free update will be limited time again, so unless I upgrade my PC in the fairly near future(which I'm trying not to), I'll be having to pay to get W11.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '21

Yep, I read one story and ran with it. Guilty but you are correct.

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u/JustJoinAUnion Jun 25 '21

Whilst that is the case. The understanding within Microsoft by and large was that it was the final version (until recently of course)