Windows 9 is no more.... it is now Windows 10

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

Which is probably more correct.

1) Windows
2) Windows 2
3) Windows 3.x
4) Win9x/Nt 4.x
5) Windows 2000/ME
6) Windows XP
7)Windows Vista
8) Windows 7
9) Windows 8

But based on the picture I can now see there "logic", but obviously someone has forgotten how to count.

http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/556...urce=arn-daily

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

They've been desperate to catch up with Apple for years

Remember the old IE number jumping too?

[eddiedunlop (Martin)]

Thanks for the link. Windows 10 looks like it has some nice features.
I wish they had skipped Windows 8. What a nightmare that is.

[LewisM]

Reminds me of Boeing... Chronologically:

707, 727, 737, 747, 767, 757, 777, 717... (the 717 actually being an MD-95 )

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Reminds me of Boeing... Chronologically:

707, 727, 737, 747, 767, 757, 777, 717... (the 717 actually being an MD-95 )

Does that mean Boeing stops making new passenger jets when it runs out of 7x7 designations? There's only the multiply faked 797 to go.

[LewisM]

I missed the 720, but that is a 707 off-shoot anyway.

I guess there WILL be a 7X7 eventually, but would the next be a 7XI7? 808 might be better.

[DJT (David)]

Originally Posted by tlgerdes

Which is probably more correct.

1) Windows
2) Windows 2
3) Windows 3.x
4) Win9x/Nt 4.x
5) Windows 2000/ME
6) Windows XP
7)Windows Vista
8) Windows 7
9) Windows 8

But based on the picture I can now see there "logic", but obviously someone has forgotten how to count.

Tsk.. Missed one. Windows 95?

[MrB (Simon)]

Originally Posted by DJT

Tsk.. Missed one. Windows 95?

And Win98, both covered by 'Win9x' but were they that much the same? I thought they were quite different but it was a while ago now, my memory of them is not so good, except that I was a big fan of 98 and 98SE

[LewisM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ndows_versions

[doppler (Rick)]

Originally Posted by MrB

And Win98, both covered by 'Win9x' but were they that much the same? I thought they were quite different but it was a while ago now, my memory of them is not so good, except that I was a big fan of 98 and 98SE

Windows 95 was a shell interface over win 3.1. You could make win 95 look like win 3.1 again with a few clicks of the mouse. Windows 98 was totally revamped and improved version.

Rick

[multiweb (Marc)]

Having a look tomorrow at Win10 on a laptop.

[Steffen]

Ah, good times...

http://www.infoworld.com/article/261...indows-10.html

Cheers
Steffen.

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

So why did they call it Windows 10.......

Because Windows 7, 8, 9

[multiweb (Marc)]

Had a real quick peek last night on an ASUS laptop. Very responsive. The start button is back You still can have the buttons/tablet display as per Win8 but it's more of a conventional desktop interface. I've never used 8. I'm still on 7. So I didn't know what to expect. Coming from 7 it was fairly painless to find my way around the navigation. At first glance I liked it a lot.

[Arthane]

Makes me want to stay with the fruit style manufacturing.

[Steffen]

I'm hearing a lot of people actually looked forward to Windows 9, especially the upcoming service packs, Windows 9.5 and Windows 9.8...

Cheers

Steffen.

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Tom's Hardware Guide has this on Win10 that shows a series of pictures of the desktop and Start menu.
The Win 8 system resides under the start menu where access to the varios folders resides in Win7 above the Shut Down button.
http://www.tomshardware.com/pictures...threshold.html