Batu69 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 'Get Windows 10′ notifications and upgrade pressure is going to get a lot worse. Windows 7 runs on 55% of all the computers on the planet, but according to news this week that is actually a bad and potentially dangerous thing. Says who? Actually Microsoft MSFT -1.82%… Speaking to Windows Weekly, Microsoft Marketing chief Chris Capossela explained that users who choose Windows 7 do so “at your own risk, at your own peril” and he revealed Microsoft has concerns about its future software and hardware compatibility, security and more. “We do worry when people are running an operating system that’s 10 years old that the next printer they buy isn’t going to work well, or they buy a new game, they buy Fallout 4, a very popular game, and it doesn’t work on a bunch of older machines,” Capossela stated. “And so, as we are pushing our ISV [Independent Software Vendor] and hardware partners to build great new stuff that takes advantage of Windows 10 that obviously makes the old stuff really bad and not to mention viruses and security problems.” He also stressed it is “so incredibly important to try to end the fragmentation of the Windows install base” and to get users to a “safer place”. There’s only one problem with Capossela’s statements: they are complete rubbish. Windows 7 is no less secure than Windows 10 (it will be supported until 2020) and no less compatible with new hardware and software. In fact its far greater market share means it is developers’ priority and has greater compatibility with legacy programmes and peripherals. If Fallout 4 won’t run on your Windows 7 computer, it will be upgrading your components not installing Windows 10 which fixes that. As for fragmentation, the only issue that creates is for Microsoft and its target of getting one billion devices running Windows 10 within 2-3 years of release. And this is where the true motivation for Capossela’s statements become clear: “We think every machine that is capable of running Windows 10 we should be doing everything we possibly can to get people to move to Windows 10…We are going to try to find that right balance, but we just know there’s a lot of people out there who constantly kick the can down the street without a little bit more of a, frankly, a push. And so, there’s no doubt with a base as big as ours, it is hard to move anyone to a new model without angering some people. We don’t want to anger anybody, but we do feel a responsibility to get people to a much better place, and Windows 10 is a much better place than Windows 7. We will always give you a way out, but we’re trying to find the right threat balance.” This phrase – “threat balance” – is telling. Microsoft has been cranking up the pressure on Windows 7 and Windows 8 users to upgrade and, in my opinion, the ‘balance’ was replaced by ‘threat’ a long time ago due to mandatory Windows 10 downloads, automatic upgrade attempts and now Capossela’s claims which add up to nothing more than deliberate misinformation designed to unsettle users. As I’ve written before, at its core Windows 10 is a very capable operating system with immense promise but it is also overly controlling and I can respect those Windows 7 and Windows 8 users who choose to stay where they are. And this is the part Microsoft has forgotten: technically it keeps giving users a choice, but by enforcing nagging pop-ups, cutting opt-out options and spreading groundless fear for the average user it appears there is no choice at all… Article source Get Windows 10, the "there, we fixed it" edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davmil Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Pretty thinly veiled threat, but that's the man's job. I'll buy in to it in 2-3 years or next hardware refresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibranium Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Quote He also stressed it is “so incredibly important to try to end the fragmentation of the Windows install base” and to get users to a “safer place”. Who does this stupid car salesman think he is? Steve Jobs Junior? You mean they even pay for rubbish marketing like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy W Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 And they only discover this now? Rather a stupid comment to make after all this time. More of a scare to Windows 7 users I think and to make them switch to Windows 10 asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 46 minutes ago, davmil said: Pretty thinly veiled threat, but that's the man's job. I'll buy in to it in 2-3 years or next hardware refresh. In 2 or 3 years you don't if it will be windows 10 because you cant really take what M$ says for granted . Because here says the end of life for windows 10 is October 14, 2025 that's only 5 more years of updates. tell they can figure out how there going how there going do updates for windows 10 and made pubic im not worried about windows 10. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle If Microsoft is so scared there going face a another problem like they did with XP . They should of made windows 10 to have a much cleaner code base then people would happily upgrade to it for free. I use windows 8.1 and Linux . if windows becomes a service were its going be windows 10 forever and the same privacy invading code i will just install Linux on my windows pcs as well when the time comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP1972 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 This clever trick to make them switch to Windows 10 asap. I'm sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Microsoft has just added FUD to the unconscionable list of tactics used so far... nagging, bullying, forcing, sneakiness, and bribery. Given the veracity of announcements coming from Microsoft, I'd take that means that Windows 7 is rock solid, and worth keeping running until the Microsoft thugs start treating users as adults, not children needing things forced on them for their own good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmulc Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 38 minutes ago, AP1972 said: This clever trick to make them switch to Windows 10 asap. I'm sure It's not very clever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP1972 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 5 minutes ago, jtmulc said: It's not very clever They want to convince a lot of people on the move in any way a new version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Quote “We do worry when people are running an operating system that’s 10 years old that the next printer they buy isn’t going to work well, or they buy a new game, they buy Fallout 4, a very popular game, and it doesn’t work on a bunch of older machines,” Capossela stated. “And so, as we are pushing our ISV [Independent Software Vendor] and hardware partners to build great new stuff that takes advantage of Windows 10 that obviously makes the old stuff really bad and not to mention viruses and security problems.” But you sure don't worry about if what people already has works like and old printers are driver support for old hardware and even a lot of old software. you never have that's why over 8% still uses XP witch has not been supported in over a year. If im going go out and buy all that i may as well buy a new win 10 PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akaneharuka Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Maybe the reason that windows 10 is free because Maybe M$ can gathering the customer Data and sale them to any third party company ? maybe ..... And maybe in the future M$ will make patch that make the windows 7 unstable and make the User need to switch to windows 10 ? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batu69 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 4 minutes ago, Akaneharuka said: Maybe the reason that windows 10 is free because Maybe M$ can gathering the customer Data and sale them to any third party company ? maybe ..... And maybe in the future M$ will make patch that make the windows 7 unstable and make the User need to switch to windows 10 ? :/ And one more maybe... Maybe Micro$oft want to conquer all windows user data and maybe-maybe will continue with micro$oft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
info999 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 at least one thing is true, Fallout 4 is indeed very popular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 As they try to push Windows 10... http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/microsoft-warns-windows-7-has-serious-problems.382728/#post-2553894 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirassol Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Have they begun giving Adele's latest "25" free with windows 10 yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopenstein Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 The only serious problem I have with 7 is the crappy MS updates for the last year. It almost seems like they WANT to break your Win7 installation with the updates. I had to turn them off on 2 different laptops and re-install Windows on one after crappy foo-bar "updates". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEMan Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I'm sure if they keep annoying people they will move on. I have. Tablet and or phone - casual surfing and email Console - games including Fallout 4 (which is awesome) Ubuntu Desktop - coding, files and anything the previous devices can't manage. I'm not using this much any more NAS - my own cloud Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALLONN7 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Am I on the joke of the day forum?!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Having 35 personal computers at home, 31 running Windows 7 and 4 running Windows 8.1, and all of the running Windows 10 Ent LTSB in a VM, and all of them with Windows updates turned off as of last June, I personally don't care what Microsoft does or what they force on other people. I am at the point in time where I could care less what others do or what happens to them for what they do. As long as I am not having any problems, not getting malware, and not getting hacked I am as happy as a pig in shit (and it isn't Microshit like those stuck in Windows 10). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flitox Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 the only problem win7 has is that it is certainly better than win 10! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyy Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Scaremongering by a snake-oil salesman....he'd have a field day with me...I'm still using Win XP...oh my sides!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyy Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 And "they can take my Win XP when they prise it still smoking from my dead hand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteam Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 This is very funny, I can't believe a whole Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) speaking like this just because users aren't switching to Windows 10. I tell you Microsoft, fix one thing and I will stay on Windows 10 forever. Device Enumeration Failed, this actually happens when you connect you Android phone (hboot or bootloader) via USB to your PC. For those who are not aware with this issue, it has be in existence since Windows 8, Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. Kindly do a little and you will know what am talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 11 minutes ago, geeteam said: This is very funny, I can't believe a whole Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) speaking like this just because users aren't switching to Windows 10. I tell you Microsoft, fix one thing and I will stay on Windows 10 forever. Device Enumeration Failed, this actually happens when you connect you Android phone (hboot or bootloader) via USB to your PC. For those who are not aware with this issue, it has be in existence since Windows 8, Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. Kindly do a little and you will know what am talking about. Quote A chief marketing officer (CMO) is a corporate executive responsible for marketing activities in an organization. Most often the position reports to the chief executive officer. Of course hes speaking like that a CNO's job is to convince you to use there newest product regardless if you want it or not hes a salesman . I worked around sales before and we had one salesman that was so good that I seen him sell people stuff they didn't even want lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 This is posted: By the same person its fine and I completely agree that chris capossela is doing his job thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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