Windows 8, we hardly knew ya...

[viper37]

MS ends retail sales of Windows 8

Sales of Windows 7 Professional will continue and Microsoft has said it will give a year's notice of the end of sale date.

Well, that was quick.  Though they also officially retire all other Windows 7 products.  Only 8.1 will remain widely available, until Windows 10 is out, August 2015, most likely.

[garbon]

I suddenly feel like when my family got a number computer and it was Windows ME.

[garbon]

Btw, I love their reason for why it is Windows 10. So silly.

[Barrister]

I think that article is mistaken - surely it's the retail sale of Win 7 that has ended?

[Monoriu]

I am quite happy with Windows 7.  Is there any reason why I should bother to pay someone to upgrade to Windows 8 or 10? 

I wish they stopped all the naming and just go from Windows 3.0 - 4.0 - 5.0 and so on. 

[garbon]

I think that article is mistaken - surely it's the retail sale of Win 7 that has ended?

Looks like only 8.1 will be sold until 10 comes out - like V said.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29880144

[Darth Wagtaros]

8.1 isn't terrible.  I think 10 will be nice.  After a service pack or two.  I don't really like being an early adopter for an OS, outside of maybe making a VM or two for professional development reasons I won't upgrade for a few years.

[Josephus]

is there a huge diff. between 8.0 and 8.1?

[garbon]

is there a huge diff. between 8.0 and 8.1?

8.1 fucked up my computer when I tried to upgrade to it.

[MadBurgerMaker]

There's no real reason to have both 8 and 8.1 for sale. 

[Grey Fox]

is there a huge diff. between 8.0 and 8.1?

A start button & memory management improvements.

[Grey Fox]

I am quite happy with Windows 7.  Is there any reason why I should bother to pay someone to upgrade to Windows 8 or 10? 

I wish they stopped all the naming and just go from Windows 3.0 - 4.0 - 5.0 and so on.

Keep 7.

[Berkut]

I will upgrade to 10 when it comes out I imagine, but I can't see why I would mess around with any flavor of 8.

[Josephus]

So this is sort of a non-story, no? Why would anyone buy 8 if 8.1 is available. I mean it has that start button after all.

[viper37]

I think that article is mistaken - surely it's the retail sale of Win 7 that has ended?

They still sell Windows 8.1
Upgrades for Windows 8 (not 8.1) have been disabled since a few months.

But effectively, they plan to stop selling Win 8 before they stop selling all versions of Windows 7.