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1401782 2015-06-02 00:58:00 What do U think

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Vince (406)
1401783 2015-06-02 01:00:00 Yes it is for a year then you'll have to buy it

But there are some things that Win10 will remove

DVD playback and windows media center are 2 of them (from what I've read). So if you use either of them, then dont update

People are starting to get a notification (an icon in the taskbar) to get Windows 10 (reserve it), inc myself.. If you want to upgrade click on it
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1401784 2015-06-02 01:14:00 More info here (www.microsoft.com) Speedy Gonzales (78)
1401785 2015-06-02 01:17:00 YES IT IS FOR REAL OMG wratterus (105)
1401786 2015-06-02 01:22:00 Yes it is for a year then you'll have to buy it

But there are some things that Win10 will remove

DVD playback and windows media center are 2 of them (from what I've read). So if you use either of them, then dont update

People are starting to get a notification (an icon in the taskbar) to get Windows 10 (reserve it), inc myself.. If you want to upgrade click on it

Is there a full list of what it will remove?
DeSade (984)
1401787 2015-06-02 01:33:00 Here (www.neowin.net)

Dont know if it's true or not tho
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1401788 2015-06-02 02:28:00 According to that list if you have home premium and upgrade to 10 you won't have the option to turn updates off? gary67 (56)
1401789 2015-06-02 02:54:00 "Windows 10 Home users will have updates from Windows Update automatically available"

more gobbldy gook. Why cant they be less ambiguous with important statements.
"available" : does that mean updates will auto download, autoinstall, just appear in the update list & give you the option when to install them???

Forced autoinstalling Winupdates are a serious issue, especially for notebook users . Ive seen Win trashed when users literally couldnt wait the 5-20 minutes for updates that wanted to install on shutdown.
Also, its often a good idea to wait a week or 2, plenty of buggy updates have left some PC's partly unusable in the past.
What about hardware driver updates via Winupdates. Ive seen that cause many issues , needing the driver reverted or re-installed.
1101 (13337)
1401790 2015-06-02 03:19:00 Yes it is for a year then you'll have to buy it

The offer to upgrade stops being free after a year, not that you have it free for a year then have to purchase it.
Alex B (15479)
1401791 2015-06-02 05:07:00 Good clarification! linw (53)
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