The "10 year OS" that was 2015. Guess profits got in the way.
Oh and 10 didn't track you enough or put enough ads in the OS.
This is just my own take, but I feel like at least part of the reason they went back to releasing new versions is because of the recent resurgence of macOS. Not only do Macs have the excitement of Apple Silicon, but they have annual "new" OS releases; even if not much has changed, it creates excitement with their fanbase. I think Microsoft realized that it's not very exciting to just be on Windows 10 forever. So we got Windows 11.
I think that Windows 11 is just a name and even if they hadn't named it that we would have gotten the same features as an update in Windows 10. Windows 11 is nothing more than an update. And Windows 12 probably won't be much different. Increasing the number version of Windows looks much better to the average user.
Makes you wonder if they're going to just start implementing the version number on every update, sorta like Chrome does these days. Will we see another Windows 95 eventually?
Well Windows 95 was 1995 and then we had (98,) 2000 so I imagine yes, we'll probably have Windows 95 followed by Windows (98) 3000!
Well, Win10 Home and Pro EOL is late 2025, so it's tecnically correct...
It wasn't the profits or ads that got in the way.
It was the security that got in the way. (remember the whole TPM module thing?)
Iterating the version number was just a convenient excuse to throw more ads, and tracking in.
The "10 year OS" that was 2015. Guess profits got in the way.
Oh and 10 didn't track you enough or put enough ads in the OS.
This is just my own take, but I feel like at least part of the reason they went back to releasing new versions is because of the recent resurgence of macOS. Not only do Macs have the excitement of Apple Silicon, but they have annual "new" OS releases; even if not much has changed, it creates excitement with their fanbase. I think Microsoft realized that it's not very exciting to just be on Windows 10 forever. So we got Windows 11.
I think that Windows 11 is just a name and even if they hadn't named it that we would have gotten the same features as an update in Windows 10. Windows 11 is nothing more than an update. And Windows 12 probably won't be much different. Increasing the number version of Windows looks much better to the average user.
Makes you wonder if they're going to just start implementing the version number on every update, sorta like Chrome does these days. Will we see another Windows 95 eventually?
Well Windows 95 was 1995 and then we had (98,) 2000 so I imagine yes, we'll probably have Windows 95 followed by Windows (98) 3000!
Well, Win10 Home and Pro EOL is late 2025, so it's tecnically correct...
It wasn't the profits or ads that got in the way.
It was the security that got in the way. (remember the whole TPM module thing?)
Iterating the version number was just a convenient excuse to throw more ads, and tracking in.