[CraigB]

For those that like to tinker with the latest software Windows Technical Preview - Microsoft Windows enjoy if you dare

[Shambles]

You have to join their club...?


Not for me, nope.

[plasticphyte]

So why doesn't Microsoft have a "9" in their number system?











Because 7 8 9.
*groan*

[AlanHo]

So why doesn't Microsoft have a "9" in their number system?

In the far East and some other countries - notably Japan - the number 9 is regarded as at best unlucky - and at worst - the precursor of death.

Microsoft are possibly aware that trying to market Windows 9 in some countries would be a death knell for it.

[Surferdude]

So why doesn't Microsoft have a "9" in their number system?

In the far East and some other countries - notably Japan - the number 9 is regarded as at best unlucky - and at worst - the precursor of death.

Microsoft are possibly aware that trying to market Windows 9 in some countries would be a death knell for it.

Microsoft "is"........

 

Sorry. My bad. 

[The Gonz]

If we're going to get grammatical then I suggest "So why doesn't Microsoft have a "9" in their number system?" needs treatment.

[Phil №❶]

So, treat it 

[The Gonz]

Try throwing some ginko on it, Phil.

[Phil №❶]

As I said, it doesn't work.

[Shambles]

This club is full of pedantic shits.

Welcome aboard, ladies

[plasticphyte]

*With all possible respect *

[Surferdude]

*With all possible respect *

[The Gonz]

This club is full of pedantic shits.

Yeah, Phil, stop it.
I'm always up for a good phyte.

[ikev85]

For the nerdy types, some people think this is why they moved straight to Windows 10
Why did Microsoft skip Windows 9?

Microsoft dev here, the internal rumours are that early testing revealed just how many third party products that had code of the form

if(version.StartsWith("Windows 9"))
{ /* 95 and 98 */
} else {
and that this was the pragmatic solution to avoid that.

That being said, I'm an Apple guy... but I do like toying with the latest MS stuff. I've been running it in a VM for a few days and it's not bad.

[CraigB]

Win10 has been in internal testing as Win9 for nearly 8 months which is why the preview is running so smooth, it's only a very recent decision to change the version number to 10, it could be as Alan mentioned earlier that in some countries 9 is regarded as bad luck so they moved it up one

Due to the length of the internal testing and smooth behaviour of the test preview we'll likely see a release in around 6 months, using mostly all the code from Windows 8 with some small changes and tweaks has enabled a quicker release cycle.

Anyone currently using version 8 will also be receiving the upgrade to 10 for free so my little birdies tell me

[PhireSideZA]

I just loaded this into a VM now, and so far so good.

I like that they have gone back to the roots and gone back to the standard Windows Start Menu and not those horrible tiles. The tiles that are still on the side are meh, but I am still seeing if I can remove them or minimize their impact.

Pretty nippy too on 2GB of RAM that I have allocated to it

[The Gonz]

I'm sure the popular third party Classic Menu will be updated to fix the residual bits.

[CraigB]

The tiles can be removed, I'll point you too a topic started by one of my fellow Avast Ubers on Win10 Windows 10 - Everything you Need and Want to Know

Much more can also be found here  Windows 10 - AskVG