Back in the days, before Bud got too light, we had a decent thing going with Windows 10. You could simply delete or not use 'One-Drive' and everything else about that OS was fairly decent. Now let's venture a bit into the future to take a gander at Windows 12. In this future release, MS will probably maintain local file storage, but there seems to still be some internal push to have that replaced by Cloud storage and to switch to a service backed OS. Windows 10 users are already seeing messages pop up warning us about the end of days (end of Win10 support in 2025.) What that pop up doesn't tell us is we can download something called OPatch, for free non-commercial use, to get continued security updates if we want them. Oh, you could also just pay MS for an additional 3-years of full support, and all for the bargain basement price of just $427. No thanks.
So Win12 (The End of Days version) has been rumored to be coming in late 2024, but that wasn't written in stone. In contrast, the Mayan calendar also got the end of days wrong, and it actually was written in stone! To me, it seems a bit more likely that the release will coincide with the end of support of Win10.
In Win12 can expect AI 'features' but a lot of watchers also expect to see desktop pop up advertising. "We interrupt your college term paper for this important message from some gender queer freak encouraging you to get wasted on fewer calories."
So let's just hypothetically state that Windows 12, or beyond, does go 100% service based and adopts this uninstallable advertising component. What will Pete do? Simple, retire. I don't intend to spend my end of days living their end of days; but then again, I'm a pretty grouchy old bastard who doesn't have scores of years ahead of me to spend them using this new-age type of computer system. (Steve will argue by saying... "Pete, in what multiverse do you consider yourself 'pretty'?") Oh well...
But what will the rest of you do?
Pete
- Hulk Hogan to speak at the RNC, tonight.
So Win12 (The End of Days version) has been rumored to be coming in late 2024, but that wasn't written in stone. In contrast, the Mayan calendar also got the end of days wrong, and it actually was written in stone! To me, it seems a bit more likely that the release will coincide with the end of support of Win10.
In Win12 can expect AI 'features' but a lot of watchers also expect to see desktop pop up advertising. "We interrupt your college term paper for this important message from some gender queer freak encouraging you to get wasted on fewer calories."
So let's just hypothetically state that Windows 12, or beyond, does go 100% service based and adopts this uninstallable advertising component. What will Pete do? Simple, retire. I don't intend to spend my end of days living their end of days; but then again, I'm a pretty grouchy old bastard who doesn't have scores of years ahead of me to spend them using this new-age type of computer system. (Steve will argue by saying... "Pete, in what multiverse do you consider yourself 'pretty'?") Oh well...
But what will the rest of you do?
Pete
- Hulk Hogan to speak at the RNC, tonight.