{"id":25513,"date":"2016-06-27T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=25513"},"modified":"2016-06-27T06:49:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:49:40","slug":"newsletter-issue-865-windows-10-and-microsofts-desperate-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/06\/newsletter-issue-865-windows-10-and-microsofts-desperate-moves\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #865: Windows 10 and Microsoft&#8217;s Desperate Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As some of you might recall, Windows 10 debuted last July as a free update for many Windows users; well, mostly except for businesses that paid for support contracts. The theory went, in part, that since Microsoft didn\u2019t really pull a whole lot of revenue from OS upgrades, getting hundreds of millions of users up to date with Windows 10 would have an ancillary effect, which would be to make it more profitable for developers to put their stuff in the Windows Apps Store. As people bought apps, Microsoft would get a piece of the action.<\/p>\n<p>Many Windows 8\/8.1 users would be delighted to get an OS that was actually usable, if they hadn\u2019t already downgraded to Windows 7. With Windows 10, you had a proper Start menu, and a pretty decent and well-performing environment. Security was surely better than that of Windows 7, which was released nearly seven years ago. That would be a given.<\/p>\n<p>The argument for Windows 10 might still be less compelling to a Windows 7 user, unless you plan to buy a convertible PC that operates either in standard desktop mode or tablet mode. Indeed, Windows 10 is supposed to sense that configuration change, so you get an optimized user environment. Unfortunately, Microsoft has attempted to make some interface elements a little too simple, being unable to lose the stick-pin graphics and too-thin text of the interface formerly known as Metro that make it appear as an OS designed for kids than adults. Some apps, such as Mail, lack the power user capabilities of a proper email app, but perhaps Microsoft would prefer you get a paid email app, particularly Outlook.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2016\/06\/newsletter-issue-865\/#moves\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As some of you might recall, Windows 10 debuted last July as a free update for many Windows users; well, mostly except for businesses that paid for support contracts. 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