Otter@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMicrosoft won't update your Windows 11 PC if it has these appswww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down123
arrow-up1321arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft won't update your Windows 11 PC if it has these appswww.xda-developers.comOtter@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square181fedilink
minus-squareavatar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWasn’t the entire point of not using “Windows 9” branding and instead going straight to “Windows 10” from 8 that they didn’t want the last version of Windows to be 9, that they preferred a nice round number.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoNo. The point was they didn’t want issues from badly written software that used a “windows 9*” string to check for 95/98
minus-squarejose1324@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agonope. 9 is just an unlucky number and lower than competing OS at the time
Wasn’t the entire point of not using “Windows 9” branding and instead going straight to “Windows 10” from 8 that they didn’t want the last version of Windows to be 9, that they preferred a nice round number.
No. The point was they didn’t want issues from badly written software that used a “windows 9*” string to check for 95/98
nope. 9 is just an unlucky number and lower than competing OS at the time