I'm a firm believer that this could very well be the new "windows XP" and may even surpass XP's established user base and glory. I'm very happy they're moving to the windows as a service model and I think it will enable Microsoft to be infinitely more competitive with Apple. I'm excited to retain my Insider status and test new builds often. :)
The OS is certainly good enough for this to happen, but I feel the model is wrong for a "Windows XP" now. The updates that'll be coming out all the time, ever-growing code base, etc. I think we're somewhat past having set releases that have such longevity, for better or for worse.
It's certainly going to be a monumental OS, either way.
I think it's definitely for the better, but I agree completely you're correct in saying we've evolved so much as a user base (well most of us, I'm looking at you corporate America) and Windows so much as an operating environment that it's very difficult to compare the two.
It'll be very interesting indeed to see whether we will be able to compare Windows 10 now and Windows 10 in 5 years time properly, much like Android 1.0 and Android 5.0. Completely different in most ways.
I'm a firm believer that this could very well be the new "windows XP" and may even surpass XP's established user base and glory. I'm very happy they're moving to the windows as a service model and I think it will enable Microsoft to be infinitely more competitive with Apple. I'm excited to retain my Insider status and test new builds often. :)
The OS is certainly good enough for this to happen, but I feel the model is wrong for a "Windows XP" now. The updates that'll be coming out all the time, ever-growing code base, etc. I think we're somewhat past having set releases that have such longevity, for better or for worse.
It's certainly going to be a monumental OS, either way.
I think it's definitely for the better, but I agree completely you're correct in saying we've evolved so much as a user base (well most of us, I'm looking at you corporate America) and Windows so much as an operating environment that it's very difficult to compare the two.
It'll be very interesting indeed to see whether we will be able to compare Windows 10 now and Windows 10 in 5 years time properly, much like Android 1.0 and Android 5.0. Completely different in most ways.