Win10 Anniversary Edition to arrive Aug 2

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But there are some important missing pieces. InfoWorld Woody on Windows
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“With over 350 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of Windows and customer engagement is also incredible with more than 135 billion hours of use on Windows 10 since launch.”

Yes, customers are so satisfied that Win7 remains firmly entrenched in spite of the free offer and Microsoft’s underhanded tactics.

Ugh.

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If I’m not mistaken, 135 billion hours spread over 350 million devices comes out to a shade less than 386 hours per device. Or, if a device is on for only 40 hours a week (ha!), that’s less than 10 weeks of usage.

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Interesting math!

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Woody, do you have any details about no “Global” Cortana OFF switch? And how will that affect version 1511 users?

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Now, now… Microsoft doesn’t want you to look deeper into their “statistics”. You’re supposed to respond “Ooooh!!! That’s a REALLY BIG number, so it MUST be impressive”.

Similarly, you mustn’t analyse their recent “6 billion Cortana voice queries” stat any deeper, or you’ll (shock-horror) discover that amounts to a much less impressive ~1 voice query per Windows 10 device per week.

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I don’t know the details. All I know is that 1511 has an Off switch in the Cortana settings, while current builds do not. There’s a lot of conjecture that the current Off switch doesn’t actually do anything.

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Don’t you think it’s funny the free upgrade ends just ahead of the anniversary edition? I think they are trying to entice as many suckers as possible before they release their overbearing embedded ads and increased Spyware 2.0 initiative. Oh by the way the new Anniversary edition won’t let you roll back to the previous version either chump…

Anniversary edition… Sound’s so festive! Let’s celebrate! Weeee…

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Now that’s an interesting question.

I upgrade from Win7 to Win10 on July 28. Then I upgrade to the Win10 Anniversary Edition on Aug 3.

Can I then roll back to Win17?

UPDATE: Looks like the answer is no. Looking back on the build 1511 update (the “Autumn Update”), Microsoft’s automatic update routine – which installed 1511 onto most machines – wouldn’t automatically install on machines that could be rolled back. Installing 1511 would wipe out the Win7 (or 8.1) rollback partition, making rollback impossible. The 1511 installer wouldn’t do that, but you could install 1511 manually. http://windowsreport.com/windows-10-1511-rollback/

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