Microsoft lo hizo oficial esta semana: empezará a repartir Windows once el cinco de octubre, en solo 5 semanas, en ordenador seleccionables.
"On that day, the free upgrade to Windows XNUMX will begin rolling out to select Windows XNUMX PCs and preloaded Windows XNUMX PCs will begin to be available for purchase," wrote Aaron Woodman, general manager of marketing. Windows, in an August thirty-first post on a corporate weblog.
Although the launch of Windows XNUMX begins on October XNUMX, the process is going to take an exceptionally long time. "We expect each and every eligible device to receive the free upgrade to Windows XNUMX in mid-XNUMX," Woodman said.
When delivery of eleven begins, the operating system will be offered to "selectable new devices," although Microsoft hasn't said how new a computer has to be to take the top spot. New machines free from October XNUMXth will ship with Windows XNUMX pre-installed, although again, Microsoft wasn't up for everything, stating that "PCs pre-loaded with Windows XNUMX will start to become free for purchase."
The implication: certain computers are going to be equipped with eleven, but surely not each and every one.
Blur here was rare for Microsoft at the start of a new operating system, but then the 21 out of 2 sequence is going to be different from previous updates: Windows 1, even considering a UI (user interface) and UX (experience) overhaul. user interface), it could have simply been dubbed Windows XNUMX XNUMXHXNUMX or, if you follow previous practice, Windows XNUMX. Microsoft arbitrarily increased the amount with significantly less justification than the other name changes (barring multiple moves from X to X-dot-1).
The next to notice Windows XNUMX will be the devices in use, whose Microsoft models are more likely to perform the update successfully. Redmond Wash Developer. has been adding updates and improvements for several years using the same or similar system that generally prefers newer devices over older devices with newer components over older ones like processor and graphics processor .
The fact that the upgrade offering runs over 9 months suggests cautious implementation, perhaps due to the significantly more stringent system requirements that Microsoft has set for, among many other reasons, current and future security needs.
Windows Update will notify users when their computer can be upgraded to Windows XNUMX, if selectable. Users can also manually trigger an update prompt, which can cause Windows XNUMX to download and install.
Managed devices will continue, as with updates, on their current operating system (Windows XNUMX for the vast majority) until such time as IT administrators decide otherwise.
A September update to Endpoint Manager is expected to give administrators information about which computers are eligible for eleven, Microsoft said in a separate article on Tuesday. Next month, the Windows section of Endpoint Analytics is going to show "reading your managed devices to upgrade to Windows XNUMX."
Administrators shouldn't downgrade their organization's computers to Windows XNUMX, at least not yet. Windows XNUMX, Microsoft previously stated, and Woodman repeated that point Tuesday, will be supported until October XNUMX.
Woodman devoted a large part of his article to a device-by-device sales pitch promoting new systems capable of running Windows XNUMX. He heralded Microsoft's Surface device, like machines like Lenovo, HP, Dell, Acer, and Samsung. . If the proportionality of Woodman's message is any indication, Microsoft's main raison d'être for Windows XNUMX is to sell new hardware.
Microsoft has also committed to releasing a minor feature update for Windows XNUMX this fall, but hasn't set a date for that release.
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