Windows 8 was launched in October 2012 with much fanfare, but in the end, this proved to be just another flop in Microsoft's history. Often referred to as “the second Vista,” Windows 8 will reach end of support next week on Tuesday, so all users who are still running it must upgrade to 8.1 as soon as possible.
The cloud storage platform will drop support for older versions of Windows in early 2022.
Microsoft responded with Windows 8 and its Surface RT tablet.
In the earliest days of the Surface, it was hard to shake the notion that the line was something of a reference design for Windows 8.
Wow. Is this like the abandonment of Windows XP which took a million years? If so this was FAST.
Because they are forcing users to upgrade to windows 10. Its not like other OS's where users can choose to linger
for every one good decision MS makes, they make 5 bad ones.
the differences between 10 and 8.1 isnt that great apart from the UI and a few other minor features. if they were dropping an OS, one would assume WIn7 would get the axe.
this is just gonna force 8.1 users back to windows 7 even if it means them pirating the software. i know plenty of people who have legal copies of windows 8 and refuse to upgrade to windows 10 because of the crap they heard about it. they're not shy to openly admit that they would rather pirate 7 then go to legit windows 10.
That means i need to upgrade to 8.1 or 10....thats impossible to me.
This has to Happen, when a OS is flop within 2 years and needs to be replaced.
I have already got Windows 10 pro upgrade for free.