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Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades
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Didn’t they jest release windows 11?
Didn't they once allude to windows 10 being the last windows because no more revisions were necessary
Didn't they say 640k was enough?
No, media did say that at over point, but it was never based on any announcement from Microsoft.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32658340
It came from the mouth of a Microsoft executive, and Microsoft followed up with a statement saying they were moving Windows 10 to a service model.
You are in luck, I already explained this very article! Copy pasting my old comment below:
Notice how even the article you linked doesn't give a full quote? It just quotes someone saying "last version" without any context of the sentence it was used in? I will give you the full quote where that comes form. Someone asked a Microsoft developer what they are currently working on, and the answer was:
It is obvious from context "last version" meant "latest version" here. And that misreading of a quote, conveniently not included in most articles, is the only source for all these news. No announcement. No journalist actually asking Microsoft about it. Just a fleeting comment by one Microsoft employee that obviously meant something else, in an answer about something else, but why let that get in the way of a good story.
And this was an answer to an audience question in a "Tiles, Notifications, and Action Center” presentation by a single Microsoft employee, on a developer conference. The absolute last place to look for a ground-breaking announcement about Microsoft's future.
And the exact same article you linked confirms Microsoft is still deciding on the name for the next Windows? Which would make no sense if there was no next Windows?
There will be no Windows 11, says some guy who doesn't work at Microsoft.
And then a bunch of cherry picked quotes about continous updates and a service model being a good thing. Yep, continous updates, just like we got in Windows Vista, and that have nothing to do with there not being new Windows versions, but that's what the article attempts to imply.
Modern journalism is useless. Someone made up a thing, everyone else copied it. And not a single media outlet actually asked Microsoft about it. No one. Or maybe they did, but the answer meant there is no news, so let's ignore it.
They’ve been saying that since XP
tbf XP was peak
no garbage just ran your programs
XP SP3.
And it's still available.
No, windows 11 has been out for like 5 years now.
Oh, well it sucks and I don’t use it.
Same. Switched my personal machine to Mint instead of "upgrading" to 11. I have to use 11 for my work device, and it's not hyperbole to say that it gets worse every single week.
Yeah... my machine got so slow and with every update breaking something new I had to "downgrade" to win10 (I'm aiming for linux, but no luck :( so far, at least). Now everything magically works again