Will Microsoft ever stop making Windows Versions?

[Fait]

What is everyone's opinion on this?
Please vote in the poll

So people thought Windows 10 would be their last ever OS but what many did not know is that comment was made by a developer at Microsoft not the CEO or the team themselves just one staff member at Microsoft.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/394...ows-11-if-windows-10-is-the-last-windows.html

So do you think they ever stop, Will 11 be the last?
What do you think

 

[Deleted member 1085]

Yeah, they'll invariably just have the Windows Ecosystem, Operating Systems as a Service, or Platform as a Service/PaaS. Pay your license fee, get Windows, and then they'll roll out service packs that update from time to time, but the platform receives the odd facelift.

 

[Fait]

Yeah, they'll invariably just have the Windows Ecosystem, Operating Systems as a Service, or Platform as a Service/PaaS. Pay your license fee, get Windows, and then they'll roll out service packs that update from time to time, but the platform receives the odd facelift.

It would be a much better idea honestly.

For example Android & IOS just run on updates, especially IOS.

 

[Deleted member 1085]

It would be a much better idea honestly.

For example Android & IOS just run on updates, especially IOS.

It definitely makes sense from a business perspective, but it's going to be irritating when there's extra fees or renewal costs.

 

[Fait]

It definitely makes sense from a business perspective, but it's going to be irritating when there's extra fees or renewal costs.

that's the only issue but if other companies are doing then I'm sure they follow.
like in the early 2000s, you could version release OS but now the version slightly changes upon each new update.

 

[PrairieKat]

I voted yes! The reason why, I think that eventually they'll come up with something totally different and it will no longer be "Windows" because it will not be the same platform anymore. That could take 10 or 20 years, but I do think eventually Windows will be finished.

 

[Grungie]

Windows 12 was announced before this thread was made, so it's 100% confirmed that 11 is not the last.

 

[XxkillerpyroxX1]

Windows 12 was announced before this thread was made, so it's 100% confirmed that 11 is not the last.

how is that possible when we just got win 11 about a year or so ago it hasn't even been 5 years?🤔
I feel like its way too soon for win 12 to be a thing or get talked about.

 

[Grungie]

how is that possible when we just got win 11 about a year or so ago it hasn't even been 5 years?🤔
I feel like its way too soon for win 12 to be a thing or get talked about.

Tbh 3 years isn’t unusual.

Vista - 2006
7 - 2009
8 - 2012
10 - 2015
11 - 2021

The transition from XP to Vista was pretty long, as was 10 to 11, so those are kind of the outliers.

 

[Naiwen]

They are milking the cash cow.

 

[Uncrowned]

I doubt the major versions will go away, but I do see them becoming more of an update vs an entirely new OS as they are now. You can already see it with Windows 10 to 11 as it is much less of a major overhaul.

 

[Fait]

They are milking the cash cow.

Tbh Windows 11 isn’t that huge of a change to say Windows 10, i got 11 so you’re correct.

 

[Ravenfreak1]

I don't ever see Microsoft giving up on making new Windows versions. So many people use Windows PCs that they would be shooting themselves in the foot if they ever stopped developing Windows. Their game console won't keep them afloat, and you could possibly get their products to work on other platforms if they ever decided to pull the plug on Windows, but I just don't see that ever happening at this point.

 

[Nomad1]

Microsoft will never stop bringing new versions of its flagship product Windows. There is a lot of money in this Software and Microsoft want to sell this product for every generation. Since Windows PCs are affordable, there is a great demand for Windows, especially in the developing world.

 

[Kyng]

I expect there will be new Windows versions for as long as there is a Microsoft.

There will always be new technologies, to justify new Windows versions - and there will always be plenty of money to be made from making them.

The only way in which I can see Microsoft stopping new Windows versions will be if Windows itself stops being a viable business proposition - either because something else takes over from it, or because people stop using PCs altogether.

 

[Fait]

I expect there will be new Windows versions for as long as there is a Microsoft.

There will always be new technologies, to justify new Windows versions - and there will always be plenty of money to be made from making them.

The only way in which I can see Microsoft stopping new Windows versions will be if Windows itself stops being a viable business proposition - either because something else takes over from it, or because people stop using PCs altogether.

I think it is a while before tablets completely take over yet so I completely agree.
Those born after 2011 are starting to use desktop PCs less which is very sad to see but hopefully, that changes as they grow.
but PCs are still used but many teenagers so we still have a long while.

 

[Grungie]

I think it is a while before tablets completely take over yet so I completely agree.
Those born after 2011 are starting to use desktop PCs less which is very sad to see but hopefully, that changes as they grow.
but PCs are still used but many teenagers so we still have a long while.

I doubt tablets will kill Windows as the Surface line exists

 

[Heatman1]

They are never going to stop. There will always be new upgrades to add. They can't say no to all the money involved. It's like telling Sony to stop releasing Playstation consoles.

 

[Kyng]

I think it is a while before tablets completely take over yet so I completely agree.
Those born after 2011 are starting to use desktop PCs less which is very sad to see but hopefully, that changes as they grow.
but PCs are still used but many teenagers so we still have a long while.

I'm pretty sure tablets will never "completely take over"... they're pretty limited compared to a laptop, but also too clunky to work as a phone replacement.

I don't really have a use for one personally 😛 .

 

[Grungie]

I'm pretty sure tablets will never "completely take over"... they're pretty limited compared to a laptop, but also too clunky to work as a phone replacement.

I don't really have a use for one personally 😛 .

You’re thinking of current tablet capabilities and applying it to the future as opposed to the possibility of their future capabilities.

That said, the average person doesn’t need more than a tablet for their computer needs. This might come as a shock to power users and PC gamers, but the average person’s computer needs is just internet browsing and MS Office. The nicer ones can even connect to an external display and keyboard/mouse if you want a bigger screen just like a laptop.

I can see traditional computers becoming more niche as time goes on, and being relegated to hobbyists and specific work environments. I work in IT, and there’s a surprising amount of things the younger folks have never done before that used to be very common when I was younger.

 

[Kyng]

You’re thinking of current tablet capabilities and applying it to the future as opposed to the possibility of their future capabilities.

That said, the average person doesn’t need more than a tablet for their computer needs. This might come as a shock to power users and PC gamers, but the average person’s computer needs is just internet browsing and MS Office. The nicer ones can even connect to an external display and keyboard/mouse if you want a bigger screen just like a laptop.

I can see traditional computers becoming more niche as time goes on, and being relegated to hobbyists and specific work environments. I work in IT, and there’s a surprising amount of things the younger folks have never done before that used to be very common when I was younger.

Sure, tablets are going to improve in the future - but, who's to say that laptops and PCs won't also improve? Future tablets may well be able to match (or even surpass) the capabilities of current-day laptops or PCs - but if they're to overtake PCs altogether, they'll be aiming at a moving target.

Nevertheless, I do agree that traditional computers are likely to become more niche over the years. There's always going to be a market for them, but the "internet and MS Office" crowd doesn't need them.

 

[Grungie]

Sure, tablets are going to improve in the future - but, who's to say that laptops and PCs won't also improve? Future tablets may well be able to match (or even surpass) the capabilities of current-day laptops or PCs - but if they're to overtake PCs altogether, they'll be aiming at a moving target.

Nevertheless, I do agree that traditional computers are likely to become more niche over the years. There's always going to be a market for them, but the "internet and MS Office" crowd doesn't need them.

I never said that they weren’t going to. Though traditional laptops might go the way of the dodo. Large tablets are showing up more and more, and have keyboard attachments, the Surface now has competitors, and Chrome tablets are now a thing, and have a better touchscreen interface than Windows in tablet mode.

Traditional desktops are already a shrinking marketplace, and mostly bought by hobbiest and businesses, so I predict it’ll stay that way. 2 in 1’s will probably replace laptops once the price on those go down when the prices go down on those once the technology catches up.

It’s like how SSD’s used to be really expensive, and cheaper laptops and desktops still came with only HDD’s, and now SSD’s are cheap, and HDD’s really only come in higher storage capacities.