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celebi23 · Sep 29, 2014

Overview

Where: San Francisco
When: September 30th 10 a.m. PDT (see what time this is in your timezone)
Presenter: Terry Myerson & Microsoft executives

Where to follow online
Text/Photos

TWiT Live
[*]The Verge

Important Links for after the event (thanks to neowin.net)
(Some of the links aren't live right now or are incomplete)

Windows Technical Preview for Enterprise
[*]TechNet Evaluation Center
[*]Windows Insider

I didn't see anything up yet so, I figured I'd throw something together. t just wanted to get something up now & will tweak it before the event starts tomorrow. The links in the last section will (once they go live) go to the download/general info pages.

Kubiubo said:
Before this get's too out of hand, I wanted to mention that this is an enterprise preview, meaning that the major visual changes in the final version are not present, and major features such as Cortana are not present as well. The beginning of next year is when the consumer preview will take place.

Volotaire · Sep 29, 2014

Can't wait to see it.

toohectic · Sep 29, 2014

Volotaire said:
Can't wait to see it.

Yeah. I must have missed it last year.

twobear · Sep 29, 2014

So they're trying to be Apple now?

[edit] Sorry, I should say, still trying?

MoodyFog · Sep 29, 2014

The sentence on that promotional image really sums up Microsoft, wow..

lordfroakie · Sep 29, 2014

The event already happen?

kharma45 · Sep 29, 2014

Hopefully there'll not be too long between announcement and release.

Dreams-Visions · Sep 29, 2014

we're not expecting any major new features are we?

Winterfang · Sep 29, 2014

Neat. I hope is really free.

lastflowers · Sep 29, 2014

what is windows?

ElectricKaibutsu · Sep 29, 2014

Free upgrades for Windows 7 plebs, please.

Kubiubo · Sep 30, 2014

Before this gets too out of hand, I wanted to mention that this is an enterprise preview, the major visual changes in the final version are not present, and major features such as Cortana are not present as well. The beginning of next year is when the consumer preview will take place. A lot of people were confused about that on some other Windows forums.

That being said, I'm looking forward to what Terry Myerson and Joe Belfiore have in store, especially in 2015 when the combined Windows Phone/Windows RT SKU is revealed.

mario_O · Sep 30, 2014

lot of time-travel on gaf today

-Plasma Reus- · Sep 30, 2014

Free upgrade to 9 from 7 please.
W7 folks are the people you need to convince MS. Not W8 people.

inm8num2 · Sep 30, 2014

Windows 9 to include remakes of SkiFree and Hover.

celebi23 · Sep 30, 2014

mario_O said:
lot of time-travel on gaf today

Man, never messed up like that before

Asked a mod to fix it.

SteveWinwood · Sep 30, 2014

inm8num2 said:
Windows 9 to include remakes of SkiFree and Hover.

well great

anything less will disappoint me now

juliushandle · Sep 30, 2014

No live streaming?

SPDIF · Sep 30, 2014

camajise said:
No live streaming?

The sort of things they'll discuss in this event are not things that your typical person would really care about, so it's no surprise really. You'll have to wait for more developer and/or consumer centric events before you get a live stream.

NerdEyeBlind · Sep 30, 2014

Windows 9 upgrade is free

If you own Kinect

rekameohs · Sep 30, 2014

The Beta Max said:
Windows 9 upgrade is free

If you own Kinect

This is the darkest timeline.

Elija2 · Sep 30, 2014

-Plasma Reus- said:
Free upgrade to 9 from 7 please.
W7 folks are the people you need to convince MS. Not W8 people.

Seems like you're already convinced though.

rjinaz · Sep 30, 2014

Elija2 said:
Seems like you're already convinced though.

Not if it's free though which means I lose nothing to try it. I have tried a lot of things out for free. Me trying it out wouldn't equate to me already being convinced of anything. I may hate it and never try it again (or in this case reinstall windows 7).

celebi23 · Sep 30, 2014

lordfroakie said:
The event already happen?

mario_O said:
lot of time-travel on gaf today

Title fixed thanks to a mod. Still looking for live blogs.

Volotaire · Sep 30, 2014

celebi23 said:
Title fixed thanks to a mod. Still looking for live blogs.

Look for CNET and TechCrucnh too, they usually have liveblogs up.

Frustrated_me · Sep 30, 2014

If window server 2012 R2 is any indication, the enterprise features of windows 9 are going to be amazing.

Succinct Verbosity · Sep 30, 2014

Well since it is free for me... sure, why not?

celebi23 · Sep 30, 2014

Volotaire said:
Look for CNET and TechCrucnh too, they usually have liveblogs up.

Yeah, waiting on ArsTechnica to put up their's too. Should be a nice selection of blogs. So, once it's over, the hosts of Windows Weekly (Paul Thurrott of the Super Site for Windows and Mary Jo Foley of All About Microsoft) will be doing a review of the event and what was discussed. It's one of the better shows on TWiT.

Vilifier · Sep 30, 2014

If Microsoft really wanted to shake things up they should let Windows 7 users upgrade to Windows 8 for free right now, then they can do the transition to Windows 9 whenever it is released.

Dead Prince · Sep 30, 2014

announce it'll go live 2 weeks from now plz.

Guri · Sep 30, 2014

Like it was said before, don't be too hyped. They'll talk about Enterprise, not the Consumer version.

diaspora · Sep 30, 2014

-Plasma Reus- said:
Free upgrade to 9 from 7 please.
W7 folks are the people you need to convince MS. Not W8 people.

You will get nothing.

EatinOlives · Sep 30, 2014

godelsmetric said:
So they're trying to be Apple now?

[edit] Sorry, I should say, still trying?

Pretty sure Apple didn't "invent" press conferences.

Volotaire · Sep 30, 2014

celebi23 said:
Yeah, waiting on ArsTechnica to put up their's too. Should be a nice selection of blogs. So, once it's over, the hosts of Windows Weekly (Paul Thurrott of the Super Site for Windows and Mary Jo Foley of All About Microsoft) will be doing a review of the event and what was discussed. It's one of the better shows on TWiT.

I've been meaning to watch/listen to TWiT after watching a few.

Trago · Sep 30, 2014

Can't wait! Windows 9 is coming!

Reversed · Sep 30, 2014

My college relies on windows OSes and is currently using 8.1

I could see it using 9 on next semester is the release date is sooner than expected.

kharma45 · Sep 30, 2014

Reversed said:
My college relies on windows OSes and is currently using 8.1

I could see it using 9 on next semester is the release date is sooner than expected.

Surprised they'd roll it out so fast.

Nero3000 · Sep 30, 2014

Cool.

I expect my company to be transitioning to windows 9 in 2019.

Guerrillas in the Mist · Sep 30, 2014

kharma45 said:
Surprised they'd roll it out so fast.

Yeah, I don't see my Uni moving away from Windows 7 Enterprise so fast, probably would be a headache for the IT department. They don't like doing anything that involving hard work or effort.

LilJoka · Sep 30, 2014

Muchos excited

Daffy Duck · Sep 30, 2014

Hopefully they confirm it's free for people who have Windows 8/8.1.

PetriP-TNT · Sep 30, 2014

Hopefully 9 upgrade will cost double for 7 users for not upgrading to the superior Windows Operating System on time.

AyaisMUsikWhore · Sep 30, 2014

I really hope they give some Windows 7 peeps it for free. If Microsoft is trying to be like Apple, they need to do that.

kulapik · Sep 30, 2014

ElectricKaibutsu said:
Free upgrades for Windows 7 plebs, please.

Yes pls

Takamura-San · Sep 30, 2014

Why are people begging for free updates?

Are OSes free now? Did I miss a memo?

Prophet Steve · Sep 30, 2014

Lord-Audie said:
Why are people begging for free updates?

Are OSes free now? Did I miss a memo?

The rumor was that Windows 9 will be free for Windows 8 owners, so people want the same for Windows 7.

D4Danger · Sep 30, 2014

Lord-Audie said:
Why are people begging for free updates?

Are OSes free now? Did I miss a memo?

The only OS that isn't free is Windows.

Vigilant Walrus · Sep 30, 2014

If it's a mix between windows 8.1 and windows 7, like it looks like, it could be glorious.

iceatcs · Sep 30, 2014

Lord-Audie said:
Why are people begging for free updates?

Are OSes free now? Did I miss a memo?

MS is too rich, that's why people hope for free OS.

Paganmoon · Sep 30, 2014

D4Danger said:
The only OS that isn't free is Windows.

Cause other OS:es bake the cost into the hardware. Not really viable for Windows as you should be able to run it on your preferred hardware.
Might go towards, buy once, own forever though for Windows?

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