Does Windows 10 Expire this month?

[Jonathanese]

I've been trying to find out if windows 10 actually expires this month. I've been reading articles that say it does, but they are from 2014, and they say "but MS will have released an update by then."

So does that mean each of these new builds is pushing the expiration date back?

 

[i7Baby]

See http://www.techradar.com/au/news/software/operating-systems/windows-10-release-date-price-news-and-features-1029245

You know its only a trial version(s) at the moment?

 

[Jonathanese]

"You know its only a trial version(s) at the moment?"

If that. Closer to a Beta than a trial.

Thanks for the link, I'll take a look at that.

Update: I didn't see a whole lot new. I remember the April 15 date, yes, but I also remember MS saying we would recieve "windows is about to expire" messages beginning the month, and I haven't recieved a single one thus far. So that's why I was curious. Looking up the sites, I only found "this version will expire, but there will be new builds released long before then. Hence why I asked if each new build pushed the expiration date back.

 

[i7Baby]

Only MS knows. They' haven't decided on a release date yet. But they won't stop trials till they're ready to release the final version 1.0.

I'm still not sure if they are going to give away updates from Windows 7 and 8 to Windows 10. It doesn't worry me. I'm happy with Windows 7.

 

[Jonathanese]

Yeah, the main thing to be concerned about is DX12.

 

[orlbuckeye]

April 15th was the date of the first couple of builds to expire. I believe the last 2 released build expire in October.

 

[freeskier93]

Yep, older builds expire the 15th but new builds don't expire until October.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_install/expiration-dates-for-windows-10-technical-preview/b979fd2b-f8fc-4e6b-a023-f018a0a44127