The Met is said to be carrying out a scheme to update thousands more of its computers to Windows 8.1. The most recent statistic out of Redmond is that Windows 10 has now been installed on more than 350 million devices. That strategy, obviously, has not worked.
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Microsoft suggested last week that Windows 10 would be its last operating system.
In an email to the Windows Insiders who were selected to receive the package, Microsoft is specifically asking them to state the importance of 5 categories of apps, as well as give the names and a description of the apps they want to see make their way to Continuum, and by virtue, Windows 10 Mobile.
Whatever the cause, Skylake hardware will now be supported normally on Windows 7 and 8.1.
“Further plans are being developed to address the remaining XP desktops including reducing the overall number used by the organisation, replacing with laptops, tablets and disposing of equipment that can not support Windows 8.1 and beyond”.
Skylake is now fully supported on Windows 7 and 8.1.
Microsoft today announced that it is again delaying the end of support for Windows 7 and 8.1 devices running sixth generation Intel (Skylake) chips. In March, Microsoft modified the extended support cut-off date to July 2018.
Future “silicon platforms” will still require Windows 10.
Specifics are not provided on what is being improved in this update, and no notable changes are brought so far except performance improvements and bug fixes. The official word is “This change is created to help our customers purchase modern hardware with confidence, while continuing to manage their migrations to Windows 10”.
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In other words, you can have a look at the changelog for yourself (it’s available in the box at the end of the article), but you won’t find much in there if you’re particularly interested in what’s been changed in Windows 10 Mobile build.545.
