.net code compiles to MSIL which in turn compiles to native using JIT.
Short version is that it does, but no "vm" is required to run it, only the compiled assemblies it references.
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Terrible. How dare he expose the fact that spy agencies are illegally monitoring their own countries, allies and frequently sexual partners too?
Is that a hanging offence? Oh wait, the USA. Yeah, probably lethal injection.
I think we should also shoot everyone at Wikileaks for noting that the TTIP exists and everyone at the Register for reporting it. And then everyone who read it, including me. Because information is important, governments are always moral and right and you totally can stop knowledge getting around by killing lots of people in the Age of the Internet.
According to Paul Thurrott you can use your license key on a clean .ISO install.
AND roll it back to Win7 or 8.n without "deactivating" your earlier license key, despite FUD spread in these very forums.
> Word on the street is that it's a one way trip. Once you upgrade to Windows 10, there is no way back. Your licence key is irreversibly "upgraded" from a Win7 licence to a Win10 licence. Conviently (for Microsoft), there is no way to buy Windows 7 licences any more in retai either.
Word on the street is absolutely, irrevocably, and massively wrong then. Was "word on the street" spread by Bob Vistakin, perhaps?
As others have linked here, Windows 10 actually has an inbuilt system for rolling back to your old OS version. "Word on the street" my arse. Word on Slashdot, maybe.
Historically, Microsoft have never "deactivated" a license key once you've used it to upgrade. Of course, that doesn't mean they can't do it and it doesn't mean they are incapable of doing something that stupid but in the 20 years since Windows 95, it has never happened yet.
And just for anyone who thinks restoring an image takes too long - incidentally, if you think that you have no business being in this industry -
http://www.howtogeek.com/75496/how-to-reinstall-windows-without-having-to-reactivate/
You forgot 2K which was also good.
And Vista wasn't rubbish - it just came supplied on a lot of terrible hardware.
Pre SP1, XP was anything but good. I'd say fuckawful, actually. No security by default, firewall turned off, IE6 doing its awful, awful thing.... nope, can't think of a single good thing about XP at release.
Basically, this whole "alternating versions" meme is bullshit.
> Because you'll be trading your Windows 7 license for Windows 10. Windows 7 will no longer have a valid license and probably not activate.
Aha! Here comes the FUD.
Actually Win10 has a built-in tool to roll back to your old OS version if you decide you don't like it. But nice try, AC! You might frighten a few newbs with that one!
Okay then, somebody downvoted.
Let's see that same somebody justify their downvote with a detailed explanation of where this factual information containing no opinion, insult, snideness, sarcasm or indeed anything except raw data is incorrect which clearly the downvoter believes it is.
OR the downvoter wants readers to think the information is incorrect even though it's not because they have an agenda.
I await the technical explanation with interest.
If your priority is OSX, it makes sense to buy a Mac but let's not pretend you can't get something equally capable (in terms of functionality and even design) for a lot less money.
You might like OSX but it's only an operating system. There's nothing special about it. It can't do anything no other OS can do.
" a microUSB card slot" - a what?
I was tempted until I noticed that it's a Bluetooth keyboard dock now. I think this is a mistake. Having the extra battery life from the dock was one of the Transformer range's big bonus points - dropping that and adding an extra power-drain in the form of a wireless connection seems a bit like shooting yourself in the foot.
OP is one of a small group of fire and brimstone F/OSS evangelists who criticize any company/product they don't like (and thus don't use and are thus astoundingly ignorant about) at every opportunity.
Humour? About as likely as the (Westboro) Phelps family supporting a Pride march, and for broadly similar reasons.
> If they follow their guidelines, they will have to boot a lot of apps ... even MS Office, since it is much more expensive than, say, Libre Office, yet offers little, if any, added value.
Yeah, because LibreOffice is available as a Windows Store app... except that it isn't and you have no idea what you're talking about.