Windows 7

Hi everyone

I have just had th email from ETC to say in 2019 they stop XP machines. My question is how do I tell if my ION's are XP or windows 7?

 

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  • I think theres a few factors at play here, but I'm just guessing.

    1) Making windows 10 "behave" in an offline environment is almost impossible. Microsofts support/distribution model for Windows 10 seems to be designed around the device being always internet--enabled, something currently not ideal for consoles.

    2) With the move to more standardized/modern hardware, I suspect that if/when the underlying image is updated to a newer version of windows, it might be something that can be released and reimaged locally, without having to be returned to ETC for hardware upgrades (Maybe).

    It is a good question though, given that Windows Embedded POSReady 7 (I think thats what the consoles use?) EOLs in 3.5 years, which isn't a terribly long time from now in console-years.
  • Anne had a detailed comment about this in the ETC Eos Family Console Programmers Facebook group. I'd link to it but Facebook seems to be giving me a hard time about getting the link, it's in the pinned post.

    Here's the part of Anne's comment relevant to your question:
    "We did not go from Windows XP to Windows 7 when Gio was designed (the first of the Win 7 desks) because Microsoft stopped supporting XP. The reality with embedded OS' is that we don't require any support from Microsoft. The move to Win 7 was two-fold: we wanted multi-touch functionality, which Win XP could not do. Microsoft also made a major change in Win 7 to a more generic driver model for external display support. We wanted you guys to be able to go into any store selling monitors and have lots of commercially available low-cost choices. Even if Microsoft stopped "supporting" Windows 7 tomorrow - there is currently no compelling reason to go to Windows 10. We are looking at it, and will likely move to it at some point in the future - more as a "why not" than because we need anything W10 offers. We would also then make upgrades available from Win 7 IF (and that is a big IF) there is any value for you in it."
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