许多人或许已经忘了，在「Windows 即服务」（Windows as a Service）策略出现之前，过去用户从 Windows 7、Vista 和 XP 升级到 Windows 8，其实是需要付费的。而这一传统，直到 Windows 10 推出后才被彻底打破。

When Windows 10 went out of support last month, roughly ten years after release, many were confused about whether to upgrade or keep running their existing iteration. Experts who recommended upgrading ...

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s when XP and later Windows 7 ruled the roost. To quantify this feeling, ...