Microsoft Pacific

Microsoft Pacific (also known as Windows Pacific or Windows 8.5) is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, it was sold in the Asia-Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, North America and Chile and then sold worldwide 43 days after release. It is the direct successor to Windows 8.1, which was released one year earlier. It was released to manufacturing on October 7th, 2014, and later to retail on November 14th, 2014. Microsoft Pacific was made available for download via MSDN and TechNet, as a free upgrade for retail copies of Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 users via the Windows Store, and to Windows 7 users via Windows Update. Most Microsoft Pacific users don't come from United States but but mostly from Japan, South Korea, Thailand, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Malaysia and is the only Windows variant where Cortana is available in Indonesia. Microsoft Pacific receives new builds on an ongoing basis, which are available at no additional cost to users, in addition to additional test builds of Microsoft Pacific, which are available to Windows Insiders. Devices in enterprise environments can receive these updates at a slower pace, or use long-term support milestones that only receive critical updates, such as security patches, over their ten-year lifespan of extended support. Microsoft Pacific does not have McAfee® but has it's own anti-virus software named "Safety Service" or "SAFSER" for short. In June 2021, Microsoft announced that extended support will end on February 25th, 2030.
Microsoft Pacific received generally positive reviews upon its original release. Critics praised Microsoft's decision to provide the desktop-oriented interface in line with previous versions of Windows, contrasting the tablet-oriented approach of Windows 8, although Microsoft Pacific's touch-oriented user interface mode was criticized for containing regressions upon the touch-oriented interface of its predecessor. Critics also praised the improvements to Microsoft Pacific's bundled software over Windows 8.1, Xbox Live integration, as well as the functionality and capabilities of the Cortana personal assistant and the replacement of Internet Explorer with Microsoft Edge. However, media outlets have been critical of the changes to operating system behaviors, including mandatory update installation, privacy concerns over data collection performed by the OS for Microsoft and its partners, and adware-like tactics used to promote the operating system on its release.
Microsoft initially aimed to have Microsoft Pacific installed on over one billion devices within three years of its release; that goal was ultimately reached almost five years after release on August 5th, 2019. By March 2020, Windows 10 surpassed Microsoft Pacific as the most popular version of Windows worldwide. As of August 2022, Microsoft Pacific is estimated to have a 62% share of Windows PCs, still 6.7× the share of its successor Windows 10 (and 5.0× of Windows 7).
== History ==
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== Gallery ==
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