I checked the Windowsinsider tweets and someone said it is a FAKE GABE saying 166 was released for mobile, not PC.
Hey guys, can we discuss upgrade options in this thread please? Or do we need a new thread for that? I am wondering when I should go back to Windows 7 in order to reserve my copy of 10? Should I wait and continue being an Insider until say the 28th or so? Or should I just install 7 now, reserve my copy and then immediately upgrade to 10162? I have not reserved my copy yet, but I do not think or see a valid reason to stay an Insider, although I will if its the better route. And I want to limit my time on 7 to as little time as possible. Currently 162 is running just fine also, so no physical reason to do anything at the moment. If it matters, I'm running on bare metal. How would you proceed?
Insiders will start to get it on the 29th but I'm not sure if that means all 5 million or not. I assume they will push it out just like any other release so I'm not sure you have to have a reserved copy unless the plan is to leave as soon as you do the install. By what they say it then falls back to the same rules that everybody else has in place and I am guessing that may mean you will have had to have a qualifying os to start with. My guess is you can wait and go back on the 28th, get the upgrade thru insiders and then move on. On second thought that won't work either. If you are on 7 you won't get the update like you would on 10 and I'm not sure if you get it any faster than anybody else if you are sitting on 7 or 8 even if you are logged in with your MSA. I don't think that question has been asked or answered. Here is what they said and to me it creates more questions then it answers. "I want to opt out of the Windows Insider Program on 7/29." If you decide to opt-out of the program and upgrade to the 7/29 build you will be subject to exactly the same terms and conditions that govern the offer* that was extended to all Genuine Windows 7 and 8.1 customers. This is not a path to attain a license for Windows XP or Windows Vista systems. If your system upgraded from a Genuine Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 license it will remain activated, but if not, you will be required to roll back to your previous OS version or acquire a new Windows 10 license. If you do not roll back or acquire a new license the build will eventually expire."
Hindsight always shows us the error of our ways. In the future (after July 29, 2015) there will be information available that will confirm that the decision you made today, based on all possible inputs given, was not the decision that you should have made at this time. Stay the course or flip a coin ... the nebulous statements presented by Microsoft don't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling that even they know what the future holds.