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Win 10 is a free upgrade for win 8 and 8.1 users for the first year of launch

 

It is not subscription base

 

We could only hope so...

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what about windows 7 ultimate

looks to be the same

 

http://www.itpro.co.uk/operating-systems/23119/windows-10-release-date-and-specs

 

this is upgrade thou

 

if you need for a new PC

 

you still need the Win 10 Key

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Let me make this more clear:

  • Windows 10 UPGRADE is free for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. (If you have Windows 8, you need to update to Windows 8.1 first. This is free as well).
  • The free upgrade is a limited time offer.
  • The offer end 1 year after Windows 10 is release.
  • If you missed the offer, you need to do like everyone else: go out and buy it (if you want to. If you want to stick with Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 that is fine too)
  • The offer is not for businesses. Only home users, and MAYBE small businesses, we need to wait and see for full details.
  • This is not a subscription. It is just Microsoft being nice. If you wonder what is the catch, it is very simple. First of all, Microsoft makes most of its money from OEM sales of Windows and large businesses. Secondly, Microsoft wants a large market share for Windows 10, so that it push developer interests into Universal Apps (replaces Windows 8 Modern UI apps (aka: Metro apps)). Universal Apps are applications that run on a desktop, laptop, tablet, small tablet, embedded systems, running Windows 10, and as well Windows 10 Phones, and (if approved by Microsoft) XBox One. Microsoft plans to makes money from its App store (they get 30% of sales), and money from it's advertisement platform which developer can embed, much like Apple with iOS apps and Google with Android apps. Ideally for Microsoft, this will also fix the problem with Windows phone -> no apps, and low quality apps, as the developer can make an app which they can sell on all platforms running Windows 10 with minimal code change in between (basically just some GUI adjustment to reflect the screen size). All Universal apps are by nature GPU accelerated, touch screen friendly, Ink friendly, and high-DPI ready. In other words, Microsoft is loosing a few millions, to gain billions later on in Windows 10 life cycle.

 

Hopefully this makes it all clear.

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This is not a subscription. It is just Microsoft being nice. If you wonder what is the catch, it is very simple. First of all, Microsoft makes most of its money from OEM sales of Windows and large businesses. Secondly, Microsoft wants a large market share for Windows 10, so that it push developer interests into Universal Apps (replaces Windows 8 Modern UI apps (aka: Metro apps)). Universal Apps are applications that run on a desktop, laptop, tablet, small tablet, embedded systems, running Windows 10, and as well Windows 10 Phones, and (if approved by Microsoft) XBox One. Microsoft plans to makes money from its App store (they get 30% of sales), and money from it's advertisement platform which developer can embed, much like Apple with iOS apps and Google with Android apps. Ideally for Microsoft, this will also fix the problem with Windows phone -> no apps, and low quality apps, as the developer can make an app which they can sell on all platforms running Windows 10 with minimal code change in between (basically just some GUI adjustment to reflect the screen size). All Universal apps are by nature GPU accelerated, touch screen friendly, Ink friendly, and high-DPI ready. In other words, Microsoft is loosing a few millions, to gain billions later on in Windows 10 life cycle.

Then Microsoft isn't being nice. It's Microsoft wanting money at the end.

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Then Microsoft isn't being nice. It's Microsoft wanting money at the end.

Everything companies do is for profit in the end. This is Microsoft being smart, thinking about the future of the company, and thinking that giving everyone free upgrades will be worth it. Its probably also good for PR.

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Everything companies do is for profit in the end. This is Microsoft being smart, thinking about the future of the company, and thinking that giving everyone free upgrades will be worth it. Its probably also good for PR.

My comment was about the company being "nice." It isn't. It's trying to be profitable and thinking ahead.

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What I'm scared about this free upgrade is, they do it similarly to Win8.1.

 

So you don't get a new key, your old Windows 8 keys will not be valid with Windows 10 installer, so what you need to do if you need to rebuild your system is install Windows 8 using Windows 8 keys and installation media, then upgrade to Windows 8.1 through Windows Store, and then only you can upgrade to Windows 10.

 

If they do it that way, probably I'm just going to stay on Windows 8.1....

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What I'm scared about this free upgrade is, they do it similarly to Win8.1.

 

So you don't get a new key, your old Windows 8 keys will not be valid with Windows 10 installer, so what you need to do if you need to rebuild your system is install Windows 8 using Windows 8 keys and installation media, then upgrade to Windows 8.1 through Windows Store, and then only you can upgrade to Windows 10.

 

If they do it that way, probably I'm just going to stay on Windows 8.1....

You'll be able to clean install with Windows 10 upgrade. When you'll download the setup program it will ask you that it need to make a disk or USB flash drive. I would pick disk to have a backup for yourself, or never forget or loose that USB flash drive. Anyway, you can always terminate the setup once it is done with the USB key or disk, and re-run it. That is what most people did with Windows 8 Pro Upgrade for 40$ offer when the OS was released. I expect the same setup.

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You'll be able to clean install with Windows 10 upgrade. When you'll download the setup program it will ask you that it need to make a disk or USB flash drive. I would pick disk to have a backup for yourself, or never forget or loose that USB flash drive. Anyway, you can always terminate the setup once it is done with the USB key or disk, and re-run it. That is what most people did with Windows 8 Pro Upgrade for 40$ offer when the OS was released. I expect the same setup.

 

I would expect the same setup as well, but seeing what they have done with Win8.1 upgrade for Win8 folks and knowing this is Microsoft (which they won't do something nice without screwing up somewhere), I really am just going to expect the worst before I got disappointed and rage later down the road when I have to rebuild...  :D

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