Windows 10 For Free
Mar 19, 2015 08:49:06 #
We've heard about this before - Windows 10 will be free for owners of Win7 or Win8. Last night, I read that it will be available for anyone running any version of Windows, but I suspect that was inaccurate.
What is surprising is that even people who have bootlegged versions of Windows will be able to download it for free.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/18/8241023/windows-10-free-for-software-pirates
Here's the link suggesting Win10 will be available to all Windows users.
http://gizmodo.com/all-windows-10-upgrades-will-be-free-even-if-your-copy-1692096375
What is surprising is that even people who have bootlegged versions of Windows will be able to download it for free.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/18/8241023/windows-10-free-for-software-pirates
Here's the link suggesting Win10 will be available to all Windows users.
http://gizmodo.com/all-windows-10-upgrades-will-be-free-even-if-your-copy-1692096375
Mar 19, 2015 09:12:53 #
Hmmm. My desktop came with Win Vista which I upgraded to Win 7 when they had a special promotion deal for $50. My Toshiba laptop came with Win 7. Wondering if Win 10 is any good and worth the upgrade.
Mar 19, 2015 10:53:26 #
I certainly won't be first in line to find out how well an operating system upgrade works. I have too many applications, programs, drivers, etc that might not make the trip!
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Mar 19, 2015 14:04:02 #
bsprague wrote:
I certainly won't be first in line to find out how well an operating system upgrade works. I have too many applications, programs, drivers, etc that might not make the trip!
I always like the following quotation from Alexander Pope.
"Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
Since MS expects this to be used by so many, I hope they have most of the bugs worked out when it becomes available. I'll wait till I hear that it's working.
Mar 19, 2015 20:47:12 #
har1ey4
Loc: Long Island, New York
jerryc41 wrote:
I always like the following quotation from Alexander Pope.
"Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
Since MS expects this to be used by so many, I hope they have most of the bugs worked out when it becomes available. I'll wait till I hear that it's working.
"Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
Since MS expects this to be used by so many, I hope they have most of the bugs worked out when it becomes available. I'll wait till I hear that it's working.
It always seems one of the first upgrades is to always address all the security issues that they didn't realize till it was used in real time. Just like a car many people say never buy the newest model. I am interested in using it but not till I hear how many backdoors they have to find first.
Mar 20, 2015 07:27:17 #
Wonder how free all this will end up being? For instance, when I download Windows 10 will my current Microsoft Office set of programs work, or will I have to purchase a new one that works with Win 10? And how about Outlook? etc.
Mar 20, 2015 10:11:38 #
jerryc41 wrote:
We've heard about this before - Windows 10 will be... (show quote)
According to the link above it will be free the first year therefore making it a pay as you go software.
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Mar 20, 2015 10:12:52 #
Microsoft will also be discontinuing Internet Explorer, so if you are using that as your browser presently, find another one like Firefox, Chrome, Opera, etc. Apparently IE just has too many bugs and Microsoft is working on another browser without the inherent issues of IE.
Mar 20, 2015 15:12:41 #
I wonder if Microsoft will tally all the bootlegged software and use the number as lost revenue for tax purposes?
Mar 20, 2015 15:14:12 #
jerryc41 wrote:
We've heard about this before - Windows 10 will be... (show quote)
jerry, if one goes to Microsoft.com there is a Video that has been posted by them about this. It is a lengthy posting (over an hour) about what it will do and how. They also state within this video that it will be free for one year to current owners of windows 7, 8, and 8.1. and is supposed to be the last ( ahem) version of windows. It also is a prep for the inclusion of 3D displays. :lol:
Mar 20, 2015 17:04:26 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I always like the following quotation from Alexander Pope.
"Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
Since MS expects this to be used by so many, I hope they have most of the bugs worked out when it becomes available. I'll wait till I hear that it's working.
"Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
Since MS expects this to be used by so many, I hope they have most of the bugs worked out when it becomes available. I'll wait till I hear that it's working.
I'll be darned, Jerry. I taught college English for 20 years, but I never expected to see a quotation from an early 18th century poem on UH--or anywhere, for that matter, now that I'm retired from the classroom. I love Pope, especially his humorous "Rape of the Lock," a mock-heroic poem about a lady's hair.
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Mar 20, 2015 19:13:46 #
PACSMAN
Loc: MA
DePratt wrote:
According to the link above it will be free the first year therefore making it a pay as you go software.
DePratt
DePratt
That's wrong, there is no cost to upgrade for one year after release. Once you upgrade there are no further charges - ever for the OS
Mar 20, 2015 21:22:38 #
jerryc41 wrote:
We've heard about this before - Windows 10 will be... (show quote)
So, what I'm going to do is upgrade my XP computers to a bootleg Windows 7 and then install Windows 10.
Mar 20, 2015 22:23:02 #
PACSMAN wrote:
That's wrong, there is no cost to upgrade for one year after release. Once you upgrade there are no further charges - ever for the OS
I hope you are right. But I have learned that there is no such thing as a free lunch.
Ultimately you always pay for it in the end.
DePratt
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