Windows 10

[Duuude007]

Stop reading tin foil websites and stick to the official Microsoft sources. Windows 10 is a free upgrade for only 1 year from the day it will start to those who own a legal W8/8.1/7 copies. All the rest must pay a full price of the OS as always.

Well... not exactly.



Even people who pirated Win7 or Win8 can get the free upgrade. They just won't have a "genuine" license.

Source

We are upgrading all qualified PCs, genuine and non-genuine, to Windows 10...even though pirates will be able to auto-upgrade to Windows 10, the version they get will still be considered unlicensed.

Anyone with a qualified device can upgrade to Windows 10, including those with pirated copies of Windows.

So there's that.

[Sylve]

Stop spreading bullkupos. There is no such thing as "fremium" OS. I don't know where you get such inaccurate infos. Stop reading tin foil websites and stick to the official Microsoft sources. Windows 10 is a free upgrade for only 1 year from the day it will start to those who own a legal W8/8.1/7 copies. All the rest must pay a full price of the OS as always. MS will treat W10 as a service and this means more frequent security and feature updates for free just like all the previous Windows Updates.

Pretty sure they stated that even illegal copies of it will get the upgrade, they'll just keep getting that ungenuine prompt lol

[Lokisama]

I haven't gotten the prompt to reserve my windows 10 yet I'm running windows 7 with SP1 and my windows updates are on, I wonder if the European countries get it later (Finland here)

[stupiddog]

it'd kill the brand even more than Windows 8 did.

But, to be fair, neither Windows 8 nor Windows 8.1 came with FFXIV 1.0 preinstalled.

[Gramul]

The heck happened to Windows 9?

Bizarre marketing decisions.


I'll be sticking away form 10 for about a year just in case something terrible happens with it.
I simply don't trust Microsoft enough right now.

[Cakekizy]

Pretty sure they stated that even illegal copies of it will get the upgrade, they'll just keep getting that ungenuine prompt lol

Will it eventually make you register? I installed on new machine when old one died. After using for a month or two I had to call MS and verify it since I used same license as old comp.

[xxAtticusxx]

Well... not exactly.



Even people who pirated Win7 or Win8 can get the free upgrade. They just won't have a "genuine" license.

Source


So there's that.

Actually, this information is outdated and Microsoft have since clarified that non-genuine Windows users will not be entitled to the free upgrade, but instead can opt to pay for the update to Windows 10, retaining all of their information and files from their non-genuine version of Windows.

Source

[Saccharin]

I haven't gotten the prompt to reserve my windows 10 yet I'm running windows 7 with SP1 and my windows updates are on, I wonder if the European countries get it later (Finland here)

Worked on my PC a few hours ago in UK. Funny, thing. I read about it before I noticed it!

Have you installed ALL updates as there's an update that included the notification.

[xxAtticusxx]

I haven't gotten the prompt to reserve my windows 10 yet I'm running windows 7 with SP1 and my windows updates are on, I wonder if the European countries get it later (Finland here)

Is your computer up-to-date? (As in everything from Windows Update is installed?)

[Haibel]

Bizarre marketing decisions.


I'll be sticking away form 10 for about a year just in case something terrible happens with it.
I simply don't trust Microsoft enough right now.

No point in holding off, it works great, been running it for nearly a nine months. Every little update has added something new and it's shaping up to be great.
when it's releases it will be ready for prime time. I can't wait for it to roll out so I can start deploying it at work to shut up the win 8 complaints.