Quote Originally Posted by Catwho View Post
Yeaaaah I'm kind of wondering how Microsoft is going to like my license for Windows 8.1, since I got 8.0 for free from school and have no idea what my codes were at the time.

Right now I'm still getting the "we'll let you know when it's available!" message.
I think they're handing out upgrades to OEM's (eg HP, Dell, Sony, Acer) first, because those computers have the serial number written into the BIOS. I assembled my system myself and have a OEM Win 7 Ultimate License, but it's not a branded one, so it's still "we'll let you know what it's available" too.

I'm not opposed to just outright buying a new license should I build a new system, but I can't justify building a new system that will only be 10% faster then the existing one. (Mines the i7-4770 non-K, the only thing faster is a i7-4790k, the Intel Core i7-5930K is actually 20% slower per core despite having 2 more cores)