Part 2: Microsoft silently preparing your PC for Win 10

Straight from the site:

What happens if I change my motherboard?
As it pertains to the OEM licenses this will invalidate the Windows 10 upgrade license because it will no longer have a previous base qualifying license which is required for the free upgrade. You will then have to purchase a full retail Windows 10 license. If the base qualifying license (Windows 7 or Windows 8.1) was a full retail version, then yes, you can transfer it.

ThrashZone said:

Yea the most interested part for me anyway,
Microsoft: Windows 10 Home costs $119, Pro costs $199
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Ah that's a bummer

So, if you want it as a dual boot you have to pay? I've never had a dual boot system. Only ever used one OS.

I should have posted this in the Upgrade thread really, apologies for that.

ThrashZone said:

This is a interesting term in bold,

How will I know if my computer can run Windows 10?
Windows 10 system requirements are similar to Windows Vista and Windows 7 with some caveats:
1 GHz or faster processor
1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Your processor (CPU) must support the following extensions: SSE2, NX, PAE

Yeah, I did check with CPU-Z just to make sure mine can run it. I'm guessing there will be a few who can't get it due to that.

I just posted in the other thread so Mods feel free to delete my post on here. Don't like to double post things.

Here is another quote from the MS article

Can I do a clean install using the Free upgrade?
No, it will require that you are running a previous qualifying version and start the upgrade from within the qualifying version.

DavidE said:

Here is another quote from the MS article

Can I do a clean install using the Free upgrade?
No, it will require that you are running a previous qualifying version and start the upgrade from within the qualifying version.

Hey David, yeah think that's just for the initial upgrade, it does state further down that there will be ISO's made available for clean install.

Will ISO media be provided for the final release?
Yes, you will be able to download ISO media for Windows 10 RTM.
Please note, you might have to download the appropriate edition of Windows 10 for the version/edition of Windows you are upgrading. If you upgrade to the wrong edition, ie. Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 10 Pro, you will have to purchase a license for Windows 10 Pro or rollback to Windows 7 Home Premium and upgrade to Windows 10 Home.