Part 2: Microsoft silently preparing your PC for Win 10
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So today i just find out that windows 10 is gonna be free for nobody, i'm so disappointed too good to be true.
Everyone of us at the end is gonna have to pay for a license....
From where did you get that news.
Never mind now i think it was a rumour, can't find the article but i can remember this:
1) Free upgrade for windows 7 and 8 users but ONLY for the first year via windows update.
What does that mean? that the first day of the second year all will be paying for a license?
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So today i just find out that windows 10 is gonna be free for nobody, i'm so disappointed too good to be true.
Everyone of us at the end is gonna have to pay for a license....
From where did you get that news.
Never mind now i think it was a rumour, can't find the article but i can remember this:
1) Free upgrade for windows 7 and 8 users but ONLY for the first year via windows update.
What does that mean? the first day of the second year all will be paying for a license?
You have one year from it's initial release to install it. After that, you pay for it. If they do release at the end of July then you'll have until July 2016 to take the deal.
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From where did you get that news.
Never mind now i think it was a rumour, can't find the article but i can remember this:
1) Free upgrade for windows 7 and 8 users but ONLY for the first year via windows update.
What does that mean? the first day of the second year all will be paying for a license?
You have one year from it's initial release to install it. After that, you pay for it. If they do release at the end of July then you'll have until July 2016 to take the deal.
And what if i take the deal and want to perform a clean installation on August 2017?
Based on that last bullet it appears the Windows 10 update will be provided to properly licensed versions of Windows 7/8.1 through Windows Update instead of the Windows Store.
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Never mind now i think it was a rumour, can't find the article but i can remember this:
1) Free upgrade for windows 7 and 8 users but ONLY for the first year via windows update.
What does that mean? the first day of the second year all will be paying for a license?
You have one year from it's initial release to install it. After that, you pay for it. If they do release at the end of July then you'll have until July 2016 to take the deal.
And what if i take the deal and want to perform a clean installation on August 2017?
Microsoft will most probably offer the ability to download the ISO so you'll be able to clean install later on.
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So today i just find out that windows 10 is gonna be free for nobody, i'm so disappointed too good to be true.
Everyone of us at the end is gonna have to pay for a license....
From where did you get that news.
Never mind now i think it was a rumour, can't find the article but i can remember this:
1) Free upgrade for windows 7 and 8 users but ONLY for the first year via windows update.
What does that mean? that the first day of the second year all will be paying for a license?
No, it means that the offer for a free upgrade will be available only for one year. People who take advantage of the offer that first year will get to keep it until the machine dies or they move on to a new one. Also, you have to upgrade from an existing license.
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You have one year from it's initial release to install it. After that, you pay for it. If they do release at the end of July then you'll have until July 2016 to take the deal.
And what if i take the deal and want to perform a clean installation on August 2017?
Microsoft will most probably offer the ability to download the ISO so you'll be able to clean install later on.
Really? that's nice man. I paid for an expensive Windows 7 license when it was released i'd be very happy to be able to reinstall windows 10 via an ISO whenever i want.
Some articles today were starting to say the upgrade is ONLY via windows update (no ISOS) and just for the first year. I was getting worried.
I hope this really becomes true, cause if not that "upgrade" is gonna end on fail:
Hopefully, Microsoft will also provide properly licensed users of Windows 7/8.1 with a license key that can be used with an ISO of the correct version of Windows 10 for their system instead of having to install the old OS and subsequent updates in order to perform the upgrade to Windows 10 if a clean install is necessary.
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And what if i take the deal and want to perform a clean installation on August 2017?
Microsoft will most probably offer the ability to download the ISO so you'll be able to clean install later on.
Really? that's nice man. I paid for an expensive Windows 7 license when it was released i'd be very happy to be able to reinstall windows 10 via an ISO whenever i want.
Nobody is 100% sure as MS hasn't really said much about anything. But there's no way they wouldn't let you clean install once you took the deal. As LF says you'll be issued with an upgrade licence key.
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Nice then! but as you said nobody is still sure...Hope nothing weird happens.
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Nice then! but as you said nobody is still sure...Hope nothing weird happens.
Well I also have a retail 7 pro licence key. The main thing they've been vague about is the "valid for the life of the device" part.
I'm hoping that upgrading to W10 doesn't turn my retail licence into a non-transferable oem licence. Still waiting to hear about that. I'm in no rush to install W10 anyway. Certainly not within the first few months.
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