Posted on 06/21/2015 5:44:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sunday, June 21, 2015: Windows 10 is the current hot topic of discussion among techies. Microsoft has already made it clear that Windows 10 upgrade will be absolutely free. The free upgrade will move you to the same edition of Windows that you are currently using. For example, if you are upgrading from Windows 7 Home Premium, you will be upgraded to Windows 10 Home. However, you will have to pay to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro.
here is a large base of users who are using unlicensed version of Windows. Some users are still running Windows XP or Vista on their machines. These users will not be applicable for the free upgrade. Did you ever wondered how much would it cost to install Windows 10 from scratch? Let’s figure out.
According to the upgrade chart published by Microsoft, Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic and Home Premium users will be upgraded to Windows 10 Home while, Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate users will get to experience Windows 10 Pro. Similarly, Windows 8.1 Users will get Windows 10 Home and Windows 8.1 Pro and Pro for Students users will receive Windows 10 Pro. Microsoft is also upgrading Windows Phone 8.1 to Windows 10 Mobile. Some of the pro users who are somehow stuck with Windows 7/8.1 Home editions will not get to experience Pro version of Windows 10.
Windows 10 Pro Pack
According to the press release by Microsoft, there will be an upgrade package called Windows 10 Pro Pack which will allow users to upgrade from Windows 10 Home Edition to Pro edition. This pack will cost $99. Microsoft has priced the Pro Pack at premium price this time. In 2013, Windows 8 Pro edition upgrade was priced at just $39.99 for limited period.
Retail Package
Microsoft is also planning to sell MSRP copies of Windows 10. You can buy this license copy to install Windows 10 from scratch on your new machine. Anyone using Windows XP, Vista or machine that is not applicable for free upgrade will have to purchase the retail package to install Windows 10. Windows 10 Home edition will be priced at $119 while, the Pro edition will be sold at $199. With such pricing, it will be a challenge for Microsoft to acquire users for it’s latest operating system.
Add to the price the cost to replace any peripherals that will no longer work.
Anyone with windows 8 is left out. You must upgrade to 8.1 for the free upgrade. My computer refused to find the “Store” to upgrade to 8.1. Is this a common occurrence to cheat people out of windows 10?
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I have a few Windows 7 Pro machines that I just keep around as spares. I might try it with one of them.
Does anyone know if Win 10 is only 64 bit? I have a mix of 32 and 64 bit Win 7 Pro computers.
RE: Does anyone know if Win 10 is only 64 bit? I have a mix of 32 and 64 bit Win 7 Pro computers.
I think they have versions that run on 32 bit machines. See here:
http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/windows-10-download-iso-32-bit-64-bit-free/
“Add to the price the cost to replace any peripherals that will no longer work.”
Assuming peripherals includes software, this is what I do not like about new operating systems.
Typically there is a work around, but it is a royal pain. Such as I have a 1994 16 bit CAD program I am running on a 64 bit Windows 7. I can retire the 16 bit program once I get all the drawings upgraded to 2015 software.
The work around is to install an older version of Windows, such as XP, Win95 etc on the 64 bit using a virtual machine.
M4L Win 10
If 10 is anything like 8 then no thanks, even at free the cost in frustration and mental anguish is way to high
Thanks.
Everything I have is 64 bit capable but a couple of machines are loaded with 32 bit Win 7.
I mostly run older software or newer software that can run on older machines. So, it really doesn’t matter whether the OS is 32 or 64.
>>Anyone with windows 8 is left out. You must upgrade to 8.1 for the free upgrade. My computer refused to find the “Store” to upgrade to 8.1. Is this a common occurrence to cheat people out of windows 10?
I don’t think so. Even my parents, who are notorious for screwing up their computer, successfully upgraded from 8 to 8.1.
I bought a new computer with Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit. It wouldn’t work with my CanoScan LiDE 35 flatbed scanner. I managed by telling it I had a CanoScan LiDE 60 hooked up.
Is this another of those ‘you can check in, but you can’t check out’ marketing ploys? Is there a way to return to your former Windoze if you don’t like 10?
And there should be some sort of scan available from MicroSoft you can run on your old machine for compatibility. This might save you the headache from the above circumstance.
I got an error message that said try restore. It really screwed up my data and settings and it never did find the “store”. Windows 8 has been a major frustration since I first booted it up.
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I have two machines on Win 7 and I recently bought another copy of Win 7 in case one of them crashes. Before I upgrade to Win 10, somebody needs to convince me what I am getting that I can’t do on Win 7. They could not convince me to switch to Win 8 and I suspect they won’t convince me this time either.
Incidentally, I have an older box still on Win 2000 NT Pro because I have some media software that perform better on that than on Win 7.
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