Just got this from Einstein@Home:

Win 10 to be a FREE Upgrade to Win 7 & 8 Users.

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What happened to Win 9?

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What happened to Win 9?

Do you know why 6 is scared of 7?
Because 7 8 9...

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Oh

I didn't mean to be the straight man

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Of course now we're spinning on what could be the catch.
Why isn't it Windows 15, though, if it has the best of Win 7 and 8 combined? :P

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Since Windows 7 they seem to have been following a naming scheme of using the OS version number + the first decimal to be the named version of the OS.
Windows 7 v6.1.xxxx
Windows 8 v6.2.xxxx
Windows 8.1 Broke from that scheme & would have been Windows 9.
Windows 8.1 v6.3.xxxx
The early versions of Windows 10 did follow that scheme
Windows 10 v6.4.xxxx
They have since changed the OS version to now be 10.0.xxxx

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Of course now we're spinning on what could be the catch.
Why isn't it Windows 15, though, if it has the best of Win 7 and 8 combined? :P

Does that mean Windows 95 is 6.333 times better than Windows 15, and 9.5 times better than Windows 10?

I may have something to do with Apple. Apple has been giving out free upgrades as well. I don't understand why but they no longer ship a release disk and the systems should be able to pull the needed code off their server even with a hard drive crash. Systems no longer come with an optical drive but you can add one. You can also create a recovery disk but you need something that will hold about 13GB of data so that means a USB memory or something bigger than an optical drive. For us belt and suspender types this is going to take a little getting use to. On the other hand with what Apple was charging for upgrades before they went to free upgrades, they couldn't have made much money on a disk.

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Just got this from Einstein@Home:

Win 10 to be a FREE Upgrade to Win 7 & 8 Users.

For the First year. What's it going to cost for the subsequent year subscriptions?? I haven't seen that information published anywhere so far.

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Just got this from Einstein@Home:

Win 10 to be a FREE Upgrade to Win 7 & 8 Users.

For the First year. What's it going to cost for the subsequent year subscriptions?? I haven't seen that information published anywhere so far.

Incorrect, and understandably confusing given that media is not clarifying this. Windows 10 is not subscription based, and they are not just giving away the first year free. They are giving away the entire upgrade free, but only for people who choose to upgrade within the first year.

[Edit] http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/01/21/the-next-generation-of-windows-windows-10/

A blog post from Terry Myerson clears up what "Windows as a service" means, though the duration of "the supported lifetime of the device" is still foggy. "This is more than a one-time upgrade," writes Myerson. "Once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device—at no additional charge."

Just got this from Einstein@Home:

Win 10 to be a FREE Upgrade to Win 7 & 8 Users.

For the First year. What's it going to cost for the subsequent year subscriptions?? I haven't seen that information published anywhere so far.

Incorrect, and understandably confusing given that media is not clarifying this. Windows 10 is not subscription based, and they are not just giving away the first year free. They are giving away the entire upgrade free, but only for people who choose to upgrade within the first year.

[Edit] http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/01/21/the-next-generation-of-windows-windows-10/

A blog post from Terry Myerson clears up what "Windows as a service" means, though the duration of "the supported lifetime of the device" is still foggy. "This is more than a one-time upgrade," writes Myerson. "Once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device—at no additional charge."

I read the line more as "Early adopters get the upgrade for free". It is likely an attempt to get people to move into the newest OS more quickly. As I recall they did some sort of low cost upgrade to Windows 8 when it came out for Windows 7 users that had bought their machines in the past x months.
After the first year I would expect the pricing to be similar to that of Windows 8.x.

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Just got this from Einstein@Home:

Win 10 to be a FREE Upgrade to Win 7 & 8 Users.

For the First year. What's it going to cost for the subsequent year subscriptions?? I haven't seen that information published anywhere so far.

Incorrect, and understandably confusing given that media is not clarifying this. Windows 10 is not subscription based, and they are not just giving away the first year free. They are giving away the entire upgrade free, but only for people who choose to upgrade within the first year.

[Edit] http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/01/21/the-next-generation-of-windows-windows-10/

A blog post from Terry Myerson clears up what "Windows as a service" means, though the duration of "the supported lifetime of the device" is still foggy. "This is more than a one-time upgrade," writes Myerson. "Once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device—at no additional charge."

I read the line more as "Early adopters get the upgrade for free". It is likely an attempt to get people to move into the newest OS more quickly.
After the first year I would expect the pricing to be similar to that of Windows 8.x.

That's exactly right.

Will it actually be an "upgrade", or will it be another one of those "reinstall from scratch, then move over your personal data ... if you can" sort of disaster? Just because you don't have to pay $$$ to get a license number for a new version doesn't mean that it technically qualifies as an "upgrade". At least not in my book.

I don't know...Sounds fishy to me.

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"Once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device—at no additional charge."

What does that mean, if motherboard or cpu fails, or hdd is changed for larger/faster hdd, is the lifetime over?

And what about the old CRT monitors that I still have to use due to my low income?

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... [Edit] http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/01/21/the-next-generation-of-windows-windows-10/

A blog post from Terry Myerson clears up what "Windows as a service" means, though the duration of "the supported lifetime of the device" is still foggy. "This is more than a one-time upgrade," writes Myerson. "Once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device—at no additional charge."

There has just got to be some catch or some sneaky gotcha!

Really?... Microsoft giving away their OS for no cost?


Even if 'free-of-cost', what other "tie-ins" are there?

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"Once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device—at no additional charge."

What does that mean, if motherboard or cpu fails, or hdd is changed for larger/faster hdd, is the lifetime over?

Good question. Hopefully more details will be made available soon.

And what about the old CRT monitors that I still have to use due to my low income?

Since you won't be installing Windows 10 on the CRT itself, it won't be considered as part of the device's lifetime. The device will be the computer, tablet, laptop, or phone that you install the OS onto.

... [Edit] http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/01/21/the-next-generation-of-windows-windows-10/

A blog post from Terry Myerson clears up what "Windows as a service" means, though the duration of "the supported lifetime of the device" is still foggy. "This is more than a one-time upgrade," writes Myerson. "Once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device—at no additional charge."

There has just got to be some catch or some sneaky gotcha!

Really?... Microsoft giving away their OS for no cost?


Even if 'free-of-cost', what other "tie-ins" are there?

IT is what we allow it to be!
Martin

At this point, I think the only gotcha, if you can call it that, is the bragging rights about the popularity of their new OS. I also think, given the new update model, that this will encourage most of the more adventurous early adopters to try the OS risk-free.

I think really, the goal is to make Windows 10 as successful as Windows 7.