Windows 10 to be a free upgrade from 7 and 8

[HawkinsPC]

Pirated copies of Windows 7 and such, will they then be "legit" once upgraded to 10?

 

[bertie40]

If memory serves, at launch, win8 was introduced as a free upgrade from win 7 for a short period.

This ended a few months later.... so you then had to buy it.

It's possible they are implementing the same strategy here ?

If nothing else, we have earned that Microsoft is not averse to making us download huge ISO executables. !

With reference to dodgy copies of Win 7, I would not be surprised if MS offered an amnesty. Simply because (I suspect) they want more users with Microsoft accounts. .... purchasing apps.

It's the ol. printer analogy.
Cheap printers, but the money is made in cartridge replacements.

 

[ohio_grad_06]

I don't think it was free. It was like 40 dollars.

 

[cypress]

I don't think it was free. It was like 40 dollars.

Correct. I remember it being $40.

 

[TechLady]

Pirated copies of Windows 7 and such, will they then be "legit" once upgraded to 10?

That's a really good question; I'm curious about this also. Would be nice to get some of those clients on legitimate OS.

 

[SpaceSquad]

Pirated copies of Windows 7 and such, will they then be "legit" once upgraded to 10?

Apple kind of forgave people for pirated iLife and upgraded them If they did it, maybe M$ won't care as it keeps their ecosystem strong.

 

[Zone22]

I'm kind of curious to see if we will be able to perform a clean install by installing Windows 10 without a license then upgrade with the license. With Windows 7 and 8 this was possible. I don't trust upgrading major OS revisions.

I will never personally buy into a cloud-based OS or pay a subscription for an OS.