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Microsoft ends its free Windows 10 upgrades December 31st
Remember that loophole to upgrade to Windows 10 for free? It appears the end of that deal is coming on December 31. So if you still want to update an older version of Windows towards Windows 10 for free, now is the time.
If you check the Windows 10 FAQ page, Microsoft states no-cost upgrade will expire at the end of the year. The new text was apparently added in the last update to the page on October 24. The change is also now reflected on Microsoft's Assistive Technologies page in the first paragraph. So Microsoft obviously feels accessibility is where it needs to be for users that need it to make a Windows 10 choice. So if you qualify for assistive technologies, you better make your decision whether to upgrade before December 31.
That's not to say that Windows users don't have a few clever ways to upgrade, however. It remains possible that users may continue to install Windows 10 as an upgrade with an unused Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 product key. We'll see.
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#5489739 Posted on: 11/06/2017 05:32 PM
Unfortunately, complainers speak the loudest, and nobody sings praises when things work normally. One of the most distressing things about working in IT is how you can have 99% uptime and everything works great, but the moment something is down (often because of user-error or outside sources) suddenly you're incompetent, lazy, or paid too much. Thankfully, I've never had such complaints but I'm very well aware it happens.
So... you want to spend money on an upgrade? Personally, I'd feel like an idiot paying for any MS OS. Except for some enterprise OSes, pretty much every OS these days is free. Thankfully, I get my Windows licenses from laptops I buy, or PCs people retire and give to me with the original Windows activation key sticker still on it. I have never needed to pay for a Windows license.
I reckon, as usual they are overblown since only people who ended up with failures talk about it, whereas the many more people with successes see nothing worth mentioning. My friend, who knows nothing in-depth about computers, has a year younger Asus laptop, and she had upgraded to Win10 per the automatic (forceful) upgrade process, and never noticed anything strange, despite a 99% certainty she couldn't have done anything about it if something had gone wrong.
Unfortunately, complainers speak the loudest, and nobody sings praises when things work normally. One of the most distressing things about working in IT is how you can have 99% uptime and everything works great, but the moment something is down (often because of user-error or outside sources) suddenly you're incompetent, lazy, or paid too much. Thankfully, I've never had such complaints but I'm very well aware it happens.
I am glad MS stopped free upgrades, because I feel an idiot for paying full price for my OS and gambled for next gen OS.
So... you want to spend money on an upgrade? Personally, I'd feel like an idiot paying for any MS OS. Except for some enterprise OSes, pretty much every OS these days is free. Thankfully, I get my Windows licenses from laptops I buy, or PCs people retire and give to me with the original Windows activation key sticker still on it. I have never needed to pay for a Windows license.
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#5489768 Posted on: 11/06/2017 07:17 PM
Im all set with an upgrade. I didnt want it before and i dont want it now.
Im all set with an upgrade. I didnt want it before and i dont want it now.
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#5489783 Posted on: 11/06/2017 08:19 PM
I5 2500k/ Gigabyte m/b / 8GB mem /R9 290. With all the supposed flaws I wouldn't go back to 7 . The only real issue I had, very rare, was with drivers and I can't blame that on M$.
Privacy wise you can hear all the time about companies being hacked and details stolen etc, so in my opinion the only way to stay private these days is to unplug your Ethernet cable or turn off wifi.
I5 2500k/ Gigabyte m/b / 8GB mem /R9 290. With all the supposed flaws I wouldn't go back to 7 . The only real issue I had, very rare, was with drivers and I can't blame that on M$.
Privacy wise you can hear all the time about companies being hacked and details stolen etc, so in my opinion the only way to stay private these days is to unplug your Ethernet cable or turn off wifi.
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#5489796 Posted on: 11/06/2017 08:49 PM
Unfortunately thats a common scheme with laptops. They don't really work well with anything but the OS that they originally launched with, because vendors don't provide driver support - and laptop hardware is often quite "special".
But it's odd that Win10 has been working without problems over two years - until 1703 - no driver problems at all, for instance legacy Nvidia drivers have been updated without problems.
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Windows 10 working fine on a couple of old laptops I've installed it on (& updated to latest Fall Creators Update too): Alienware M17xR3 (i7-2920XM) & Dell Inspiron 17 (i5 Sandybridge from yr 2011). I've found Windows 10 to be a more responsive & snappy OS than Windows 7 on these laptops.