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Windows 10 Pricing revealed by Newegg

Well that is to be expected.
The oem pricing has been pretty much standard since the XP days, just look at the current ones.

Win 7, Win8, Win8.1 for both home and pro are all within $10 dollars of the supposed Win10 prices
 
postmortemIA said:
Unless you are on xp or Vista. These two do account for like 1/3 of computers today.
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I think we can safely guess that people in these categories:
1. Are just going to buy the OS through their next computer purchase.
2. Would not have computers that are fast enough to "upgrade" to 10 without a major overhaul, which would probably cost more than a new computer anyway.

I wouldn't mind seeing some guesstimates as to how many people with qualifying computers will actually upgrade to 10 anyway. I don't imagine this being a huge percentage, but I wouldn't mind being proven wrong either.

Good to finally see a date set on this.
 
ketchup79 said:
I think we can safely guess that people in these categories:
1. Are just going to buy the OS through their next computer purchase.
2. Would not have computers that are fast enough to "upgrade" to 10 without a major overhaul, which would probably cost more than a new computer anyway.

I wouldn't mind seeing some guesstimates as to how many people with qualifying computers will actually upgrade to 10 anyway. I don't imagine this being a huge percentage, but I wouldn't mind being proven wrong either.

Good to finally see a date set on this.
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Older PCs are about as fast as latest atom based tablets with limited RAM specs. Yet these run Windows 8.1 just fine. Since windows 7 came in 2009, I would say PCs dated 2006-2009 can run Win 10 just fine.
 
crashtech said:
Hmm, I thought it was a free upgrade for a year.
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Yes it is. But what about the people who are building new machines? You cannot* move any current oem installs to another computer, to get the upgrade



*Cannot - per the licensing terms but that has not stopped people
 
I suppose I was surprised at the normal retail pricing given Microsoft's presumed desire to have a more rapid migration to 10.
 
mzkhadir said:
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-pre-orders-show-up-on-newegg-109-for-home-and-149-for-pro
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Windows Updates. This is the most interesting one. In previous Windows versions, you could control how updates were installed. But those with Windows 10 Home will have updates from Windows Update made available automatically. Only Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise users will be able to defer updates.
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NOW THAT IS INTERESTING!

NO CONTROL OVER WINDOWS UPDATES, FOR HOME USERS.

IF THEY CONTROL UPDATES, then THEY control YOUR PC.

JUST SAY NO TO WINDOWS 10!
 
ketchup79 said:
I think we can safely guess that people in these categories:
1. Are just going to buy the OS through their next computer purchase.
2. Would not have computers that are fast enough to "upgrade" to 10 without a major overhaul, which would probably cost more than a new computer anyway.

I wouldn't mind seeing some guesstimates as to how many people with qualifying computers will actually upgrade to 10 anyway. I don't imagine this being a huge percentage, but I wouldn't mind being proven wrong either.

Good to finally see a date set on this.
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Most hospitals, and quite a few businesses use XP because of the software they run. This also allows them to run older hardware without spending tons of money to update.
 
GrumpyMan said:
So if you are running W7 Pro, do you get updated to W10 Pro automatically or to just the Home version?
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You upgrade to the same version

Win 7 Home, Home Premium, Win8/8.1 Core will go to Win 10 Home

Win 7 Pro, Win8/8.1 Pro, will go do Win 10 Pro
 
swanysto said:
Most hospitals, and quite a few businesses use XP because of the software they run. This also allows them to run older hardware without spending tons of money to update.
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I'm pretty sure Enterprise versions are not getting the free update. Also those businesses have been due for an upgrade for years and it's up to them to get it up to date.
 
swanysto said:
Most hospitals, and quite a few businesses use XP because of the software they run. This also allows them to run older hardware without spending tons of money to update.
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This is a great example of why everyone should be welcoming Windows 10 (if it works the way MS says it will). Instead of having to hold onto less secure systems as long as possible to avoid the time and expense of upgrading to a better, more secure system (hardware and software), one piece of software can easily last 20 years without making people wonder if their information is staying secure. With the ever-increasing costs of healthcare, that should be a welcome idea, if it works.

Of course, Microsoft could jump in an say "your hardware doesn't support the next upgrade, and your current version is no longer supported," effectively making things the same as they are now, but I suppose we can spend a couple years pretending that won't happen.
 
owensdj said:
Upgrading an existing Win7/8.x machine is free for a year. If you want to build or buy a new computer you'll have to buy Win10 for it. It's the same as it's always been.
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Unless you have a retail Win7/8.x copy. I have a retail Win7 Pro (upgrade) license. No need to buy new when doing any new PC build 😀

swanysto said:
Most hospitals, and quite a few businesses use XP because of the software they run. This also allows them to run older hardware without spending tons of money to update.
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If a hospital or business is still using XP on anything it had better be on a non-internet enabled system, likely for something specialized. Keeping XP on a regular workstation PC at this point is pure stupidity.
 
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