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Windows 10 Release Date: July 29th

Posted by Soulskill on from the onward-and-upward dept.

Ammalgam writes with news that Windows 10 will be released worldwide on July 29th, 2015. It'll be immediately available for PCs and tablets — their announcement doesn't mention smartphones. The upgrade will be free (within one year of launch) for users running legitimate copies of Windows 7 and 8.1. Another reader notes that users of those two operating systems are now being prompted to upgrade by a message in their notification area (system tray).

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  1. Free.. by koan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I dunno, I like to be in control of the situation and this freebie sounds sketchy, do we get to keep the upgrade for offline install?
    My history of windows use has always reinforced the idea of "clean install" over upgrade, not sure if that's still true but I imagine it is still the better route.

    The price of the Win10 pro is absurd, $250, or $149 for OEM if you can handle your own support *snicker*

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