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People Are Obtaining Windows 7 Licenses For the Free Windows 10 Upgrade
jones_supa writes: Windows 7 has quickly started increasing its market share of desktop operating systems, nearing 61%. If you're wondering why this is happening when Windows 10 is almost here, the reason is this: Windows 10 will be available as a free upgrade for those running Windows 7 and 8, and the new OS will have the exact same hardware requirements as its predecessor, so the majority of PCs should be able to run it just as well. Because Windows 7 was launched in 2009, a license is more affordable than for Windows 8, so many users are switching to this version to take advantage of the Windows 10 free upgrade offer.
Wow, this article really pulls a conclusion out of its butt. They look at some vague web statistics, notice that Windows 7 has gone up a tad - likely due to seasonal usage differences or many other things - and then draw a wild conclusion that people are using it to get Windows 10?!
I can only speak for myself, but I bought a Windows 7 license at least partly because I would be able to upgrade it to a Windows 10 license... and partly because I feared that Microsoft would raise the prices or make them unavailable when Windows 10 came out. So a little from column A, a little from column B. Why are you surprised?
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Many Linux distributions are totally fine booting on a computer with activated secure boot, using a boot loader that was signed by Microsoft.
Do you have any source for your claim that that will not work anymore? Otherwise I call FUD.
They were spreading the same crap about Windows 8 machines. I haven't found a machine yet that I can't install Linux onto.
And there is always Macs - although running a Unix-like OS on a machine that is also Unix-like might be something for the department of redundancy department.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
Because Windows 7 was launched in 2009, a license is more affordable than for Windows 8
Where can I find it cheaper? Just checked on Newegg for Win7 pricing and it is the SAME as Win 8.1. 6 year old OS .... smh..
You're messin' with my Zen Thing, man.....
Except that Windows 10 is much better than Windows 8. Although I agree that I slightly like Windows 7 better, but not enough to forgo a free upgrade and more years of bugfix support.
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People keep saying this and I'm confused. I've run several of the latest Windows 10 builds and there is not a single aspect I can point to as being better than Windows 8.1. When I want a phone UI on my large desktop monitor I'll be sure to install it though.
What you heard is wrong, Microsoft has said time and again that the 7/8 to 10 upgrade is NOT a subscription. After upgrading you will be able to do a full clean install directly to Windows 10 if you want to.
You are also able to preorder full OEM versions of Windows 10 right now on Newegg.