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Free Upgrade To Windows 10 Mobile Will Continue Past July 29 (thurrott.com)
Microsoft watcher Paul Thurrott writes: After I asked about whether the free upgrade for Windows 10 Mobile would end on July 29 as it is for Windows 10 for PCs, Microsoft's Dona Sarkar clarified the firm's evolving strategy: The Windows 10 Mobile upgrade will now continue to be free past the end of the month. "So, the free upgrade to Windows 10 ends for Windows phones on July 29, too. Right?" I tweeted yesterday morning, seeking clarification for a reader who had asked me this question. After all, Microsoft had said nothing about the expiration of the free Mobile upgrade since last year. "Clarification from this morning," Ms. Sakar tweeted later in the day. "The free upgrade offer for PC ends on July 29 but as always there are no implications or cost on phone." Hm. Not sure about the "as always" bit, as Microsoft's plans for the free Windows 10 Mobile upgrade have changed repeatedly since the firm announced this upgrade in January 2015. And over time, many of these changes enraged users who had believed earlier promises. You may recall that the original plan was to upgrade all Windows Phone 8.1 handsets to Windows 10 Mobile ... for the first year only. But over time, that changed. It was going to be all handsets with at least 1 GB of RAM. And then it was going to be some subset of handsets sold over the previous two years, but not the Lumia Icon for some reason.
If your laptop is Win 8 Pro, go for it. If not you will run the risk of Win10 Home bricking (or essentially bricking) your laptop by forcing a driver update (that you can not block because Win10 Home assumes you're an idiot) that crashes your laptop. This occurred to me and I had to reinstall Win 8.1 Home, where I can effectively block the driver update that isn't compatible with my hardware.
The article is about Windows 10 Mobile, not the desktop OS.
I don't respond to AC's.
You'll get upvoted to funny, but the reality is for most people installing Linux on their desktop is not an upgrade...
If it was, Linux would have more than 2% of the desktop market...