So after 1 year free what?

"A" wrote in message ...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after first
free
year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or we can have Windows
10
upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like to have Full Version, not
Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free. That
doesn't
mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's not
subscription-based.
If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you can upgrade for free within one
year of the release of Windows 10. After one year, you will have to
pay
for the upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the
OS
is not subscription based and you can use it as long as you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html

Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple, within the
first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can upgrade free to Windows
10. If they wait longer than a year, they pay for the upgrade. It's
not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users
http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/
http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/

"A" wrote in message ...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after first
free
year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or we can have Windows
10
upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like to have Full Version, not
Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free. That
doesn't
mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's not
subscription-based.
If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you can upgrade for free within one
year of the release of Windows 10. After one year, you will have to
pay
for the upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the
OS
is not subscription based and you can use it as long as you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html

Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple, within the
first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can upgrade free to Windows
10. If they wait longer than a year, they pay for the upgrade. It's
not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users
http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/
http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/

PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message ...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after first free
year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or we can have Windows 10
upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like to have Full Version, not
Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free. That doesn't
mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's not subscription-based.
If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you can upgrade for free within one
year of the release of Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay
for the upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the OS
is not subscription based and you can use it as long as you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html


Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple, within the
first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can upgrade free to Windows
10. If they wait longer than a year, they pay for the upgrade. It's
not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users

http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/


It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.

--
A

PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message ...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after first free
year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or we can have Windows 10
upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like to have Full Version, not
Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free. That doesn't
mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's not subscription-based.
If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you can upgrade for free within one
year of the release of Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay
for the upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the OS
is not subscription based and you can use it as long as you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html


Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple, within the
first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can upgrade free to Windows
10. If they wait longer than a year, they pay for the upgrade. It's
not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users

http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/


It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.

--
A

A wrote on 1/23/2015 11:17 AM:
PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message ...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after first free
year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or we can have Windows 10
upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like to have Full Version, not
Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free. That doesn't
mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's not subscription-based.
If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you can upgrade for free within one
year of the release of Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay
for the upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the OS
is not subscription based and you can use it as long as you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html


Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple, within the
first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can upgrade free to Windows
10. If they wait longer than a year, they pay for the upgrade. It's
not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users

http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/


It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.

I've seen writers hint also to the pay as you go process for home users. Something that MS 'wants' to do but no clear
definition that they are. So like others have said, there are hints, but no concrete evidence. It wouldn't surprise
me though.

Try running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 one day on a live boot CD. If you don't have a ton of unique programs, any linux
system has a huge collection of software. Plays music, videos, VLC, Thunderbird, Firefox, Opera?, Chrome, burns CDs,
chat and more I just can't find time to do yet. I've been playing with it dual boot for years, getting to know it.
Just keeping options open. It's favorable to me now that I'm older and not pushing the envelope like I did years ago.

A wrote on 1/23/2015 11:17 AM:
PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message ...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after first free
year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or we can have Windows 10
upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like to have Full Version, not
Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free. That doesn't
mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's not subscription-based.
If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you can upgrade for free within one
year of the release of Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay
for the upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the OS
is not subscription based and you can use it as long as you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html


Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple, within the
first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can upgrade free to Windows
10. If they wait longer than a year, they pay for the upgrade. It's
not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users

http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/


It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.

I've seen writers hint also to the pay as you go process for home users. Something that MS 'wants' to do but no clear
definition that they are. So like others have said, there are hints, but no concrete evidence. It wouldn't surprise
me though.

Try running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 one day on a live boot CD. If you don't have a ton of unique programs, any linux
system has a huge collection of software. Plays music, videos, VLC, Thunderbird, Firefox, Opera?, Chrome, burns CDs,
chat and more I just can't find time to do yet. I've been playing with it dual boot for years, getting to know it.
Just keeping options open. It's favorable to me now that I'm older and not pushing the envelope like I did years ago.

Big_Al wrote:
A wrote on 1/23/2015 11:17 AM:
PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message
...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after
first free year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or
we can have Windows 10 upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like
to have Full Version, not Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free.
That doesn't mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's
not subscription-based. If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you
can upgrade for free within one year of the release of
Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay for the
upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the
OS is not subscription based and you can use it as long as
you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html




Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple,
within the first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can
upgrade free to Windows 10. If they wait longer than a year,
they pay for the upgrade. It's not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users



http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/




It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.

I've seen writers hint also to the pay as you go process for home
users. Something that MS 'wants' to do but no clear definition that
they are. So like others have said, there are hints, but no
concrete evidence. It wouldn't surprise me though.

Try running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 one day on a live boot CD. If
you don't have a ton of unique programs, any linux system has a huge
collection of software. Plays music, videos, VLC, Thunderbird,
Firefox, Opera?, Chrome, burns CDs, chat and more I just can't find
time to do yet. I've been playing with it dual boot for years,
getting to know it. Just keeping options open. It's favorable to
me now that I'm older and not pushing the envelope like I did years
ago.



I have Linux Mint on another computer. I got into Linux back in 03. I
started out with Ubuntu, then Mint, then Net Runner and ended up with Mint.

--
A

Big_Al wrote:
A wrote on 1/23/2015 11:17 AM:
PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message
...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after
first free year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or
we can have Windows 10 upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like
to have Full Version, not Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free.
That doesn't mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's
not subscription-based. If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you
can upgrade for free within one year of the release of
Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay for the
upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the
OS is not subscription based and you can use it as long as
you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html




Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple,
within the first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can
upgrade free to Windows 10. If they wait longer than a year,
they pay for the upgrade. It's not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users



http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/




It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.

I've seen writers hint also to the pay as you go process for home
users. Something that MS 'wants' to do but no clear definition that
they are. So like others have said, there are hints, but no
concrete evidence. It wouldn't surprise me though.

Try running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 one day on a live boot CD. If
you don't have a ton of unique programs, any linux system has a huge
collection of software. Plays music, videos, VLC, Thunderbird,
Firefox, Opera?, Chrome, burns CDs, chat and more I just can't find
time to do yet. I've been playing with it dual boot for years,
getting to know it. Just keeping options open. It's favorable to
me now that I'm older and not pushing the envelope like I did years
ago.



I have Linux Mint on another computer. I got into Linux back in 03. I
started out with Ubuntu, then Mint, then Net Runner and ended up with Mint.

--
A

"A" escreveu na mensagem ...
Big_Al wrote:
A wrote on 1/23/2015 11:17 AM:
PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message
...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after
first free year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or
we can have Windows 10 upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like
to have Full Version, not Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free.
That doesn't mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's
not subscription-based. If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you
can upgrade for free within one year of the release of
Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay for the
upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the
OS is not subscription based and you can use it as long as
you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html




Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple,
within the first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can
upgrade free to Windows 10. If they wait longer than a year,
they pay for the upgrade. It's not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users



http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/




It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.

I've seen writers hint also to the pay as you go process for home
users. Something that MS 'wants' to do but no clear definition that
they are. So like others have said, there are hints, but no
concrete evidence. It wouldn't surprise me though.

Try running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 one day on a live boot CD. If
you don't have a ton of unique programs, any linux system has a huge
collection of software. Plays music, videos, VLC, Thunderbird,
Firefox, Opera?, Chrome, burns CDs, chat and more I just can't find
time to do yet. I've been playing with it dual boot for years,
getting to know it. Just keeping options open. It's favorable to
me now that I'm older and not pushing the envelope like I did years
ago.



I have Linux Mint on another computer. I got into Linux back in 03. I
started out with Ubuntu, then Mint, then Net Runner and ended up with Mint.

--
A

Is it easy to install periphericals like a printer in Linux?

"A" escreveu na mensagem ...
Big_Al wrote:
A wrote on 1/23/2015 11:17 AM:
PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message
...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after
first free year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or
we can have Windows 10 upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like
to have Full Version, not Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free.
That doesn't mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's
not subscription-based. If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you
can upgrade for free within one year of the release of
Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay for the
upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the
OS is not subscription based and you can use it as long as
you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html




Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple,
within the first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can
upgrade free to Windows 10. If they wait longer than a year,
they pay for the upgrade. It's not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users



http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/




It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.

I've seen writers hint also to the pay as you go process for home
users. Something that MS 'wants' to do but no clear definition that
they are. So like others have said, there are hints, but no
concrete evidence. It wouldn't surprise me though.

Try running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 one day on a live boot CD. If
you don't have a ton of unique programs, any linux system has a huge
collection of software. Plays music, videos, VLC, Thunderbird,
Firefox, Opera?, Chrome, burns CDs, chat and more I just can't find
time to do yet. I've been playing with it dual boot for years,
getting to know it. Just keeping options open. It's favorable to
me now that I'm older and not pushing the envelope like I did years
ago.



I have Linux Mint on another computer. I got into Linux back in 03. I
started out with Ubuntu, then Mint, then Net Runner and ended up with Mint.

--
A

Is it easy to install periphericals like a printer in Linux?

Jay Brown wrote:
"A" escreveu na mensagem ...
Big_Al wrote:
A wrote on 1/23/2015 11:17 AM:
PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message
...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after
first free year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or
we can have Windows 10 upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like
to have Full Version, not Upgrade.
Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free.
That doesn't mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's
not subscription-based. If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you
can upgrade for free within one year of the release of
Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay for the
upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the
OS is not subscription based and you can use it as long as
you wish.
Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html


Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple,
within the first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can
upgrade free to Windows 10. If they wait longer than a year,
they pay for the upgrade. It's not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users



http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/
http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/


It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.
I've seen writers hint also to the pay as you go process for home
users. Something that MS 'wants' to do but no clear definition that
they are. So like others have said, there are hints, but no
concrete evidence. It wouldn't surprise me though.

Try running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 one day on a live boot CD. If
you don't have a ton of unique programs, any linux system has a huge
collection of software. Plays music, videos, VLC, Thunderbird,
Firefox, Opera?, Chrome, burns CDs, chat and more I just can't find
time to do yet. I've been playing with it dual boot for years,
getting to know it. Just keeping options open. It's favorable to
me now that I'm older and not pushing the envelope like I did years
ago.


I have Linux Mint on another computer. I got into Linux back in 03. I
started out with Ubuntu, then Mint, then Net Runner and ended up with Mint.

--
A

Is it easy to install periphericals like a printer in Linux?


Some printers do actually have Linux support - from the manufacturer.
Shocking. But I wouldn't say that was a dominant thing yet, more
an exception.

http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/li...on&redirect=on

Paul

Jay Brown wrote:
"A" escreveu na mensagem ...
Big_Al wrote:
A wrote on 1/23/2015 11:17 AM:
PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message
...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after
first free year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or
we can have Windows 10 upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like
to have Full Version, not Upgrade.
Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free.
That doesn't mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's
not subscription-based. If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you
can upgrade for free within one year of the release of
Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay for the
upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the
OS is not subscription based and you can use it as long as
you wish.
Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html


Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple,
within the first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can
upgrade free to Windows 10. If they wait longer than a year,
they pay for the upgrade. It's not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users



http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/
http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/


It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.
I've seen writers hint also to the pay as you go process for home
users. Something that MS 'wants' to do but no clear definition that
they are. So like others have said, there are hints, but no
concrete evidence. It wouldn't surprise me though.

Try running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 one day on a live boot CD. If
you don't have a ton of unique programs, any linux system has a huge
collection of software. Plays music, videos, VLC, Thunderbird,
Firefox, Opera?, Chrome, burns CDs, chat and more I just can't find
time to do yet. I've been playing with it dual boot for years,
getting to know it. Just keeping options open. It's favorable to
me now that I'm older and not pushing the envelope like I did years
ago.


I have Linux Mint on another computer. I got into Linux back in 03. I
started out with Ubuntu, then Mint, then Net Runner and ended up with Mint.

--
A

Is it easy to install periphericals like a printer in Linux?


Some printers do actually have Linux support - from the manufacturer.
Shocking. But I wouldn't say that was a dominant thing yet, more
an exception.

http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/li...on&redirect=on

Paul

Jay Brown wrote:

"A" escreveu na mensagem ...
Big_Al wrote:
A wrote on 1/23/2015 11:17 AM:
PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message
...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after
first free year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or
we can have Windows 10 upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like
to have Full Version, not Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free.
That doesn't mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's
not subscription-based. If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you
can upgrade for free within one year of the release of
Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay for the
upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the
OS is not subscription based and you can use it as long as
you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html




Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple,
within the first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can
upgrade free to Windows 10. If they wait longer than a year,
they pay for the upgrade. It's not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users



http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/




It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.

I've seen writers hint also to the pay as you go process for home
users. Something that MS 'wants' to do but no clear definition that
they are. So like others have said, there are hints, but no
concrete evidence. It wouldn't surprise me though.

Try running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 one day on a live boot CD. If
you don't have a ton of unique programs, any linux system has a huge
collection of software. Plays music, videos, VLC, Thunderbird,
Firefox, Opera?, Chrome, burns CDs, chat and more I just can't find
time to do yet. I've been playing with it dual boot for years,
getting to know it. Just keeping options open. It's favorable to
me now that I'm older and not pushing the envelope like I did years
ago.



I have Linux Mint on another computer. I got into Linux back in 03. I
started out with Ubuntu, then Mint, then Net Runner and ended up with Mint.

--
A

Is it easy to install periphericals like a printer in Linux?


Some printers are easy, others impossible. My HP all in one works perfectly.

--
A

Jay Brown wrote:

"A" escreveu na mensagem ...
Big_Al wrote:
A wrote on 1/23/2015 11:17 AM:
PAS wrote:
"A" wrote in message
...
PAS wrote:
"Jay Brown" wrote in message
...
I've read MS Windows 10 news. Do you know what happens after
first free year? Will it be like Office 365 subscription? Or
we can have Windows 10 upgrade for free? In my case, I'd like
to have Full Version, not Upgrade.


Windows 7 and 8 users have one year to upgrade for free.
That doesn't mean that you have one year to use the OS. It's
not subscription-based. If you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, you
can upgrade for free within one year of the release of
Windows 10. After one year, you will have to pay for the
upgrade. In either case, free upgrade or paid upgrade, the
OS is not subscription based and you can use it as long as
you wish.

Really? Truly?

http://www.computerworld.com/article...criptions.html




Yes, really. This article you linked to is for Enterprise users, we're
not talking about Enterprise users here. It's very simple,
within the first year of release, Windows 7 and 8 users can
upgrade free to Windows 10. If they wait longer than a year,
they pay for the upgrade. It's not subscription-based.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/78...-and-8-1-users



http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/mic...to-windows-10/

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-t...s-10-upgrades/




It's a sign of things to come. Today Enterprise, tomorrow everything.

I've seen writers hint also to the pay as you go process for home
users. Something that MS 'wants' to do but no clear definition that
they are. So like others have said, there are hints, but no
concrete evidence. It wouldn't surprise me though.

Try running Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 one day on a live boot CD. If
you don't have a ton of unique programs, any linux system has a huge
collection of software. Plays music, videos, VLC, Thunderbird,
Firefox, Opera?, Chrome, burns CDs, chat and more I just can't find
time to do yet. I've been playing with it dual boot for years,
getting to know it. Just keeping options open. It's favorable to
me now that I'm older and not pushing the envelope like I did years
ago.



I have Linux Mint on another computer. I got into Linux back in 03. I
started out with Ubuntu, then Mint, then Net Runner and ended up with Mint.

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A

Is it easy to install periphericals like a printer in Linux?


Some printers are easy, others impossible. My HP all in one works perfectly.

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