8 to 10 upgrade question

Hi All,

I have Frankenstein 8.0 (Windows 8.0) on a virtual machine. I have
resisted upgrading it to F8.1 as it will cause my dynamic disk
to grow and grow. And F8.0 is close enough to F8.1 that I can
look things up for customer if need be, which is the only thing I use
it for (it is too slow and buggy for anything else).

I am noticing that the upgrade reports for Son-of-Frankenstein

http://gizmodo.com/windows-10-is-a-f...ear-1680771504

are for F8.1 and not F8.0. Can anyone confirm this?

Does this mean an "inplace" upgrade of an existing F8.1? I would
really rather start over fresh.

Do we have access to the disks (or ISOs)?

And, I would like to keep F8.x on its own virtual machine until
I can tell if none of my customers are using it any more. (I kept
Vista [on a virtual machine] around for a six months after W7 was
released.)

-T

I am really hoping M$ manages to pull a rabbit out of a hat
like they did with Vista to W7.