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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/ |
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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/ |
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So after 1 year free what?
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 |
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So after 1 year free what?
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 |
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So after 1 year free what?
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. |
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So after 1 year free what?
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. |
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So after 1 year free what?
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 |
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So after 1 year free what?
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 |
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So after 1 year free what?
"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? |
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So after 1 year free what?
"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? |
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So after 1 year free what?
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 |
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So after 1 year free what?
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 |
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So after 1 year free what?
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 |
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So after 1 year free what?
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 |
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