11-06-2021, 08:40 AM
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Upgrade still free
I'll be returning a laptop computer later today. A fairly old one with an i3 processor, 6GB of RAM and was running on Windows 7. It was a mess one way or another and I had the permission of the owner to wipe everything out and put Linux Mint on it.Before doing that, I thought I'd see what happened if I upgraded it to Windows 10. The upgrade tool was downloaded from MS and the process started. I didn't expect the OS to activate but it surprisingly did. It can still be done even though the official free upgrade period ended years ago. Perhaps that shows how much Microsoft want to leave Windows 7 behind and get all Windows users onto W.10.
I never got as far as installing Linux Mint because the computer owner preferred that I left it with W.10. He already has it on a Desktop computer.
I know those here still on Windows 7 want stick with it but just saying how the free upgrade to Windows 10 option has never really been taken away. It's still a possibility.
11-06-2021, 12:04 PM
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Re: Upgrade still free
Originally Posted by Tiffany
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Is that going to be any better? I love W7. Hope my pc lasts til W11 in that case.
Although if you buy a new PC it will be running W10 .....
11-06-2021, 12:47 PM
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Re: Upgrade still free
I now have a new laptop with W10 installed as opposed to my old reconditioned one which had an upgrade. W10 doesn't give me any problems now but in some ways I still prefer W7. I think for the average user such as myself, there's far too much on W10 that never gets used. It's confusing because I can't be bothered to find out what it's all about. I hated the set up, yes it was easy but I was being asked to sign up to things that I had no knowledge of. It was relentless and unnecessary.
11-06-2021, 02:27 PM
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Re: Upgrade still free
Originally Posted by mart
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I'll be returning a laptop computer later today. A fairly old one with an i3 processor, 6GB of RAM and was running on Windows 7. It was a mess one way or another and I had the permission of the owner to wipe everything out and put Linux Mint on it.Before doing that, I thought I'd see what happened if I upgraded it to Windows 10. The upgrade tool was downloaded from MS and the process started. I didn't expect the OS to activate but it surprisingly did. It can still be done even though the official free upgrade period ended years ago. Perhaps that shows how much Microsoft want to leave Windows 7 behind and get all Windows users onto W.10.
I never got as far as installing Linux Mint because the computer owner preferred that I left it with W.10. He already has it on a Desktop computer.
I know those here still on Windows 7 want stick with it but just saying how the free upgrade to Windows 10 option has never really been taken away. It's still a possibility.
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