• Windows 10 upgrade will cost $119 or more after July 29 – or will it?

    Posted on May 5, 2016 at 11:55 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    By now you’ve probably read Corporate VP Yusuf Mehdi’s Windows Experience blog announcing Windows 10 Now on 300 Million Active Devices – Free Upgrade Offer to End Soon. Long story short, Mehdi says that Windows 10 is now running on 300 million active devices monthly (including the Xbox One and Windows Phone). He also says, “after July 29th, you’ll be able to continue to get Windows 10 on a new device, or purchase a full version of Windows 10 Home for $119.”

    The blog also includes a marvelously entertaining performance by Microsoft’s Bryan Roper (former blues pianist and current fedora ambassador) that lists “Top 10 reasons to upgrade to Windows 10 now.”

    The precise wording of Mehdi’s announcement leaves much to the imagination. Why, for example, did he only discuss purchase of Win10 Home, specifically, and leave Win10 Pro out of the conversation?

    Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet asked a Microsoft rep, point blank, if this means the free upgrade is over. Here’s Microsoft’s response:

    “The free upgrade offer has been a big success, leading to the fastest adoption of Windows ever, with Windows 10 on more than 300 million active Windows devices. The free upgrade promotion is currently slated to end on July 29 and we encourage all of our customers to take advantage of it while it is still active.”

    Sounds mighty up-in-the-air to me….

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