Does Windows 10 mean the end to Windows 7 refurbished sales (and program)?

[DonS]

Heya all! Just a thought I had, figured I throw it out for discussion.

But with Windows 10 releasing soon and it having no fee involved with upgrading machines with Windows 7 or 8, what are your thoughts on the Windows 7 Refurbished sales / market?

I can tell you that the past year I had a really solid income from purchase of Windows 7 refurbished computers as well as refurbishing already owned computers that had XP or Vista on them. Now with XP and Vista pretty much out of the market and everything else getting a free upgrade to Windows 10 - what purpose does the Windows 7 refurbished program even serve now?

 

[Kitten Kong]

Good question Don. Something else to ponder also, is can we upgrade refurbished windows 7 pc's to windows 10, under the free upgrade plan?.

I have sold quite a number of refurbished machines this past year, both purchased machines, and those I have refurbished myself.

In saying that though, I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of older machines still out there in the wild, in one shape or form, who for what ever reason would not want to be upgraded. I.e how many xp-vista machines do you still service?

 

[DonS]

I have sold quite a few Windows 7 Refurb machines as well and have already been working on a few recently and I can confirm that they do qualify for the free Windows 10 upgrade, as they have the happy little Windows icon in the task bar.

As for Win XP computers, I use to see them fairly regularly up until the beginning of this year. They dropped off to nothing since then. So Microsoft did a great job of scaring people out of continued XP use. As for Vista, oddly, I still see 2 or 3 a month, which surprised me.

I use to have Win XP and Vista computers to upgrade to 7 (or refrubish and resell). But now, we have Windows 10 out - and what would have been a boon in upgrades of Windows 7 and 8 computers - we have nothing. Since the upgrade is free.

 

[nlinecomputers]

Keep in mind. Windows 10 is only free for a year. After that you'll pay for it just like you always have. If you buy a new computer it will come with a copy of Windows 10 that will be paid for not free. People are still cheap and so the demand for refurb units isn't likely to go down. I suspect within 6 months you'll be able to buy Win 10 refurb licenses. How long after Windows 8 came out did the refurb licenses for them come out?

 

[DonS]

Yes, but the Windows 8 licenses were pretty much retail price AND no one wanted Windows 8, new or refurbished. What exactly will we be refurbishing with Windows 10 anyway? Any Windows 7 or 8 computer qualifies for a free upgrade...

 

[carlitos31]

Doesn't this make the refurbishing cheaper? if you have computers with windows 7 COA, it would take 2 steps, but installing windows 7, activating it, then running the free windows 10 upgrade, you end up with win10 computers without buying a license

 

[PBComputer]

Doesn't this make the refurbishing cheaper? if you have computers with windows 7 COA, it would take 2 steps, but installing windows 7, activating it, then running the free windows 10 upgrade, you end up with win10 computers without buying a license

But refurbishers can't activate the system for the end user, they have to do itl.

 

[carlitos31]

True!. You killed the dream!

 

[Mike McCall]

Refurbishing will likely take a hit for a year, but then it will begin to come back. It's a 1-year window...(pun intended).

 

[carlitos31]

I only sell windows 7 refurbished machines, some of my customers barely upgraded to 7, so I think I will be OK for another year,