Upgrade to Windows 8..... $40

If it looks like a duck....

The price point looks good but there seem to be many variables being left unanswered such as the necessity for the device owner to have their previous Windows version media available should a reinstall be necessary.

If it is necessary as in the way it is necessary with Win 7 then that is ok, otherwise it could be an absolute pain in the butt for many people, especially those with a restore partition and no chance of obtaining the proper media.
 
I guess they changed it a little at first I thought it was if you bought a pc recently you could upgrade for $40. Now its any one who owns a windows machine can...crazy.

And if you bought a new computer with any version of Windows 7 from June until January, 2013 you can upgrade for $14.99. Both the upgrades are also for Windows 8 pro. I guess if you had any home edition of windows it could be worth the upgrade just to get a "pro" edition.
 
:/

It makes me happy and sad because after using the Windows 8 Beta the confusion that may a cure from it with our client base. I sure hope its not a huge flop like Vista!
 
Two reasons why they are doing this. 1) They know Win 8 sucks badly but they wanna be able to show numbers that make it seem like its ok while its beta tested on the public till win 9 hits. Like they did with Vista and Win 7. 2) OS X upgrade price is $19.99
 
Windows 8 is an experimental version of "Windows 2013 Gold Professional Max" which will be available for $299 in the "home" version of "Gold Professional Max" which will also have an 'Ultimate' and 'ULTRA Ultimate max' version for "serious" users, price to be determined at later date. :D
 
Even if Win 8 was free I wouldn't install it on my desktop. I don't want a tablet O/S on my desktop. I'm more productive with Win 7 & much less frustrated so I'll stay there. I tried Win 8 for a week & that was enough for me. Maybe I'm missing something here, but can someone explain to me how Win 8 is better than Win 7 on a desktop with 1 monitor?
 
Tekguy said:
Even if Win 8 was free I wouldn't install it on my desktop. I don't want a tablet O/S on my desktop. I'm more productive with Win 7 & much less frustrated so I'll stay there. I tried Win 8 for a week & that was enough for me. Maybe I'm missing something here, but can someone explain to me how Win 8 is better than Win 7 on a desktop with 1 monitor?
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Exactly. They took a great OS in Win 7 and made it virtually unusable for no other reason than to say its new. Why not just issue a new service pack for win 7? We had 3 of them with Win XP.
 
Can’t you easily configure it to look like win7
I think basically what it is win7 with a tablet interface
There will be a catch as nobody would buy OEM or retail
 
johnrobert said:
Can’t you easily configure it to look like win7
I think basically what it is win7 with a tablet interface
There will be a catch as nobody would buy OEM or retail
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The only way I have found to do that is a registry hack. I really don't think most end users would know how to do that. I have not seen it as an option. But I could be missing something.
 
It is not at all intuitive to use. End users who decide to upgrade could easily become a cash cow for techs. The trick will be getting the money off them before the pizza techs do.
 
gunslinger said:
Two reasons why they are doing this. 1) They know Win 8 sucks badly but they wanna be able to show numbers that make it seem like its ok while its beta tested on the public till win 9 hits. Like they did with Vista and Win 7. 2) OS X upgrade price is $19.99
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I'm somewhat in agreement with you on the first point after having played with it for an hour or two (granted, most of that time was trying to find/live without the start button), but their grab for numbers has nothing to do with perception and everything to do with luring desktop Windows users to MS tablets and phones. Having the same kernel and apps across devices sounds great, but with the market being what it is MS is biasing the user experience toward mobile touch devices. You can still have a desktop experience darn close to Win 7, but the trend of stupidly simple interfaces will likely continue pushing features enjoyed by power users further underground where you have to dig for them. I'm waiting for the day that "control panel" gets renamed to "buttons for making things different" and requires 20 UAC prompts and 10 submenus to access. That said, metro doesn't seem half bad as a touch interface, and i'm sure we will all eventually get used to it just like we did with "add/remove programs" and "programs and features".
 
Six (6) Service Packs for NT (Okay, 6a)
Four (4) Service Packs for 2000
Three (3) Service Packs for XP (Also was a Service Pack 1a)
Two (2) Service Packs for Vista
One (1) Service Pack for 7

Hum...

At this rate we may never see another service pack for any Microsoft OS, lol
 
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