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Anybody know about anytime upgrade for Windows 10
I have Windows 7 home premium. I would like to get Windows 10 professional. Anybody know what the options will be? Will they have an anytime upgrade likes Windows 7?
I have Windows 7 home premium. I would like to get Windows 10 professional. Anybody know what the options will be? Will they have an anytime upgrade likes Windows 7?
Hard to say but probably not. It looks like Home users are getting the standard 10 and only Pro/Ultimate and Enterprise users will get Windows 10 Pro.
I would have said the best bet would be to try the Windows Anytime Upgrade in Control Panel but it has been confirmed by Microsoft (you can search the web) that ever since the release of Windows 8, they have discontinued the Windows anytime upgrade for Windows 7, so there is no way to upgrade the version anymore unfortunately.
Sorry to hear that you're stuck at home
If you're asking for concrete answers on pricing, you might do better on the MS answer forum: Program Announcements and Registration ... or ... tweet Abe
Newegg has OEM versions of 10 Pro for $150 ... but it would be a little less expensive to get Win7 or Win8.1 Pro ($135-$140).
Bit depth shouldn't matter - 32 bit Win7 or Win8.1 Pro are even less expensive ($90-$100). You'd have to read the new licensing, but the bit depth didn't matter before - if you had a license for Win7 or Win8.1 - and.... and you had a retail disc or an ISO, you could install either bit depth. This needs to be explored more before you spend any hard earned cash.
I saw a matrix that showed both WU and ISO upgrade paths - how that's going to work, I'm not sure. It would be great if a Media Creation tool was created as it was for Win8 - download the ISO and install it - the key on the machine is verified or you plug in a license key during the install - no valid key, no install.
Before you make a decision - wait a bit for MS to settle on the details. They might offer fairly inexpensive upgrades in the first month or two. They really want to jack the numbers up early.
Who knows, your Tech Preview Pro might be enough - that would be a nice gesture on the part of MS - to give Insiders not only a free Win10 upgrade but a free Pro upgrade. You deserve something for your part in making Windows better - right? Right!
Windows Easy Transfer is not available in Windows 10.
PCmover Express is a solution Microsoft offers for free, downloadable directly from MS. They are partnering in this with LapLink, the makers of PCmover:
(Video from Windows 10 instructional videos by Ten Forums members - Windows 10 Forums)
The only issue with this free version is that it needs both the old and new computer connected and on at the same time; even if you would move your data and settings from old installation to a new installation on the same machine, you need to another machine available to first move your data to the second machine, then install the new OS on the first machine and finally move the data back from the second machine to new installation on the first machine.
Kari