[Q] Windows 8 free upgrade

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Hi I was wondering if people who just bought a Windows 7 computer would be able to get a free upgrade to Windows 8 when it comes out, kinda like what happened with Vista/7. Thanks

Originally Posted by Yoyomah20

Hi I was wondering if people who just bought a Windows 7 computer would be able to get a free upgrade to Windows 8 when it comes out, kinda like what happened with Vista/7. Thanks

No the upgrade will cost $15 for people who bought a new windows 7 pc after the date of june the second.

I hope this helps for you!

Xmarinusx

Just like with windows vista they will have a upgrade fee like 100+ dollars

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They say that Windows 8 Booting time will be 8 seconds...
If it's true thats sooooo nice!!

Originally Posted by jon_kalas

They say that Windows 8 Booting time will be 8 seconds...
If it's true thats sooooo nice!!

it Is certainly very quick just now, but looking at the vids, when its done on a computer designed for Win 8 its stupid fast.

Think of putting Win 7 in suspend, turning on in what? a few seconds, the time it takes to do 5 pushups?

well Win 8 on dedicated hardware can more or less do that from cold, no suspend, battery out of a laptop

before you say that's just hibernating, well, if that's the case then it still looks twice as fast as my hibernating laptop takes to wake up. so in either case its pretty damn cool

Originally Posted by jon_kalas

They say that Windows 8 Booting time will be 8 seconds...
If it's true thats sooooo nice!!

Seriously? 8 seconds? I don't think Windows 7 on a SSD boots that fast...

Kinda, you get a disscounted upgrade to Windows 8 Professional ($15).

But I don't think they started this offer yet, but rather will start next month, when the Release Canidate is availble.

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Originally Posted by TheGodKing

Seriously? 8 seconds? I don't think Windows 7 on a SSD boots that fast...

Yes, they tested this, and found computers with SSDs running Windows 8 can start with-in 8 seconds. And most HDs can start usually with-in 20seconds, usually. However, there's a bit of an issue with it starting so fast. It boots so fast, you don't have enough time to access BIOS settings. Thankfully, MS is coming up with a fix, where it launches Windows 8, but if it detects a problem, it doesn't do a full boot, but goes to option screen similar to when an error occurs during a Win7 boot up (Only now, it's visible with mouse support, instead of BIOS like menus, which of course is required, or it wouldn't work on tablets) So that way, from the Win8 option screen, you can do the expected things such as choose boot device, launch repair mode, force start BIOS. You can also manually access it by holding shift while clicking 'Restart'.

Here's an article on more:

http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+8+B...ticle24751.htm

I have WIndows 8 installed as a second OS, and while I still mostly use 7 (Don't have most my files, settings, and programs ported over yet) I still have Win8 set as default OS, simply cause I love the visuall menu selection.

like everybody said, it will cost you to upgrade (of course)

but, if you dont have any money, why don't we wait till the pirate of the seven seas give us the OS

Right now you can download and install the consumer preview for free, but after a certain date your computer will not function until you pay for the full version.

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Originally Posted by jon_kalas

They say that Windows 8 Booting time will be 8 seconds...
If it's true thats sooooo nice!!

The vid shows no other applications, programs, start up etc. That's why it booted so fast.