Do you have non-legit windows 7?That's ok have this free windows 10 upgrade anyways,says microsoft.

Id rather prefer use seven than windows 10.... i so hated how they made their windows 8 , its like it force you to do things in a way, even if you don't want to, or trying to do it another way. It is supposed to be user friendly, while (per sonnaly) i only get trouble, less intuituve software etc etc... that metro style menu is what made me cry everytime, im stick with my good old seven until video games won't get supported on it.

For DX12 yes

Nice strategy of MS, saves a lot of money for them.

Update to Windows 10-M$ blocks possibility(eg via file or bios edit) to use pirate version of any Windows on YOUR PC>PROFIT:)

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4F4qzPbcFiA/maxresdefault.jpg

Wouldn't this have an opposite effect though? I mean, it's great that I'll be able to upgrade for free (because seriously, fuck paying through the nose every other year just to keep on top of the support wave), but wouldn't this also tempt people to pirate a copy of windows just to get a legit license of the most recent version?

As others have mentioned, it also makes me wonder if this is bait for a pirate crackdown. I unno.
Plus I'm also tempted to not upgrade. 7 is stable and I like it where it is, and upgrading the license would mean I no longer have a copy of 7, right? Hmmm.

Fierce punishment. My bet is Win10 is gonna be monthly subscription based.

Free for win7/8 owners, free for pirates... fuck you all who purchased xp/vista.
Thx...

Meh I'll just pirate Windows 10 ;)

Wait, is Microsoft taking a sensible approach to pirates and trying to cox them into the fold and eventually buy their products? O.o

Windows with Micro-Transactions. Speed up copying process just for $0.99
p.s. have legit Windows 8

You'd probably see this all the time.

my reaction

really ? will be there any restriction to some program ?

I will clone my Windows 7 drive, and upgrade from there, but no chance I'll be jumping into that Windows 10 cess pool with no lifeline...

Windows 10 has built in key logging. So no thanks, I'll stick with my genuine Windows 7.

You still need a microsoft store account so you will have to buy license anyway. No one wants an empty system where you can't even install any app even if it's made by you.

Update: pirated Windows 7 will stay pirated Windows 10: "With Windows 10, although non-Genuine PCs may be able to upgrade to Windows 10, the upgrade will not change the genuine state of the license." as MS spokeperson is quoted by polygon

My university has a contract with microsoft and i have every microsoft software for free, from windows 3.1 to windows 8 ~ everything less office

I'm using a pirated copy of Windows 7; only because the copy I own is an OEM upgrade from Vista and in order to install it I would first need to find my original OEM disc for Vista and install it (if I even still have it), then upgrade it with the Win7 disc. It was literally faster and cleaner to just download a torrent and burn it to a dvd.

As for the free upgrades for pirates, I'm skeptical. MS is probably being novel, it will just be a super shitty watered down Win10 or something. Or maybe it's just that 10 is going to be the TF2 of operating systems... in which case I'll stick to 7.

I dont see any urgency to upgrade
Windows 7 doing its job great.

Windows 10 free for all worldwide...

but not registered stays not registered after upgrade...

I'll keep my pirated version of Win7, but thanks.