Free Upgrade to Windows 7?
A client heard something on the news about a free upgrade to Windows 7 if you have XP. Is this true? I cannot find it anywhere on the net. (Sounds too good to be true).
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Sounds like a tease to me.
No. The words FREE and MICROSOFT almost never occur in the same sentence
I do not believe this is correct. There may have been a free upgrade from Windows XP to Vista when Vista was supposed to be released, but not for windows 7 right now.
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There have been no such news in the tech industry (that would be big news were it to occur) to this point. There are free downgrade rights (from Windows 7 to XP) options.
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> No. The words FREE and MICROSOFT almost never occur in the same sentence
Except with Internet Explorer. Except with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. Except with Microsoft Security Essentials. Except with ... well I'll stop there.
As for statements like this, I usually tell the person, can you show me where you heard that? Odds are they misunderstood something.
You can tell them they can get a free upgrade to the Windows 8 beta... but it will expire eventually.
Except with Internet Explorer. Except with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. Except with Microsoft Security Essentials. Except with ... well I'll stop there.
As for statements like this, I usually tell the person, can you show me where you heard that? Odds are they misunderstood something.
You can tell them they can get a free upgrade to the Windows 8 beta... but it will expire eventually.
"> No. The words FREE and MICROSOFT almost never occur in the same sentence
Except with Internet Explorer. Except with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. Except with Microsoft Security Essentials. Except with ... well I'll stop there" ~ Leew
You beat me to it, Leew!
Except with Internet Explorer. Except with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. Except with Microsoft Security Essentials. Except with ... well I'll stop there" ~ Leew
You beat me to it, Leew!
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ve3ofa: the free upgrade from HP was back in 2009 as a way to keep HP sales going prior to the release of Windows 7 (so people would keep buying machines with Windows Vista on them). Specifically, the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program was available until January 31st, 2010.
I know that that is why I also stated "Note the DATE of the item and the conditions required..."
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Thanks guys. I figured it wasn't right... but it never hurts to ask.