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It's only free as an upgrade, and even that is time-limited. New copies will still cost money.
What seems to be new in this announcement is that if you do upgrade for free, you get that for life. Before it wasn't clear if you'd need to pay subscription fees afterwards. Plus, you can still get retail Win7 DVDs at under $100, then upgrade for free to Win10 Pro.
One thing I haven't discovered yet is whether the installation of 10 is going to be a brand new install rather than an upgrade. In other words, will it be necessary to reinstall all my applications after moving to 10?
Necessary? Probably not. But you should anyways.
OK they messed it up, again? Anyone with a laptop preloaded with the crippled Home edition (meaning most laptops) will not be able to take it to the work place and connect it to the domain. Then there's Pro and Enterprise, and most people don't know why they need Enterprise.
why would you take your home computer and connect it to the workplace?
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why would you take your home computer and connect it to the workplace?
You should Google up and see how common this problem really is. My example, I am a consultant. But I do have domain accounts in companies I consult. The OS that came with the machine (windows 7 home) had to be written over since it won't let me log in. The point being, it's such an artificial restriction. Most PCs are laptops, and this really restricts mobility.
OK they messed it up, again? Anyone with a laptop preloaded with the crippled Home edition (meaning most laptops) will not be able to take it to the work place and connect it to the domain. Then there's Pro and Enterprise, and most people don't know why they need Enterprise.
edit: Oh geeze I missed it, it's appparently part of 'Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise'... seriously?
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why would you take your home computer and connect it to the workplace?
And where do you work that this is even allowed? Maybe it's only because I work for the Federal government, but there is not a snowball's chance in hell that I would be allowed to attach my personal machine to the non-guest network in any way.