Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

[Tywais]

Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

When we first unveiled Windows 10 in September, we outlined our plans for a new era of Windows. We wanted to create a Windows that empowered people and organizations to do great things. Our vision was one platform, one store, and one experience that extends across the broadest range of devices from the smallest screens to the largest screens to no screens at all.

For Microsoft, Windows 10 begins to deliver on our vision for more personal computing. In this world experiences are mobile, moving with you seamlessly and easily across your devices. Interacting with technology is as natural as interacting with people – using voice, pen, gestures and even gaze for the right interaction, in the right way, at the right time. And in our connected and transparent world, we respect your privacy and help protect your information.

From the beginning, Windows 10 has been unique – built with feedback from five million Windows Insiders, delivered as a service with ongoing innovations and security updates, and offered as a free upgrade* to genuine Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 customers.

Over the months we’ve demonstrated how Windows 10 delivers new capabilities to PCs, tablets, phones, and Raspberry Pi, with innovations like Microsoft Edge, Cortana, Continuum and Windows Hello, and how entirely new categories of devices like Hololens and Surface Hub, will be enabled with Windows 10.

We are delighted to make Windows 10 available in 190 countries today. The launch of Windows 10 is being celebrated around the world with global fan celebrations and a new yearlong initiative to celebrate people and organizations making a difference around the world. We’d love to hear how you plan to help #UpgradeYourWorld. Starting today, you can vote for a global nonprofit to receive a cash donation by simply tagging their social handle and using #UpgradeYourWorld and #vote on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. More information on Upgrade Your World can be found at http://www.windows.com/upgradeyourworld.

Together with our partners, we’re ready for a new era of Windows – we hope you’ll join us.

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[avander]

Anyone worried about possible future subscription costs should read the below:

/http://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-windows-10-will-not-be-sold-as-a-subscription/

and this is further interested in the whys and wherefors:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/06/22/why-windows-10-upgrade-is-free-for-all/2/

[xylophone]

Thought I'd post this as it may help those thinking of downloading W10...........it was featured in the New Zealand Herald newspaper this morning.

Researchers warn of bogus emails offering Windows 10

12:35 PM Saturday Aug 1, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) "Some hackers are exploiting Microsoft's offer of free upgrades to its new Windows 10 operating system.

Security researchers are warning about a wave of bogus spam emails with malicious attachments, labeled as if they're legitimate copies of the new program.

The attachments contain a "ransomware" program that, when opened, locks all the data on a computer and demands payment to release them.

Researchers at Cisco Systems say the emails are designed to look like an official upgrade notice from Microsoft Corp., but several words have random, out-of-place letters and punctuation.

Another important clue: Microsoft says its update mechanism provides computer owners with a notice on their screens " not via email " when a direct Internet download is available. Experts warn against clicking on files that come with unsolicited emails.

[mahtin]

There are no comparable historical precedents on which to base predictions, but it well may be that the emergence of Engrish as a global language is a unique, even an irreversible, event.

Ignore the emails and encourage the hilarious t-shirts.

[lelapin]

Anyone downloaded it yet and what is your experience.

[RichCor]

Anyone downloaded it yet and what is your experience.

Download what?

If interested in Windows 10, as Tywais posted in your now CLOSED topic, there are already gobs of topics already running that give exactly that.

PLEASE don't post the same comment in every topic.

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