Windows 9 [10] May Cost Windows 7 Users $30

[november_ra1n]

Windows 9 [10] May Cost Windows 7 Users $30

A report out of Indonesia claims that Andreas Diantoro, President of Microsoft Indonesia, has confirmed that Windows 8.1 customers will indeed get Windows 9 for free. We've heard some of this before, and it indicates that Microsoft is desperately wanting to get away from all the negativity surrounding Windows 8.

Diantoro indicated that Windows 8.1 users will be able to download and install Windows 9 quite easily. Previous reports specified that this would be accomplished using a tool that allows single-click installations. This tool will become a native part of Windows 9, providing faster updates that will make the Windows platform feel more smartphone-like.

For customers riding on the Windows 7 train, though, Microsoft may charge $30 for the upgrade. This nugget of news arrives by way of Russian leaker WZor, who indicates that customers will not need to re-install the whole OS. This seems very likely given that Microsoft offered a huge discount to Windows 7 users upgrading to Windows 8.

Microsoft is expected to reveal Windows 9 during a press event on Tuesday. The company is also expected to release a public preview so that Microsoft can get feedback before the platform hits store shelves in Spring 2015. Given that we're getting close to Halloween, the Windows 9 release seems like it's just around the corner.

So why is Microsoft making the update so cheap? As previously stated, Microsoft presumably wants to get away from Windows 8. The release of Windows 8.1 made a huge difference for the desktop user, but Windows 9 is expected to really shine. Benefits will include the return of the Start Menu, Modern UI apps running on the desktop and more.

On Tuesday, Microsoft is expected to not only reveal Windows 9, but a new branding that will eliminate the numbering. The move is part of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's "mobile first, cloud first" plan to offer services on hardware rather than become a hardware and services company, as former CEO Steve Ballmer previously envisioned. The platform is expected to be called merely "Windows" across a number of form factors, including desktops and smartphones.

"Microsoft is changing from a company that was Windows-centric to one that is services-centric," Michael Silver of Gartner told Reuters. "It has to be that way. Windows revenue is likely going to decline, and Microsoft's task is to replace that Windows revenue with revenue from services on all sorts of platforms."

Source: [tomshardware]

[november_ra1n]

Hopefully we still get you free, cause we try not let our customer down.! : )

[demoneye]

It was never about the money , it is always about pure FUN B)

[knowledge-Spammer]

A report out of Indonesia claims that Andreas Diantoro, President of Microsoft Indonesia, has confirmed that Windows 8.1 customers will indeed get Windows 9 for free i like that

[LeeSmithG]

Let me think.

M$ want me to pay them, to use their operating system.

Wrong, they give me 1 large and I will use Windows, emm 9 emm or is it 10!

[xboy52]

I hope Andreas Diantoro, President of Microsoft Indonesia will have approved by Microsoft.

[software182]

I hope Andreas Diantoro, President of Microsoft Indonesia will have approved by Microsoft.

being approved for what ?

[xboy52]

I hope Andreas Diantoro, President of Microsoft Indonesia will have approved by Microsoft.

being approved for what ?

customers will indeed get Windows 9 [10] for free upgrade.

[shorty6100]

Windows 8? I paid $14.99. 8.1? Free. Windows 10? Free. Alrighty, then.

[ChiliBean]

Start Menu is back! This is what Windows 8 should have been with Metro UI optional.

[GRiM]

Let me think.

M$ want me to pay them, to use their operating system.

Wrong, they give me 1 large and I will use Windows, emm 9 emm or is it 10!

If you don't want to use it then don't. Nobody is forcing you. Stick to WinXP/7 or Linux etc if you don't want to use Win8/10.

[LeeSmithG]

Let me think.

M$ want me to pay them, to use their operating system.

Wrong, they give me 1 large and I will use Windows, emm 9 emm or is it 10!

If you don't want to use it then don't. Nobody is forcing you. Stick to WinXP/7 or Linux etc if you don't want to use Win8/10.

Wow, whom took the jam out of your doughnut.

How is you mother b.t.w.?

[GRiM]

Let me think.

M$ want me to pay them, to use their operating system.

Wrong, they give me 1 large and I will use Windows, emm 9 emm or is it 10!

If you don't want to use it then don't. Nobody is forcing you. Stick to WinXP/7 or Linux etc if you don't want to use Win8/10.

Wow, whom took the jam out of your doughnut.

How is you mother b.t.w.?

You're the guy who was whining about M$ releasing a new OS and acting as if somebody is forcing you to use it. Grow up.

If you dont want to use the new OS, dont. I dont see why that concept is hard to grasp. If you prefer Win7 then stay on it. If you want to use new OS use it.

[psyko666]

-sigh-

Guys.. :rolleyes:

[Blackchildcx]

M$ transformed into a joke Company....

Last strike was Win 7----OK---I like my 8---but what happend with update this upadate that...and now---Win 10....

JOKEEEY!!

Start like 7---Charms from 8---and then ist a WIN AIO?---

I ask how they manage a AERO/METRO :)

[eurobyn]

Always complaining on paying (but we using it allways)

go to linux and build your own os

[eurobyn]

let the war begin.
bla bla bla
if we have to pay for it.
i do not need it
blablabla
go for linux then
build you own os.

[Kalju]

That's all anyone's fiction. Windows still does not have any price and plan how and at what price to sell the product.

The best case will be discussions in next month.

Of course, Microsoft has refused to talk about such a plan during its San Francisco Windows 10 event, but Terry Myerson and Joe Belfiore promised to disclose these details in the coming months. /By Bogdan Popa 02-10-2014/

Even is not confirmed anywhere, when Windows 10 could ever publicly come out.

Everything is someone's fancy dates and prices.

[steven36]

I don't care if its free are just $30 I will buy it if I have too ..because I'm on windows 8.1 . While 8.1 is stable and you can easy add your own start menu back . Its perceived to be like vista and no one much is buying it and it want be supported much longer than Windows 7 .

Windows 7 lifecycle ends in 1/14/2020 Windows 8.1 The product falls under the same lifecycle policy as Windows 8 with support is ending 1/10/2023 you only get 3 more years by using 8.1 Why not get a another upgrade and get even more years . ^_^

Windows XP use to be like $100 new . I see $30 as cheap.

[Brrownie]

I am in for Windows 10 by hook or by crook. ;)

[LeeSmithG]

Let me think.

M$ want me to pay them, to use their operating system.

Wrong, they give me 1 large and I will use Windows, emm 9 emm or is it 10!

If you don't want to use it then don't. Nobody is forcing you. Stick to WinXP/7 or Linux etc if you don't want to use Win8/10.

Wow, whom took the jam out of your doughnut.

How is you mother b.t.w.?

You're the guy who was whining about M$ releasing a new OS and acting as if somebody is forcing you to use it. Grow up.

If you dont want to use the new OS, dont. I dont see why that concept is hard to grasp. If you prefer Win7 then stay on it. If you want to use new OS use it.

Seems like someone didn't get a group hug this morning.

[LeeSmithG]

I don't care if its free are just $30 I will buy it if I have too ..because I'm on windows 8.1 . While 8.1 is stable and you can easy add your own start menu back . Its perceived to be like vista and no one much is buying it and it want be supported much longer than Windows 7 .

Windows 7 lifecycle ends in 1/14/2020 Windows 8.1 The product falls under the same lifecycle policy as Windows 8 with support is ending 1/10/2023 you only get 3 more years by using 8.1 Why not get a another upgrade and get even more years . ^_^

Windows XP use to be like $100 new . I see $30 as cheap.

I got the first version o.e.m. and paid £179.00 for the upgrade to pro.

At the time that would be around $320.00 U.S.A. dollars.

I paid £39 for Vista as I tried to send it back to amazon.co.uk and they offered it to me for half price.

I sold it a few years later on amazon.co.uk and got around £30 back.

Windows 7 paid £79 on amazon.co.uk

Whilst writing this, I hear Vettel has left Red Bull.

Go Lewis Hamilton!

Saturday practise is starting now, so laters!

[steven36]

I don't care if its free are just $30 I will buy it if I have too ..because I'm on windows 8.1 . While 8.1 is stable and you can easy add your own start menu back . Its perceived to be like vista and no one much is buying it and it want be supported much longer than Windows 7 .

Windows 7 lifecycle ends in 1/14/2020 Windows 8.1 The product falls under the same lifecycle policy as Windows 8 with support is ending 1/10/2023 you only get 3 more years by using 8.1 Why not get a another upgrade and get even more years . ^_^

Windows XP use to be like $100 new . I see $30 as cheap.

I got the first version o.e.m. and paid £179.00 for the upgrade to pro.

At the time that would be around $320.00 U.S.A. dollars.

I paid £39 for Vista as I tried to send it back to amazon.co.uk and they offered it to me for half price.

I sold it a few years later on amazon.co.uk and got around £30 back.

Windows 7 paid £79 on amazon.co.uk

Whilst writing this, I hear Vettel has left Red Bull.

Go Lewis Hamilton!

Saturday practise is starting now, so laters!

I paid a $100 for XP in the shop here new . I had a DELL back around 2001 and I needed it to repair windows was all because someone had stole my recovery Disk . :lol:

I should just called DELL to fix it. But I had no patience and money to blow. Latter after I called DELL so many times they gave me a new computer that was better and new Disk . So I sold the one I bought on Ebay . ;)

[Ryrynz]

You will surely get the Windows 10.

[Deunan]

Windows 10 FTW. 2015 is going to be a great year... :)