Microsoft: Upgrading from Windows 7, 8 to Windows 10 Will Be Fast and Simple

[Matsuda]

In a blog post today, Microsoft’s Jim Alkove explains that upgrades from older versions of Windows, such as 7 and 8, to the new Windows 10 will be performed quickly and with minimum effort from users, thus making the whole process a very smooth experience for everyone.

With the focus on businesses, Microsoft says that it will be possible to upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8 to Windows 10 straight from within the operating system, so no additional tools are required.

Still, expect some patches that would prepare the upgrade to Windows 10 to be shipped via Windows Update, but these won’t be available until spring 2015 when the new OS is expected to be released.

Same hardware requirements

One of the things that Microsoft is working on right now is the hardware requirements list, as the company intends to keep it unchanged from Windows 7 and Windows 8.

This would basically mean that anyone running Windows 7 or Windows 8 on their computer should be able to deploy Windows 10 without any performance drop, as Redmond struggles “to make it possible to run Windows 10 on your existing devices.”

“We understand the challenges that many organizations experienced as part of their Windows XP to Windows 7 migrations, and are working hard to ensure that compatibility between Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 is excellent,” the company said.

Hoping to convince Windows 7 users to upgrade

By keep hardware requirements untouched in Windows 10, Microsoft hopes that Windows 7 users would also be willing to upgrade, thus preparing the whole industry for the end of support of this particular OS version scheduled to take place in early 2020.

Microsoft is well aware that it could experience another Windows XP moment when Windows 7 support comes to an end, so rolling up new OS versions before this happens is critical in order to move users from older platforms.

At the same time, people familiar with the matter hinted that Microsoft is working to make Windows 10 more affordable for Windows 7 users, so expect the company to announce not necessarily a freeware license for the upcoming operating system, but at least big discounts for existing customers.




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[dcs18]

With the focus on businesses, Microsoft says that it will be possible to upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8 to Windows 10 straight from within the operating system, so no additional tools are required.

Possible, but - not advisable!!!

[eXentios]

With the focus on businesses, Microsoft says that it will be possible to upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8 to Windows 10 straight from within the operating system, so no additional tools are required.

Possible, but - not advisable!!!

As Murphy stated: "If anything can go wrong - it will", or "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it".

[stylemessiah]

With the focus on businesses, Microsoft says that it will be possible to upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8 to Windows 10 straight from within the operating system, so no additional tools are required.

Possible, but - not advisable!!!

Exactly, im with you

Who in their right mind does an in place upgrade?

Two words: Clean Install

Every damn time

[VileTouch]

question is not if it will be "possible" to upgrade, but more importantly, "is it worth it?" specially from 7 x64. either way the most sane (no pun) practice would be to wait for the first service pack to be released before even considering it as an option. that means 2 or 3 more years

[TheRuan]

I'm testing Windows 10 from time to time, and i haven't found any major problem so far, most of the stuff already works fine, just gaming isn't working, at least not in most games that i play.

[CODYQX4]

With the focus on businesses, Microsoft says that it will be possible to upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8 to Windows 10 straight from within the operating system, so no additional tools are required.

Possible, but - not advisable!!!

Exactly, im with you

Who in their right mind does an in place upgrade?

Two words: Clean Install

Every damn time

Yeah Windows Upgrades are bad like 90% of the time.

Linux and OS X, not so much. But Windows upgrades = world of pain, which is sad because then you spend a whole day fighting Windows Update to download and install the 9000 updates it wants right of the box that don't want to come off 0% and fail randomly. That is of course if you don't have to use a second PC just to install/download your NIC driver.

[GRiM]

question is not if it will be "possible" to upgrade, but more importantly, "is it worth it?" specially from 7 x64. either way the most sane (no pun) practice would be to wait for the first service pack to be released before even considering it as an option. that means 2 or 3 more years

Not unless you consider Win10 actually SP2 for Win8, (Which it basically is).

[mike.mt]

All will be answered when the final offering comes to the table

[Lacius]

Same hardware requirements

One of the things that Microsoft is working on right now is the hardware requirements list, as the company intends to keep it unchanged from Windows 7 and Windows 8.

This would basically mean that anyone running Windows 7 or Windows 8 on their computer should be able to deploy Windows 10 without any performance drop, as Redmond struggles “to make it possible to run Windows 10 on your existing devices.”

“We understand the challenges that many organizations experienced as part of their Windows XP to Windows 7 migrations, and are working hard to ensure that compatibility between Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 is excellent,” the company said.

Except Windows 8.0 has CPU check requirements that Windows 7 doesn't have, and Windows 8.1 (64-bit) has CPU check requirements that neither Windows 7 nor Windows 8.0 have.

[MidnightDistortions]

I'll wait on Windows 10 and see what happens.

[Ryrynz]

With the focus on businesses, Microsoft says that it will be possible to upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8 to Windows 10 straight from within the operating system, so no additional tools are required.

Possible, but - not advisable!!!

Who in their right mind does an in place upgrade?

I usually do clean installs but this time I'll do a in place from my W7 machine, really CBF installing fresh. Too much shit to reinstall/reconfigure.

My others are running fresh installed W8.1 so those will be in place as well.

[locoJoe]

Microsoft: Upgrading from Windows 7, 8 to Windows 10 Will Be Fast and Simple

Yes, maybe, whatever, but will it be necessary? The way I look at it is this:

Can I do something with Win10 that I can not do with Win7?

NB: In this age of NSA spying and backdoors etc etc etc one might well consider ulterior motives for such new OSs

[nIGHT]

I'm testing Windows 10 from time to time, and i haven't found any major problem so far, most of the stuff already works fine, just gaming isn't working, at least not in most games that i play.

Never tested Windows 10 yet.

So, it still has the same problem like Windows 8, 8.1 then.

Microsoft is trashing compatibility that gives the notion that gaming on PC is not their priority, while Linux is gaining on PC gaming.

Can't blame MS to do this as a marketing stunt to promote its XBOX as their gaming platform; And, that runs on Windows 7!

I guess Linux might soon become the OS for PC gaming then.

Windows 8.1 feels like snappier than Windows 7. Hope Windows 10 will be better. Looking forward to test it when I have time.

[nuthut]

I'm testing Windows 10 from time to time, and i haven't found any major problem so far, most of the stuff already works fine, just gaming isn't working, at least not in most games that i play.

Never tested Windows 10 yet.

So, it still has the same problem like Windows 8, 8.1 then.

Microsoft is trashing compatibility that gives the notion that gaming on PC is not their priority, while Linux is gaining on PC gaming.

Can't blame MS to do this as a marketing stunt to promote its XBOX as their gaming platform; And, that runs on Windows 7!

I guess Linux might soon become the OS for PC gaming then.

Windows 8.1 feels like snappier than Windows 7. Hope Windows 10 will be better. Looking forward to test it when I have

One minor glitch with an incompatible video driver on the laptop, but outside of that. It runs just as smooth as 7/8/8.1 ever has if not a little better

[nIGHT]

@nutnut I agree with you but we have been waiting for this fix since Windows 8 beta. :(

[DNM]

As Murphy stated: "If anything can go wrong - it will", or "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it".

So true

[davmil]

With the focus on businesses, Microsoft says that it will be possible to upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8 to Windows 10 straight from within the operating system, so no additional tools are required.

Possible, but - not advisable!!!

Exactly, im with you

Who in their right mind does an in place upgrade?

Two words: Clean Install

Every damn time

Agreed. Yeah, it's a lot more hassle re-installing but it always turns out to be cleaner and faster in my 30 years.

[Hateplesent]

ill keep with 7 lol