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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 805334">I have to agree that it was probably the smartest thing they have done. I know that before W10 was released, there were a lot of people (tech writers) that have been asking/saying that MS should offer the upgrade for free, since many people already have Windows with which ever computer they bought. If people bought a new computer afterwards, or needed additional copies, then yes they can charge for it, but their stance was that it should be a free upgrade. Seems like they listened with W10, but these people have been saying this since W7, so, it only took MS how many years? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite115" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />On the other hand I think another motivating factor for them was to get as many people switched over to W10 from either 7 or 8.1 just so they only have to maintain one version essentially. I do agree that if they didn&#039;t offer it for free that a lot more people like you would have just stuck with what ever version they were running currently and as a result they would still have to maintain and fight with 3 major versions of the OS.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 805334"] I have to agree that it was probably the smartest thing they have done. I know that before W10 was released, there were a lot of people (tech writers) that have been asking/saying that MS should offer the upgrade for free, since many people already have Windows with which ever computer they bought. If people bought a new computer afterwards, or needed additional copies, then yes they can charge for it, but their stance was that it should be a free upgrade. Seems like they listened with W10, but these people have been saying this since W7, so, it only took MS how many years? :p On the other hand I think another motivating factor for them was to get as many people switched over to W10 from either 7 or 8.1 just so they only have to maintain one version essentially. I do agree that if they didn't offer it for free that a lot more people like you would have just stuck with what ever version they were running currently and as a result they would still have to maintain and fight with 3 major versions of the OS. [/QUOTE]

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