Microsoft extends Windows 10S free upgrade period

[HEXUS]

And announces more Surface Laptop colours coming to additional countries.

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[Wozza63]

$50? Just buy an OEM key for £3 off ebay. Bought one today, works no problem! Though the item got removed by eBay hours later.

[Output]

$50? Just buy an OEM key for £3 off ebay. Bought one today, works no problem! Though the item got removed by eBay hours later.

It's pretty obvious at that price that it's unlikely to be a legitimate key.

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[iworrall]

And yet there is no legal upgrade path from W10 Home to W10 Pro without buying the whole OS again.

[LSG501]

I know this is supposed to be the 'halo' windows s machine but if I'm paying that much for a laptop I want a full non crippled OS, although I know there are people that will be fine with windows S.

So IMO MS should make all their products with Windows S but give them all a free option to go to windows pro within the first year. After that initial year it can be the $50 or whatever they want to charge for essentially changing a few 'hidden' settings in OS.

[FRISH]

And yet there is no legal upgrade path from W10 Home to W10 Pro without buying the whole OS again.

Tbh that's one thing that bugged me. I didn't go for the upgrade to windows 8 for £20 a while back because the interface didn't seem desktop friendly and windows 10 doesn't have a cost effective option that really differs from just buying a full pro version.