News - Windows XP to Windows 8 upgrade price is set at £25

[HEXUS]

UK users can also upgrade their new Windows 7 computers for £15.

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[kevinc6784]

Sounds like a good price, and it needs to be with all the negativity surrounding the release of win 8, from desktop users at least. I still think i will be sticking with win 7 though for now.

[Percy1983]

Sure got a windows xp license sticker somewhere, might be worth it.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Do you think this would work,with an OEM laptop license??

[Clydonian]

how do you think the upgrade offer will work with the win 7 family pack, its basically one license for 3 machines? not that I'm intending on upgrading but I would like to be aware of my options.

[vettieboo]

how do you think the upgrade offer will work with the win 7 family pack, its basically one license for 3 machines? not that I'm intending on upgrading but I would like to be aware of my options.

I believe it was mentioned before that people with family packs will need to update separately, so need to have 3 payments, one for each PC.
Mentioned here.

'each PC you have installed Windows 7 on via the Windows 7 Family Pack can be upgraded one at a time with the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant for $39.99.' I doubt it will differ that much for the UK market.

[Tpyo]

I'm still waiting on the system builder price. If it is reasonable, I'm interested. If it is close to Win7 pricing (e.g. no preorder offer), I may stick with the tried and tested...

[3930k]

I'mma see if this works with my Scan bought OEM license.

[Nabobalis]

Can I create an iso and install from scratch?

[dcwt2010]

I still can't see why I'd upgrade from Win 7 to this but I will buy an upgrade key just in case. Crazy not to for this price!

[OilSheikh]

Will stick with Win7. Win8 is not at all appealing to me. Looks more like Win7 SP2

[bill hicks]

Sure got a windows xp license sticker somewhere, might be worth it.

Good idea, might give it a shot. If you have a 32bit copy of xp can you upgrade to 64bit win 8.

[Trash Man]

How does this work my own self built Windows 7 system? Will I be eligible for an upgrade?

[tickleonthetum]

The pricing is very good (especially for MS)! However, as a Windows 7 64-bit Desktop user I can't see any must have reason to 'upgrade'. I tried and got rid of a desktop touch screen as I found it impractical (they are great on tablets). I think the new 'ModernUI' look is horrible, and as I only have one PC with one a <7Mb Internet connection so I just can't get excited about Windows 8... There just doesn't seem to be enough to justify paying for it?!

This seems to be the big problem with Windows 8... it lacks a killer feature. Touch screens are not popular with desktop users, the user interface while tweaked is nothing revolutionary. It offers virtually nothing over Windows 7, and most people (and companies) I know are more than happy with Windows 7 (some even with XP), as it does what they need it to do. Most UK companies turn off all the bells and whistles anyway! Home users don't get anything new to rave about... so it's a tiny bit faster here and there, but so what?! It doesn't boost your gaming speed or skill by 400%, it doesn't make your programs load 3 hours faster, and it doesn't do the washing up!

Windows 8 is more like an update to Windows 7 as far as Desktop Users are concerned, and as such would need to be virtually free to attract consumers! To me going from Windows 7 x64 Pro to Windows 8 x64 Pro is worth about £10 at most!

So I will be sticking with Windows 7 for the foreseeable future.

I still stick by my prediction:

1.0 + 2.0 + 3.0 = 3.1

95 + 95SR + 98 = 98SE

WinMe + 2000 = XP

Vista + Sever + Home Server = 7

8 + 9 = Windows™

Have I got it right? Only time will tell...

[3930k]

The pricing is very good (especially for MS)! However, as a Windows 7 64-bit Desktop user I can't see any must have reason to 'upgrade'. I tried and got rid of a desktop touch screen as I found it impractical (they are great on tablets). I think the new 'ModernUI' look is horrible, and as I only have one PC with one a <7Mb Internet connection so I just can't get excited about Windows 8... There just doesn't seem to be enough to justify paying for it?!

This seems to be the big problem with Windows 8... it lacks a killer feature. Touch screens are not popular with desktop users, the user interface while tweaked is nothing revolutionary. It offers virtually nothing over Windows 7, and most people (and companies) I know are more than happy with Windows 7 (some even with XP), as it does what they need it to do. Most UK companies turn off all the bells and whistles anyway! Home users don't get anything new to rave about... so it's a tiny bit faster here and there, but so what?! It doesn't boost your gaming speed or skill by 400%, it doesn't make your programs load 3 hours faster, and it doesn't do the washing up!

Windows 8 is more like an update to Windows 7 as far as Desktop Users are concerned, and as such would need to be virtually free to attract consumers! To me going from Windows 7 x64 Pro to Windows 8 x64 Pro is worth about £10 at most!

So I will be sticking with Windows 7 for the foreseeable future.

I still stick by my prediction:

1.0 + 2.0 + 3.0 = 3.1

95 + 95SR + 98 = 98SE

WinMe + 2000 = XP

Vista + Sever + Home Server = 7

8 + 9 = Windows™

Have I got it right? Only time will tell...

Just so you know it is £15, £5 more than that.

[bill hicks]

I will be needing an o/s in the new year when I finally build my mid range gaming pc. would win 7 be a better choice for me.