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Microsoft Corp. is expected to provide free Windows 9 upgrade to those who use Windows 8.1 today. Moreover, the company will reportedly offer Windows 9 with a huge discount to owners of Windows 7, the most popular version of Windows today.
In a bid to make Windows 9 more popular among end-users Microsoft will sell it to owners of Windows 7 for sub-$30, reports Wzor, a well-known source of Microsoft-related information. It is expected that the software developer will offer ESD distributives of Windows 9 in its store. The move makes a great sense since Windows 7 is more popular than Windows 8 among end-users and therefore Microsoft could sell a lot of Windows 9 licenses to people who still use the outdated OS.
Keeping in mind that Windows 9 is expected to be friendlier to users of desktop and laptop personal computers than Windows 8/8.1, it is logical to offer it to those, who still prefer Windows 7.
Microsoft is expected to formally announce Windows 9 “Threshold” on the 30th of September. The new OS is expected to be released commercially in the first half of 2015.
Microsoft did not comment on the news-story.
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KitGuru Says: If Microsoft proceeds with the plan to offer Windows 9 with huge discount to owners of Windows 7, this will mark the first time when the software giant will provide a discount to users of its outdated operating system that is more than five years old. Perhaps, the company will even reconsider its pricing policy in general with its next Windows.
I am still using Windows 7 Professional and it has been great. Will Windows 9 offer enough to make Windows 7 users want to upgrade? I am just worried about stability and driver compatibility.
In fairness Windows 8.1 is the most stable OS and has the best driver support, 8 got a bad rep and that only helped to lower what people expected. 8.1 did rectify several issues and wasn’t half bad once you got past the Metro interface
LOL I have win 8, 8.1 since developer preview, way better than win7, also I never used WinApps or the metro UI, (the metro UI is just made of shortcuts actualy)
I’ve got hopes that it will be. Since 98 it’s been hit and miss on rotation. 98 good, ME naff, xp good, vista naff, 7 good, 8 naff. Given that, 9 should be pretty good.
I can get Windows 8.1 as a free upgrade from my University, should I take the dive?