We've known since January that Microsoft really wants to get people to upgrade to
Windows 10: that's when the company announced that all
Windows 7 and Windows 8 owners will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free
during its first year of release. For awhile, there were some
confusing headlines floating around that claimed even pirates would get Windows
10 for free. Microsoft has since clarified that non-genuine copies of Windows
will remain non-genuine after an update to Windows 10, but they've also teased
some special deals in the works to try to get pirated Windows users to go
legit.
"In partnership with some of our valued OEM
partners, we are planning very attractive Windows 10 upgrade offers for their
customers running one of their older devices in a Non-Genuine state,"
wrote Microsoft's Terry Myerson in
a recent Windows blog post.
We can only speculate on what that means at this
point; it sounds like the big OEMs like Dell and HP will be the ones offering
special deals to people who already own their systems. Those deals may not
apply to a home-built system running non-genuine Windows.
Also, if you're curious what happens when you try to
upgrade from 7/8 to Windows 10 using a non-genuine copy, Myerson clarified:
"When we can’t verify that Windows is properly
installed, licensed, and not tampered with, we create a desktop watermark to
notify the user...Microsoft and our OEM partners know that many consumers are
unwitting victims of piracy, and with Windows 10, we would like all of our customers
to move forward with us together. While our free offer to upgrade to Windows 10
will not apply to Non-Genuine Windows devices, and as we’ve always done, we
will continue to offer Windows 10 to customers running devices in a Non-Genuine
state."
Recently, AMD's CEO stated
that Windows 10 will be released at the end of July.
Source : PC Gamer
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