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We set out to make it as easy as possible for everyone to upgrade to Windows 8. Starting at general availability, if your PC is running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 you will qualify to download an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for just $39.99 in 131 markets. And if you want, you can add Windows Media Center for free through the “add features” option within Windows 8 Pro after your upgrade.

When you use Windows.com to purchase an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro, the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant makes upgrading simple by walking you through the upgrade process step-by-step from purchase to download and then of course installation.



The Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant will check to make sure your PC is ready for Windows 8. It will provide a detailed compatibility report that lets you know of anything you may have to address before or after the upgrade and outlines actions to take.



It will also inform you of any application or device compatibility issues. It will ask you what you want to keep from your current Windows installation. You will be able to upgrade from any consumer edition of Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro and bring everything along which includes your Windows settings, personal files, and apps. If you are upgrading from Windows Vista, you will be able to bring along your Windows settings and personal files, and if you are upgrading from Windows XP you will only be able to bring along your personal files. Of course, if you want to start fresh, you can choose to bring nothing along. Or if you prefer to format your hard drive as part of your upgrade experience, you can do so as long as you boot from media and then format your hard drive from within the setup experience for installing Windows 8, not prior to it.



Once you purchase your upgrade, the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant kicks off your download. It has a built-in download manager that allows you to pause and continue your download at any time as well as a check to ensure your download completes successfully.



After your download finishes, you can choose to proceed with the upgrade (“Install now”) or install later either from your desktop or by creating your own media. If you choose to create your own media, you will be able to create your own bootable USB or .ISO file which can be burned onto a DVD for upgrade and backup purposes. If you prefer, you also have the option of purchasing a backup DVD for $15 plus shipping and handling.

We believe that your upgrade experience in Windows 8 will be a breeze by offering a faster experience, a single upgrade path, and compatibility from prior versions of Windows. We’ve continued to listen to our customers and have expanded the ability to download to over 100 countries and 37 languages. We have simplified the Windows upgrade experience with the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant which supports you during your upgrade with everything from selecting your language to pausing your download to built-in compatibility checks - it’s seamless. And if you’re an enthusiast you will have the flexibility to download and control how you upgrade.

If you prefer to shop at a local store, a packaged DVD version of the upgrade to Windows 8 Pro will be available for $69.99 during this promotion.

This upgrade promotion for Windows 8 Pro both online and at retail runs through January 31st, 2013.

We wanted to share information about this upgrade promotion with you as we continue to drive toward the RTM milestone for Windows 8. We will of course have more to say and more details to provide closer to general availability.

Oh, and by the way - if you’re not upgrading from a prior version of Windows and are building your own PC or installing Windows 8 in a virtual machine or a separate partition, you will be able to purchase and install the Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro System Builder product.
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Will buy it for sure now!
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Megido
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Yeah, for 40 wingwangs it sounds like a good deal. I just kinda hope it's not another me/vista type POS.
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"you may need to install a app for dvd playback"

erm, there is no player on there as standard anymore? do i have to buy media center separately now?
and..app? wtf is this for the iPhone?
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Err...i'd assume that any freaking media player, like VLC or MPC, will still play dvds?
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Posté par ManThatYouFear
and..app? wtf is this for the iPhone?
I hate this shit. "App" was pretty widely used prior to iOS.
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Yeah, for 40 wingwangs it sounds like a good deal. I just kinda hope it's not another me/vista type POS.
Yeah, I'm still not buying it. Metro is trash on the desktop. I'm not sure it's going to take off without a tremendous amount of pushing on Microsoft's behalf.
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So, what's the deal with windos8 then? I mean i thin Win7 is pretty damn good, waht's supposed to change wit 8?
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Tinks
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Yeah I like 7
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Isomac
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No start menu anymore, it's replaced with that metro shit. They say it's because no one used start menu anymore. WTF.

I read there was some registry values that you changed in the betas and you got start menu back. Then MS removed those values... Why can't I have a fucking option to use the god damn start menu. Serious question.
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Megido
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WHAT!? So they expect me t use my goddamn PC like it's some shitty touch device? Yeah, so much for window 8 then...linux here i come :P
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Isomac
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There is still the desktop too but it feels so annoying to have pretty much 2 OS's in one. Metro and desktop minus the start menu.

Yeah and that Metro menu only is good to use with some touch screen I guess. I never have liked the metro look anyway. I think I'll keep my 7 and see how the Windows 9 looks.

Edit: so sleepy. I'll go see some nightmares about Windows 8.

Windows 8 urgh..
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
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Yeah, so much for window 8 then...linux here i come :P
Not sure if serious. Windows 7 isn't going anywhere. But I do think Microsoft is going to keep pushing Metro until it sticks. Lets hope I'm wrong.

The real travesty is that the Windows 95 interface sorta finally grew up with Vista/7. The start menu is fucking awesome, after years of being pretty useless... soooo... lets kills it! Kill it with metro fire!
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I bet sooner or later MS forces 8 for everyone through the windows update.

Damn nightmares.
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Optimusv2
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I don't see the big difference between the start menu and the start screen, to be honest. Only the start screen looks far cooler, and is able to convey more instantly viewable information pertaining to the particular software that you want to use. As far as I'm concerned, it's a fancy redesign of the start menu, only they are thinking a bit more forward. I can say without a doubt that I'm stickying the software I use most often far more than I'm going into the start menu, that's for sure.

Start menu use is mostly reserved for pulling up a command prompt, opening up msconfig, going into control panel, or quickly jumping into my music/documents folder. Although, I can do that from the taskbar as well.

And I assume the security should be good, because what stops somebody from just getting some bogus copy and upgrading from that? Then again, I guess MS won't care as long as people are paying to upgrade to Windows 8? Hmm, could be a smart way to make money even from the software pirates, some of them anyway.
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Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

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I don't see the big difference between the start menu and the start screen, to be honest.
Do you.. use Windows 7? The searchable start menu is the most usable UI element Microsoft has developed in the last.. like ever. It fuckin' rules.

A fancy redesign of the start menu.. moving.. what? It sounds to me like you think the start menu in Windows 7 is the same as it's always been. That's just wrong.

Sticking a bunch of big ass tiles all over my screen is not a step forward. Not a step past a searchable menu that can deliver anything on my PC to me in a matter of seconds. No friggin way.
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Just buy Windows 8 bros!! It's only like $40....its the latest OS with the latest security patches and all

buy it ^_^
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7 is tolerable, but it's no 98 to XP leap, or even 98 to 2k for that matter.

My biggest issue with 7 is its ambiguity, dumbed-down specifics, and locked directories that require some safe mode tweaks to modify. That and it shuffled and buried a lot of aspects that didn't need moving or burying.

I don't use the eye-candy interface, nor the other resource hogging programs. I can make it look how I like and have always enjoyed. Most games still support DX9, DX11 is nice.

I don't understand a the need for an 8. I fear this will end up becoming like what has hurt a lot of programs; A consistent re-releasing of 1% more content that isn't even necessary but available to you at full price.

doom: The oldest rule in the book, never update unless you have a problem.
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Megido
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Yeah no the buggy mess that is win 98 is totally superior to win 7. Gtfo.
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lol.. people here ran 98 instead of NT4. Noobs.
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Yeah no the buggy mess that is win 98 is totally superior to win 7. Gtfo.
Yuo dnot konw hwo ot raed.

=)
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yea not going to bother with this any more. Thanks for bringing it to our attention Mr Gabe
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Why did you need to hear it from Gabe?
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wasn't he the first one to point out how bad Windows 8 is for PC gaming? He called it a disaster in a recent interview
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wasn't he the first one to point out how bad Windows 8 is for PC gaming? He called it a disaster in a recent interview
Windows 8 being bad for everyone who isn't Microsoft pushing a tablet should have been pretty dang obvious in the first place. Windows 8 is bad for OEM's.
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yea I will just stick to Windows 7.
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