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Given the number of puters in our SOHO, we have always purchased Pro versions of Windows. With the last build, wifie suggested that we didn't have to worry about here access to the network because when she's on, everyone else is asleep and no worry about having too many puters connected. It works.... most times, occasionally she gets a "too many connected" message.
So we saved $40 getting Win 7 Home instead of Pro and all was well enough. Now we are going to be subject to a force feed of updates if we upgrade her box to 10.
I have avoided a few negative mishaps by holding off a few days but the big one was when SP1 for XP broke every AutoCAD installation. I had calls from many firms who had their CAD staff sitting at their desks twiddling their thumbs for a cupla days which caused quite a financial ouchie.
With that in mind looking at our options....
a) Stay win Win 7
b) Do the "Anytime Upgrade" in Win 7
c) Do the "Anytime Upgrade" in Win 10
Anyone know what the cost is or have any knowledge with regard to differences between options ? From what I remember, it is $89.95 to do the Win 7 upgrade ..... looks like force feeding will give MS a revenue stream for Win 10 as users scramble to avoid force feeding
.... seems off that a $40 savings will cost me $90 in the end. Or is it different for a OEM license .... it would seem, for $90, after the upgrade you should have a retail license. ![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
So we saved $40 getting Win 7 Home instead of Pro and all was well enough. Now we are going to be subject to a force feed of updates if we upgrade her box to 10.
I have avoided a few negative mishaps by holding off a few days but the big one was when SP1 for XP broke every AutoCAD installation. I had calls from many firms who had their CAD staff sitting at their desks twiddling their thumbs for a cupla days which caused quite a financial ouchie.
With that in mind looking at our options....
a) Stay win Win 7
b) Do the "Anytime Upgrade" in Win 7
c) Do the "Anytime Upgrade" in Win 10
Anyone know what the cost is or have any knowledge with regard to differences between options ? From what I remember, it is $89.95 to do the Win 7 upgrade ..... looks like force feeding will give MS a revenue stream for Win 10 as users scramble to avoid force feeding