For Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. In a somewhat surprising announcement from today’s Windows showcase, Microsoft’s next operating system will be a completely free upgrade for those still running Windows 7 machines or stuck with Microsoft Bob Windows 8.1.
This follows in the footsteps of Apple’s free smaller updates for OS X since Mountain Lion. Don’t take it as an apology from Microsoft however, it simply sets up a new business model for their Office 365 and OneDrive services.
The preview will be available next week
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However, as gamers, I read that DX12 will be windows 10 only. So, if you have an nvidia card from the 4 series and up you may want to jump onto windows 10 asap.
Good stuff. I’ll be making the switch, which will most likely coincide with a GPU upgrade to the GTX 1080 (reminds me of 1080 snowboarding :P).