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I recently bought a Thinkpad with W7 Pro. I have no real use for Windows right now, and I'm thinking of wiping that disk to install a BSD on it. But things ch
by clarry 10y ago
I recently bought a Thinkpad with W7 Pro. I have no real use for Windows right now, and I'm thinking of wiping that disk to install a BSD on it.
But things change, and I if I'm lucky, I may (have to) do a little bit of software development (porting at least) for Windows in a year or two. Most likely people will want Windows 10 support at that point. In my situation, would you recommend upgrading?
EDIT: I've considered using a VM for Windows, but I don't know if it'll be painfully slow. And I'm not sure if I can get a copy of Windows for that purpose free of charge.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoYup. Get the upgrade. Even if you uninstall immediately once you see Windows 10 is activated, getting the free upgrade now entitles your hardware to it for life. And UWP development does require Windows 10.
- StavrosK 10y agoI would recommend a VM, which is what I do for all systems I need to develop for but not use as my everyday system.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoNote that VMs often will not get the necessary IDs to entitle the PC itself to the upgrade. Switching between a VM and bare metal will change the entitlement as Microsoft sees it, and I'm not totally sure entitlements will work on VMs at all. Just in case, I'd upgrade the PC itself, even if you do it with a spare hard drive or something.
- StavrosK 10y agoHmm, you're right, I'm not sure what will happen to the license itself. It's just what I do when I need to develop for systems that I won't use for other things.