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Piracy will come back with a vengeance. I don't know how they'll tell people who go buy their laptops that they have to pay a monthly subscription if they want
by zouhair 11y ago
Piracy will come back with a vengeance. I don't know how they'll tell people who go buy their laptops that they have to pay a monthly subscription if they want to keep using it.
- diminoten 11y agoAnyone coming on HN and suggesting Microsoft is going to charge a monthly subscription for their OS is completely out of touch with reality.
- Schwolop 11y agoEspecially as it's already been announced that Windows 10 will be a free upgrade from pirated versions of Windows 7.
- castell 11y agoThe upgrade from Windows 7 and 8.1 to Windows 10 will be free the first year. It won't be free in 2017! It's still unclear if you get an upgrade license or a full license of Windows 10. The first one would mean, if you ever need to reinstall the PC/Notebook (harddisk/ssd crash), you would have to install Win7/8 and then upgrade to Win10 again (if the key allows that and is still valid in e.g. 2017). ReactOS is an attempt that building an open source version of Windows XP/7. It uses source code from WINE and it aims for better compatibility with legacy apps by using a WinNT-like OS-Kernel: http://www.reactos.org http://www.reactos.org
- lotu 11y agoNo, you are going to pay all the monthly subscriptions at once up front before you buy the laptop. It will work like this average laptop life span is say 42 months, and the monthly fee is $1.50. So the cost of a windows license is 42 * $1.50 = $66 which is baked into the price of the laptop. Microsoft will use more accurate numbers but the concept is unchanged.