Is Win10 upgrade permanent?

[DanGaEb]

Hi

I installed windows 10 free upgrade from windows 8.1 a couple of months after it came out.

Will I have windows 10 forever?

Probably a stupid question but I thought I may as well ask

Thanks

 

[Colif]

Forever on the current pc, yes... but if you get a new pc (or a new motherboard/cpu), you need a new licence for win 10 or whatever operating systems are around at that stage.

 

[thor220]

Hi

I installed windows 10 free upgrade from windows 8.1 a couple of months after it came out.

Will I have windows 10 forever?

Probably a stupid question but I thought I may as well ask

Thanks

Yes, so long as you don't upgrade your motherboard. Also, do note that windows 10 has 2020 listed as it's end of service date.

 

[Colif]

They are changing that date every time they release a new version of Windows 10, that is just when they stop supporting the current version. Keep updating, never runs out...

 

[thor220]

They are changing that date every time they release a new version of Windows 10, that is just when they stop supporting the current version. Keep updating, never runs out...

Nope. It's remained the same since release

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle

You can keep watching it too and see how it won't increase.

 

[Colif]

Since people still use XP and it lost support years ago, it shouldn't really matter too much what they do. If Win 10 works fine on your computer, just use it as long as you can. I never believed win 10 would be the last windows, that was just marketing or some such.

The point is, you can use it forever on current pc provided you don't buy new things after it stops being supported that don't work with it. Nothing in tech is forever really.

 

[notuptome2004]

Since people still use XP and it lost support years ago, it shouldn't really matter too much what they do. If Win 10 works fine on your computer, just use it as long as you can. I never believed win 10 would be the last windows, that was just marketing or some such.

The point is, you can use it forever on current pc provided you don't buy new things after it stops being supported that don't work with it. Nothing in tech is forever really.

What people still use XP. i know of None that use it and it is course no longer supported way beyond not supported .

 

[CountMike]

Since people still use XP and it lost support years ago, it shouldn't really matter too much what they do. If Win 10 works fine on your computer, just use it as long as you can. I never believed win 10 would be the last windows, that was just marketing or some such.

The point is, you can use it forever on current pc provided you don't buy new things after it stops being supported that don't work with it. Nothing in tech is forever really.

What people still use XP. i know of None that use it and it is course no longer supported way beyond not supported .

I have couple of laptops and and older desktop still running XP and an even older one with W98.

 

[USAFRet]

Hi

I installed windows 10 free upgrade from windows 8.1 a couple of months after it came out.

Will I have windows 10 forever?

Probably a stupid question but I thought I may as well ask

Thanks

Yes, so long as you don't upgrade your motherboard. Also, do note that windows 10 has 2020 listed as it's end of service date.

Windows 10 - 2020?
No, that is Win 7.
Extended support for Win 10 is Oct 14, 2025.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle

 

[thor220]

Hi

I installed windows 10 free upgrade from windows 8.1 a couple of months after it came out.

Will I have windows 10 forever?

Probably a stupid question but I thought I may as well ask

Thanks

Yes, so long as you don't upgrade your motherboard. Also, do note that windows 10 has 2020 listed as it's end of service date.

Windows 10 - 2020?
No, that is Win 7.
Extended support for Win 10 is Oct 14, 2025.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle

I was quoting mainstream support. Extended support is security patches only.

 

[USAFRet]

I was quoting mainstream support. Extended support is security patches only.

" Also, do note that windows 10 has 2020 listed as it's end of service date."

End of service date? Which means what, exactly?

 

[thor220]

I was quoting mainstream support. Extended support is security patches only.

" Also, do note that windows 10 has 2020 listed as it's end of service date."

End of service date? Which means what, exactly?

At this point, no one really knows. It's probably a date Microsoft has set just in case the whole windows 10 as the last MS operating system thing doesn't work out. Frankly I'm hoping it doesn't work out because that means that Microsoft will be gettings it's revenue from the windows store and ads, which is bad news for the openness of the platform.

Windows 10 is a good OS that sets bad precedents.

 

[LukeFatwalker]

Nothing is ever permanent when you have AT LEAST 10 different disk images for the last 5 or so OS'. I'm living in a dream world of stable OS'