Microsoft revealed some new details about a free upgrade to Windows 10 . It was found that users of Mac, select the "WINDOWS" in a virtual machine, this proposal will not be able to take advantage of. In an interview YahooTech said senior director of product marketing at Microsoft Aaron Woodman.
Get a free upgrade to Windows 10 can any user of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows 8.1. After switching on the "top ten" operating system remains forever in humans. The user does not have to make additional payments, including paying any subscription.
If your computer is running Windows 7 without SP1 or Windows 8 (rather than 8.1), the user will first need to download a free update to its operating system. Otherwise, Windows 10 may not have installed, said Knews .
However, Windows 10 will not free for all. For companies upgrade licenses will cost money.They will not be able to translate business PCs to the new version free of charge, as it will be able to make private consumers. In addition, the license for Windows 10 will not be free for producers. They will be required to pay a license fee for the installation of the newly issued PC.
Consumers in some cases also have to pay for a license, the spokesman added Microsoft.For example, the user would have to pay if he wanted to install Windows 10 on a "naked" PC (not Windows).
In addition to setting a fee for users who want to run Windows 10 on a Mac, using a virtual machine Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion. In this case also need to install the system clean and need a license.
Woodman did not specify how will be upgrade to Windows 10 pirated copies of Windows, but said that, ultimately, the task of the corporation - to transfer to the new OS all users. Earlier in Microsoft stated that after the upgrade "pirates" will not get automatically licensed to use the operating system.