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Re:Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft ... by richard_todd on Thursday October 05, 2017 @10:45AM (#15409563)
How does the free upgrade happen these days? I thought that was over in 2016? If it is still available somehow I have some machines I would upgrade.
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Re:Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft ... by Santosh83 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @01:14PM (#15410777)
If you use assistive technologies, you can still upgrade for free [1]. In practise this allows anyone to upgrade as it doesn't seem to particularly test for active use of an assistive technology.

[1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgra...

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Re:Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft ... by ocdtrekkie on Thursday October 05, 2017 @10:56AM (#15409653)
The "Get Windows 10 app" is no longer available, but the Media Creation Tool will upgrade any PC running Windows 7 or 8.1, and you can fresh install Windows 10 on any PC using a valid Windows 7 or 8.1 key and it will activate. This is true even for versions of Windows 10 released after the "end" of the upgrade offer.

The only thing stating the upgrade offer has ended is "The Windows 10 free upgrade through the Get Windows 10 (GWX) app ended on July 29, 2016." Which is technically true, but the free upgrade is still offered through other methods.

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