Fennicillin
Hopefully users will get their own key and a clean .iso. I'd rather have a root canal than install 10 through Windows Update like 8.1 from 8. And believe me, I've done both simultaneously.

NazcaC2
After the first year, the offer expires, not the upgrade.

candle_86

Nereus

Fennicillin
Hopefully users will get their own key and a clean .iso. I'd rather have a root canal than install 10 through Windows Update like 8.1 from 8. And believe me, I've done both simultaneously.

Oh hell yes, no way I'd take an update only installation.. plus I do a fresh o/s install every 6 months or so, so forget that!
 
If they bring in subscription based o/s, I am so gone. Let me buy it and then leave me the hell alone.
 
Other than that, I am looking forward to it - MS have this good/bad/good/bad pattern with new o/s releases; XP good, Vista bad, W7 good, W8 bad... W10 good??? Here's hoping.

 
nah you got it all wrong by your logic.
 
Win 1 = Bad = Bad
Win 2 = Good = Bad
Win 3 = Bad = Good
Win 3.1 = Good 
Win NT 3.1 = Bad = Good
Win 95 = Good 
Win NT 4 = Bad = Good
Win 98 = Good 
Win 98 SE = Bad = Good
Win 2000 = Good 
Win ME = Bad
 
see how that works for ya lol.
 
Honestly the problem with vista was hardware requirements and lack of drivers on release. Back in 2001 XP had little driver support and it ran like a dog on mimimum hardware
 
Vista got a bad name because compaines sold it on Celerons with 512mb of ram, anyone with a dual core and 2gb of ram never had much of an issue in Vista, add to that it was more secure and over all offered better stability than XP, you'd almost think every geek is a parrot.
 
Same goes for 8, everyone avoided 8 because a few narrow minded tech types said its junk, yet its faster than 7, its more secure, its interface was easily learned if you tried. Yet again Parrot syndrome took over.

bdary
Personally, I'll buy Win10 when it releases.  I won't upgrade my current Win7 OS though.  Even though it will mean buying it, I prefer keeping my Win7 OS along with Win10 (dual boot).
 
I've been running Win10 TP since the 1st release and have been pretty happy with it so far and it seems to get a bit better with every new build released.

NazcaC2
Based on information provided by Microsoft, the upgrade will be available through the Windows Store. I hope we'll be given the option to get an ISO also for a clean install / backup.

Nereus

NazcaC2
Based on information provided by Microsoft, the upgrade will be available through the Windows Store. I hope we'll be given the option to get an ISO also for a clean install / backup.

Looks like it will - retail through Newegg.. [link]
 
Oh, and this : It has to be clean installed from windows 7. There is only an upgrade from 8 to 10.. that means there must be a disc/.iso

Grey_Beard
I was happy until reading Nereus' post. I will wait until the final version comes out and is reviewed before diving in. Would love to see the original items and functionality, but there is no way to be sure until we get closer to the release date. Still hopeful, as I would love a more current OS than Windows 7.

Nereus
 
Hmmm.. just read this review from the build a few days ago.. not sounding impressive:
 
This is a preview version of the OS and as such is not finished. This does not mean we cant follow the progress and determine a likely outcome. For those who are wondering Aero Glass is gone forever. Ive used every build of Windows 10 including the ones not officially released. Im currently on build 9926 which was just released today. 1/23/2015. The supposed start menu is nothing more than the start screen in a smaller mode that can now be maximized full screen. All transparency has been removed even in the taskbar. The start menu lacks all of the functionality from 7. You cannot organize programs in folders and uses the same model the windows phone does now by displaying alphabetical headers and places items under its appropriate header. For example calculator is under header 'C'. It mixes metro apps, folder, and desktop programs all in one under the header. The left side of the menu is no longer customizable at all. you cannot add items to it such as pinned items only the MRU is updated. The ability to choose which items are pinned like control panel, music, documents, etc.. has been disabled in the options dialog. The caption buttons are now giant 24x24 size with a 22 pixel padding between them and you still cannot adjust basic element colors like inactive caption or button face. Cortana is broken and barely works at all. You MUST use a Microsoft account to use her. Search is also broken. doing a search for *.txt only showed 38 results of the 1200 I have and of those only 6 were displayed with no other way to scroll or access the rest. using the searchbar embedded at the top of any window yields correct results. other features like virtual desktops still look unfinished and have no support what so ever. Most animations have been removed although a few do still remain. Most of these differences didn't exist in prior builds so its easy for us to discern a pattern. with each new build it looks and functions less like 7 and more like 8.
Jan 24,2015
 
...damn.
 

awalleyeguy
Seems to be win 8 renamed. I guess when M$ got their head stuck up their rear the fumes have destroyed the ability to hear and learn. I still do not understand the thinking of trying to make a mobile OS and force it upon a desktop. Is it really so difficult to give the option at install of classic/desktop or mobile/other.