Will Microsoft give away Windows 9 for free
to Vista, XP users?
Will Microsoft go as far as giving Windows 9 away for
free to Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 users? This may well be the case as the
focus moves away from Windows 8 towards its successor, which is expected to
land in spring 2015.
Rumors say that Microsoft could be offering "some
kind deal" to users of the three operating systems to entice them to move
away from legacy platforms. Such a deal, she writes, could be in the form of a
free upgrade.
Microsoft has offered such deals to kick start
transitions from older platforms to newer ones in the past, but given the large
contingent of Windows XP users out there, a freebie might lure them to Windows
9 - rather than Google Chrome or Apple's OS X.
According to Foley's sources, Windows 8.1 Update 2 is
expected to land on August 12, on the company's monthly Patch Tuesday. It's
said to be a minor one and won't be mandatory, and its content is expected to
include minor design changes, but nothing spectacular.
Instead, the focus will be on Threshold, also referred to
as Windows 9, which is expected to place a particular emphasis on getting some
crucial features - like a new start menu
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