[geeks] [rescue] VirtualBox anecdotes - was Re: A wee bit off-topic

[hike]

Yes, one can get a "free" license of Windows 10 by joining the Windows 10
Technical Review.

Just how many non-techies are doing that?

My survey is 0%.
My observation on the "bugs" forum/list is that most people are
professional IT people or advanced-to-very-advanced end users.

Plus to follow the route of getting a "free" license requires that one
purchase a Windows 10-compliant PC.  It wouldn't run on my Dell Inspiron 15
(I forget the series number) and I had to get another Windows 10-compliant
PC (a Dell Latitude D6300 -- go figure that the newer one wouldn't run
Win10 but the ancient one would).


On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You can disagree all you want, but if I build my own PC (no MS tax), go
> online, join the 'insiders program' and download the technical preview of
> Win
> 10 now, once released that software will be updated to the released version
> and I am able to do fresh re-installs from release media.
>
>
> http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/20/8818383/microsoft-windows-10-free-for-teste
> rs
>
> Yes, you can argue that your Win7 purchase 5+ years ago amounts to 'paying
> a
> windows tax' to qualify for free upgrade, but the above describes how to
> get
> Win10 for free without ever having to pay a windows tax.
>
> Lionel
>
> On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:56 AM, Dan Sikorski <me at dansikorski.com> wrote:
>
> >> And going forward, MS announced that anyone that evaluates a Windows 10
> > before
> >> release will get a free permanent license for windows 10 for the machine
> > the
> >> evaluation was run on when it is released later this summer. The
> so-called
> >> 'Microsoft Tax' is going away.
> >>
> >> http://m.slashdot.org/story/295719
> >
> > I fully disagree with the above statement.  Windows 10 is being provided
> as
> a
> > free *update* to users who have *already purchased* a previous version of
> > Windows.  the b Microsoft Taxb  has already been paid, and they will
> > continue to sell a large number of windows licenses to OEMs.
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