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Windows 10: Windows 7, 8.1 users will get a free upgrade in the OS’ first year

22 Jan 2015
Steve Wright

At their Windows 10 event, Microsoft confirmed that it’ll will offer a free upgrade to Windows 10 to existing users of Windows 7 and 8.1. Also offered to Windows Phone 8.1 users, the free upgrade will be offered for one year from the launch of the new OS.

“Once a device is upgraded to Windows 10, we’ll be keeping it current for the supported lifetime for the device,” Terry Myerson, Chief of Operating Systems said.

Windows 10 is set to launch later this year. The operating system has a number of new gaming applications attached to it.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.