For the win 8 upgrade to win 10, I really don't think it's a authorise upgrade since you don't really own a licence copy of win 8. So upgrade path is not applicable. You will get good deals if you stick with win 10 home. I am not sure where you can get good deal online but I really did seen good pricing on amazon, maybe bestbuy etc.
-------------------- regards Thomas N. Chan -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Bentley via Talk Sent: Friday, 21 June 2019 2:34 AM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List <[email protected]> Cc: James Bentley <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Installing Win10 Hi David, You should be able to buy a legal copy of Windows 10 from Amazon for around twenty bucks less than what Microsoft charges. Sometimes, you can find a legal recycled license from Ebay. These recycled licenses can cost around thirty bucks. They just send you the key and you go to the Microsoft web site to get your download. Always buy from a dealer from Ebay who has loads of excellant reviews. Also, you might still be able to upgrade Windows 8.1 with an authorized copy of Windows 10 at no cost. That is also downloaded from a Microsoft server but, I will wait for more details if some one else can please post about that. Good luck, James B -----Original Message----- From: David via Talk Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 1:07 PM To: WE English Mailinglist Cc: David Subject: Installing Win10 To the tech guys on this list, In about 6 months Microsoft will end the support for Win7. My Good old working-horse of a computer might then be retired to make it for a backup system. I do have a computer stored away in a closet, which has a broken version of Win8.1 on it. That is, it does not start up, only presents some kind of an error screen, informing me the Windows is not a valid version. Was a computer I bought second-handed, and apparently the seller was no honest guy. Now, I wonder if I might go for a full version of Win10, and simply wipe out the old hard drive on that computer, and do a totally clean install of Win10. I would be buying the Win10, through the Microsoft store, and hence get a downloadable of the operative system. Never been using Win10, and only have paid half an ear to any discussion on the matter. But I seem to remember something about it being possible for a blind to install the OS all without eyes. Is that correct, and does it even apply when I will be doing a clean - all from scratch - installation? Could of course go and buy a brand new computer, but they tend to be loaded with all kinds of bloatware, over here. And the store I saw the other day, offering to install a clean win10 on their new systems, asked a price for the windows, about 20% more than what I see it advertised in Microsoft Store. Would then be a better business to get the broken win8 machine of mine going. Thanks for all input you can give me on the matter. I will not be doing my choice all at this time, but will be nice to know what to do, once the right time or offer comes up. -- David _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/bentleyj1952%4 0att.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/thomas.nchan%4 0gmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
