Want to upgrade Windows10 for free? Need to prepare for the necessary upgrades

After the Windows 7 classic, the performance of Win8/8.1 has been incapable, Microsoft can still return to the peak, success or failure in Windwos10. Therefore, Microsoft's attention to Windwos10 has reached an unprecedented height, even at the expense of the ultimate move & mdash; & mdash; free.

Have you been eager to try out Windows 10? But don't worry, in the process of waiting for the official launch of Windows 10 in summer, maybe you should learn more about the details of Win10 upgrade. The necessary preparations.

Win7/Win8/Win8.1/WP8.1 can be upgraded

According to the Microsoft conference and subsequent disclosure documents, we are currently using Win7, Win8 and Win8. 1 are all within the scope of being able to upgrade Win10. On the mobile side, Windows Phone 8.1 will also be supported smoothly. Just the already dead Windows RT and the older Windows Phone 8.0 version of the mobile phone are not supported by Microsoft's upgrade. This means that Surface and Surface 2 users will not be able to upgrade to the mainstream Win10 (maybe Microsoft will provide a separate patch for this part of the user, it is not easy to say).

It is also worth noting that, due to the design of the version, the PC side will be a major direction of Win10 update, so the functional upgrades that we have reported before will be more reflected. Above Win10. The mobile phone side will have relatively limited upgrade functions. However, in order to have a tighter connection with the Windows 10 system, if you have a WP phone on hand, I think it is better to upgrade.

A variety of upgrade options

Microsoft's free upgrade to users is not completely unconditional, this is worth noting. According to Microsoft, only users who choose to upgrade within one year from the date of the release of Win10 will be able to enjoy free upgrades and lifetime use. In other words, if you are not upgrading after the launch of the new Win10, you will lose the opportunity to freely upgrade for life for more than a year.

In the promotion of Win10, Microsoft put down the past world software industry "Idol package", choose large-scale cooperation with local hardware and software manufacturers. Among them, Microsoft chose Tencent Computer Manager and 360, which currently have a large number of users in China. Users can not only choose to reinstall Win10 as before, but also choose to upgrade in the update function to directly upgrade online, or you can more easily choose these cooperative software platforms to install. In general, more ways will bring more user upgrades to Microsoft to promote Win10, and on the other hand give users with poor computer technology the opportunity to take the initiative to choose, it is a better change.

Piracy can also be upgraded for free but not fully experienced

Microsoft's attitude towards piracy has always been very complicated, although pirated users account for about 79% in China (2012 data) ), but pirated users are indispensable to Microsoft. In the painful genuine belief, Microsoft hopes to hope that users will be genuine. On the other hand, the stability and consolidation of market share will depend on the maintenance of pirated users. At the same time, one of the core points of Windows 10 is the integration of multiple platforms. It seems that the promotion of Win10 is a more important goal than the genuine charging. So Microsoft made the most daring decision in history — — pirated users can also upgrade for free!

However, in order to distinguish the experience with genuine users, Microsoft also clearly stated at the WinHEC conference, although for pirated users Provide a free upgrade to Win10, but this does not mean that pirated users do not have to pay. A Microsoft spokesperson said: "With the new Windows Store, we will provide a 'turning right' mechanism for pirated Windows 10PC. & rdquo; From this we can speculate that Microsoft will still make some experience restrictions on users after upgrading Win10, so that users are in a tangled and inner conflict and eventually choose to upgrade to genuine. A typical example is the “black background” of pirated users in the Win7 era.

Support for old computers is very good

Many users are very worried about whether Win10 can run smoothly on their old computers. In fact, this kind of worry is superfluous. Microsoft's thinking began to change as early as Vista and Win7. From the continuous introduction of advanced hardware-consuming systems, it has become a model that pays more attention to building ecology.

From the various aspects of the demo and the installation of the Build preview version, Win10 will not consume more resources than Win8/Win8.1, and will continue to maintain Win8/8.1 The speed of the switch is fast. If your computer is capable of running smoothly on Win8/Win8.1 and Win7 64-bit versions, then running Win10 is definitely no problem.

Can make more space

In order to enable more mobile devices with smaller capacity (Ultrabook, Core-M thinner, Windows tablet) to get better on Win10 The experience, Microsoft also optimized the system footprint of Win10. According to Microsoft's technical details, Windows 10's ability to compress system files has been improved. The upgraded 32-bit version can return 1.5GB of storage space, and the 64-bit version can return 2.6GB, while WP smartphone users can also enjoy it. This kind of space saving.

In addition, Microsoft has redesigned the recovery function of Windows. Win10 does not need to store the recovery image separately, so it can realize the function of the user to restore the Windows device to the initialization state. Depending on the brand and model, the size of the recovery image saved will be between 4GB and 12GB. If you count the capacity returned after the upgrade, the user will get a 6.6-14.6GB space release, and a considerable capacity close to 15GB will bring a better storage experience for smaller and lighter devices.

Upgrade to meet this summer

At the just-concluded WinHEC conference, Microsoft gave the time when Windows 10 officially came to the side, that is this summer. All Win7, Win8, Win8.1 and WP8.1 devices will be updated and pushed, and users will be able to choose to update to Win10 in the first time.

Of course, for many Win7 users, it may be that the change of usage mode of Win10 will bring some incompatibility, but it should be much better when the Win8 release completely cancels the abrupt change of the start menu.

Now, the official version of Windows 10 is released, and there are still 3 months. From now on, consider whether you want to upgrade Windows10. In addition, you must remember that the free upgrade period is 1 year, within one year. After the free upgrade, you can enjoy life free for the life of the device.