The $15 Windows 8 Upgrade Offer (Subcribe for a notification now!)

scrimshaw on 04/06/2012 - 18:59
Last edited 04/06/2012 - 23:13 by 1 other user

Via Microsoft

Short story: Any Windows 7 (bar W7 Starter Edition) equipped computers or laptops you buy within the next 6 months are automatically eligible for a $15 AUD upgrade to Windows 8 Pro Edition. Obviously, this offer is for purchasers of retail, pre-built computers, not beige-boxes which have been installed with OEM operating systems.

You must purchase a qualifying Windows 7 PC between 2 June 2012 and 31 January 2013 to be eligible for this offer. The last day to register and order your Windows 8 upgrade is 28 February 2013.

The Windows Upgrade Offer program is still not yet open, but you can head on to https://windowsupgradeoffer.com/en/ and put in your email address.
When the program opens, Microsoft will then notify you of it's availability.

Any additional information can be read in the Terms/Conditions and FAQ.

Offer Redemption

  • Eligible customers must register for the Windows Upgrade Offer through this website by 28 February 2013.
  • After customer registration and Microsoft validation, customers will receive a registration confirmation email.
  • Upon the General Availability (GA) and release of Windows 8, customers will receive an email with a promotion code and instructions for purchasing and downloading the software.
  • The promotion code will be redeemed during the upgrade ordering process to receive the promotional price.
  • Customers will be able to purchase a downloadable version of Windows 8 Pro.
  • An optional installation DVD is available for an additional fee, plus shipping and any applicable taxes or duties.
  • Customers can also choose to create their own installation media on DVD or USB media after downloading Windows 8.
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    • scrimshaw on 04/06/2012 - 20:24
      +3

      Who buys beige boxes anymore?

      The updated term is whitebox. Meaning custom built Pc.

      And as for the Safari-non compatibility, I think that's to give a hint that Mac users are excluded from the program.

        • No on 04/06/2012 - 20:52
          +3

          Then why did you click a link titled The $15 Windows 8 Upgrade Offer?

        • april123 on 04/06/2012 - 20:57
          +7

          Well, if he didn't click on the link he wouldn't have been able to tell the whole world how he cool he is. I mean he owns a Mac!!! He's not an ordinary Windows users who isn't hip enough to pay a bucket load for overpriced tech. He's just so cool. If that's not the epitome of street cred, I don't know what is.

        • A Banana4scale on 04/06/2012 - 22:43
          +1

          yeah Steptoe is totally awesome, if you met him on the street you wouldn't even know how much awesomeness hit you in the face with a mac

        • Tycn on 04/06/2012 - 23:27

          Plenty of current Windows 7 users seem to consider it a downgrade as well.

        • jaygee on 05/06/2012 - 01:18

          Are you retarded?

  • tonyjzx on 05/06/2012 - 06:18
    +2

    if you've installed Win8 and used Metro UI you'd question whether your $15 is well spent…

    btw. in 2009 you got a FREE upgrade to Win7 from Vista if you bought an eligible computer. Why are they making you pay now???

    • kryptoz on 05/06/2012 - 21:33

      actually after a few months of using it, I'm confident I'm never going back to 7.

      the metro UI is a bit sh!t — it is nice screen candy but serves little purpose but getting in the way of your desktop. perhaps if the icons actually showed more info (eg RSS tickers/live news videos/detailed weather/etc) it might be more useful. on top of that there are almost no apps for it yet, and most of the ones Microsoft provided are pretty flaky, (ie either don't work fully or at all), but it is a beta and major developers are yet to fully immerse themselves in the new OS. controls on a mouse-powered computer are not at all intuitive, when a person starts it first time, the rest takes some time getting used to. for a touch-screen device, win8 is really at home, and beats iOS4 for simplicity and elegance (don't be surprised to see some win8 inspired tweaks in iOS5 later this year).

      also, access to the control panel/admin stuff is a bit too hard to get to — it should all appear by default in any admin accounts (and many of the admin controls aren't fully functional in limited users accounts even when you use the admin login), which is quite frustrating.

      I've only had to do one refresh in 3 months of heavy use (50+hrs a week), albeit the refresh took a couple of hours to churn through it's stuff though the Microsoft messages said it would take just a few minutes!
      $15 isn't much to pay once it has all the bugs removed, and this is a much bigger upgrade from win7 than that was from vista.

  • atrix on 05/06/2012 - 09:00
    +2

    they are upgrading from windows 7 home premium to windows 8 pro.

    that may explain the $15 cost.

  • ThePensioner on 05/06/2012 - 14:39

    which PC's can you buy? anyone have a list?

    • Shaw on 12/07/2012 - 11:00

      Any Windows 7 (bar W7 Starter Edition) equipped computers or laptops you buy within the next 6 months

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