::::Report: Microsoft Offering $14.99 Upgrade to Windows 8::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1337046854_temp.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px&quot;>Microsoft reportedly will charge $14.99 for an upgrade to Windows 8 for those who buy a PC with Windows 7 on it after June 2, according to a report.</p><p style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px&quot;><span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>According to Windows Supersite</span>, the $14.99 upgrade offer will be timed at about the release date of the Release Preview of Windows 8, due at about the same time&nbsp;<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>in early June</span>. However, Microsoft will also reportedly offer just a single upgrade for all Windows 7 versions, up to Windows 8 Pro, Windows Supersite reported.</p><p style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px&quot;>In April,&nbsp;<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>Microsoft revealed that it would ship four versions of Windows 8</span>: Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro, a version for bulk purchasers, and&nbsp;<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>Windows 8 on ARM</span>, the flavor of Windows 8 that will appear on tablets and may&nbsp;<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>face Congressional investigation</span>.</p><p style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px&quot;>Not surprisingly, Microsoft will also retain its practice of offering upgrades from Windows 8 Basic to Windows 8 Pro, Windows SuperSite added. In Windows 7, for example, the Upgrade Anywhere option allows users to unlock Windows 7 Premium content and functionality that coded onto the disc itself.</p><p style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px&quot;>Microsoft officials hasn't yet responded to requests for comment by press time.</p><p style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px&quot;>Microsoft also hasn't said, unofficially or officially, whether or not, the handful of Windows Vista users still using that operating system would be able to upgrade directly to Windows 8 or not. Microsoft prevented Windows XP customers from upgrading directly to Windows 7, prompting&nbsp;<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>an outpouring of angst</span>&nbsp;from some. When Vista shipped in January 2007, XP had multiple upgrade paths, but customers using Windows 2000 and its older brethren were left without a direct upgrade path.</p><p style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px&quot;>Separately, Best Buy said Monday, that from May 13 to June 2, customers could buy a new notebook PC from its&nbsp;<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>Premium Collection</span>&nbsp;and receive a free version of Microsoft Office Home &amp; Student 2010.</p>

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