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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
Just to add to that sentiment, for some months after Windows 8 was released the price of an upgrade from XP, Vista or Windows 7 was only US$40 (and that gave one Windows 8 Pro too). This offer was widely publicized and worldwide. I have reports of instances where it was made available to some for around US$15.
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When Windows 7 came out, the cost was half-price. That was also widely publicized. So I don't feel for most people who say that the cost to upgrade (unless they also had to upgrade hardware) is too much. It just doesn't wash when they had the opportunity to get Windows 7 & Windows 8 for cheap.