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Old 01-22-2015, 06:23 PM   #52
eschwartz
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Originally Posted by howyoudoin View Post
We were talking about a free upgrade, not a purchase. If an XP user sees a free upgrade to the latest OS, he might not exercise due diligence in his excitement.

Well, a product offered for free would have more adopters than if the same product were to be paid for. Hence the likelihood of more disappointed XP users if it were offered for free, and more complainers as a result.
What precisely is your point?

Whether a retail copy or a free upgrade, they will still be told, when they try to install:
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Hardware Requirements for running Windows 10:
  • ........
  • ........
  • ........
  • ........
  • ........

Your hardware is not capable of running Windows 10. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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