Watch out for the MS Upgrade scam. It’s just a way for MS to upsell upgrades. The deal is, if you bought a PC between June 2012 and the release of W8 you could get a downloadable upgrade for $15. What they don’t tell you is that 1) you can’t install without W7 being installed unless you buy the full upgrade (which isn’t a full upgrade) and 2) the download is 32 bit only (again, 64bit only in full upgrade which isn’t a full upgrade). The full upgrade that isn’t a full upgrade (their words) costs $199.
When I told the clown most systems sold during the qualifying period were most likely 64bit, he told me that was my opinion.
When I told him he was a liar and a scammer, again I was told that was my opinion.
i bought 2 copies of windows 8 pro a couple of weeks ago at £24.99 from microsoft. although labelled as an upgrade, you can do a clean install by downloading as an iso file then burning that to a dvd.
so i wiped my old laptop vista 64 bit and installed windows 8 pro 64 bit. seems perfect so far. all the hardware on 5 year old lenovo laptop installed without any issues. got cubase, sony vegas pro, presonus studio one and reaper all working well amongst others. so for me it was a very good deal. i bought the 2nd copy for the future when i will install on main studio pc. some people have claimed that you can install a single copy on up to 5 pcs but i believe this was a misunderstanding. ed
I read the OP and didn’t respond but as I re-read I don’t see how this is a scam at all. If you bought a PC after June 2012 it should certainly have Win7 on it. If the OP doesn’t have proof that most PC’s sold are 64 bit ( I mean hard data) than it is just an opinion.
It’s a scam because nowhere in the 16 e-mails I got about the offer or at anytime during the purchase process was it mentioned it was 32bit only. Only reasearch before purchase brought it to light.