Pre-order listings for Windows 10 Home and Professional crop up on Newegg
Newegg has done it again. Just like it did with Windows 8 back in 2012, the e-tailer has spilled the beans on Windows 10 OEM pricing and release date. ZDNet’s Ed Bott recently chanced upon a couple of listings for Windows 10 OEM copies on the website.
The listings in question are for Home and Professional System Builder packages priced at $109.99 and $149.99, respectively. Even though it has refused to comment on them, Microsoft does not appear to have an issue with the listings remaining online. You can, in fact, go ahead and pre-order them this very moment, though you will have to wait until at least August 31, 2015 for your order to be fulfilled (i.e., if this information is final).
If you are currently running a qualifying version of Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1, you will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 the moment it’s available. Should you want to install Windows 10 on a new system, however, you’re probably going to need a retail or OEM System Builder license.
According to The Verge, it has been told by well-informed sources that the company is on track to release Windows 10 sometime in July, with the RTM (release to manufacturing) milestone likely in June. But it is likely to be a staggered release, with those in the Windows Insider Program being offered the upgrade ahead of everyone else. The report claims the “gap between the release to manufacturing process, where the OS is delivered to OEMs in preparation for new machines, and its availability as an upgrade to download and install” will be smaller compared to previous releases.
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