free upgrade? I believe the free Windows 7 upgrade that was listed on here a few weeks ago seems to have disappeared. Is it still available? Thanks!
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It's weird. I didn't even know there was a shipping fee until I saw (in tiny little letters of course) on the upgrade sheet that arrived with my computer. I was curious because, when I processed the 'free' upgrade offer it said It would cost me $11+ for 'shipping and handling'. So I checked the sheet & saw that there is a charge to some locations (?)...I'm not on a different planet or anything, but whatever. It's still a deal. :)
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I had the same question regarding the free Windows 7 upgrade. It was listed with the Toshiba Satellite A505-S6973 but I noticed the offer is no longer linked with this laptop. This free upgrade was one of the factors considered in my purchasing this laptop. Unfortunately for me, however, no instructions for the free Windows 7 upgrade were included with the laptop documentation. On reading one of the reviews for this laptop, the writer indicated that he received instructions for the free upgrade with his Toshiba Satellite A505-S6973 laptop. What gives?
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Give Toshiba's website a try. Enter the requested informaiton from you laptop and it will tell you immmediately if you are eligible. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.http://laptops.toshiba.com/windows7upgrade-learnmore
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Thank you, C. Pinney!!!!! I did as you suggested - went online to Toshiba, filled out the questionnaire, uploaded my purchase receipt - lo and behold - I was told I was eligible!!!! Thanx again!
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i signed up to have the free windows 7 sent to me and they said nothing about paying for shipping. they only said they will send me an email when they send it out. they didn't ask me for a credit card number and they can't really charge me without it.
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I called customer support about the Windows 7 issue and Liz assured me that this Toshiba will receive the Free Windows 7 upgrade. I called this morning! That was one issue keeping me from ordering. I feel better now.
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I have the same problem but for ALL updates - there are about 60 some odd updates that need to be applied and I can't get them to apply. I've tried a few things I saw online but gave up when none of them worked. I need to completely re-install Windows on it. Do you remember if it came with a Windows disk? I can't find one.
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once you have windows 8 you can upgrade to windows 8.1 for free in the windows store it is a 3GB download for 8.1 and haven't much of a difference just small tweaks that it hope this helped
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Windows 8.1; even if it was Windows 8, you get free upgrades to the latest Windows 8.x
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I upgraded from Windows XP. It backs up everything, installs windows 7,and then reloads everything back in. I am also going to do it to a windows Vista machine. I bought a brand new upgrade version of Windows 7 off of Ebay from a company in the UK and it only cost me 154.00 American dollars. That included shipping. My first copy I bought off of Amazon and it cost 210.00 dollars. Do some research and you might be able to save some money. The upgrade version does all the hard work for you, the factory version does a clean install and won't back up anything first. Hope this info helps and good luck.
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hi Douglas, No, this one has no downgrade rights to Windows 7. You may reformat the PC and install a Window 7 OS instead, but you will have to buy the OS, media and license, and it will definitely void the PC's warranty. Thanks PCrush
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Follow up: Right after I responded to your inquiry my new computer upgraded to 8.1 automatically via Windows updates, and for free. Now I have 8.1 Pro. :)
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It's 8.1, came installed already. I am really happy with 8.1. I'm sorta dreading windows 10. I've gotten used to 8.1, and I really really like it.
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Chris, I do not believe that this is a upgrade for Ultimate. Question, why would your license have expired? You can now download VS 2013 community edition.
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I have been thinking about it but after reading everything I can find it doesn't appear to be anything I would tackle myself. The cost of hiring an expert and buying Windows 7 would come close to buying another computer. I am using this Windows 8 machine and hating it every minute. As soon as I can afford it I am trashing it and buying something else. The actual hardware seems good. It is just the operating system that is trash. I would not buy it. I would search for an older computer with Windows 7 on it. I have Windows 7 on my laptop and love it. I hope this helps. Charles
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Mine came loaded with Windows 7, but it has an official Windows 8 sticker on the bottom. Win 8 may be included somehow, but I'm just not interested enough to find out where.
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Microsoft doesn't offer a downgrade to 7. You would have to buy Windows 7 (which is pretty expensive), and install the new operating system from the disc. Most computers now come with Windows 8. Win8 isn't going anywhere, so I suggest forcing yourself to getting used to it or fork out the cash. Microsoft also offers a free upgrade to Windows 8.1.
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Unless its been removed. HP shipped with Win 8. What I'm wondering is if Win 7 would hobble the performance of the machine? [Yeah, I would downgrade]
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I bought it when I did because it has Windows 7. It may have been updated since I got it in September, but the one I have is Windows 7.
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All your answers can be found in the specs on this model I believe. I wanted the Windows 7 because of the ease in using this platform. However, if you look deeper into different venders offering this product you might find one with the Windows 8. As for an upgrade to that I believe you could. Contact microsoft for that answer.
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First Question: There is a way to do a clean install with the upgrade version on an empty formatted hard drive. At windowssecret.com there are complete instructions. Second Question: You actually need to buy the 64 bit version
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"Can one simply upgrade the Windows 7 Home Edition to Windows 7 professional on this machine?"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtBZO7ZKOc4