Windows 10: Win 10 cost for tablets ?

I know we don't know costs for Windows 10 on Desktops/Laptops yet, hopefully soon, however

Does anyone have any thoughts on what they will do cost wise for Tablets, from what I read Windows is free to manufacturers (or something like that) if the screen size is small, 7" or 8"

Could this mean that Win 10 on these devices might be free, or will it be charged at the full price as it is a full Windows version

Any ideas or speculation on this side of the costing?

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Cant upgrade from Win 8.1 to Win 10

I have a iNovo8 8 inch tablet with Win 8.1 installed on it and the bottom right task bar shows the Win 10 upgrade icon prompting me to upgrade. When I hit this, it checks for updates and installs them if any are required (Win 8.1) BUT it does not initiate
the Win 10 upgrade process. If I tap it again it just pops up with checking for updates (there are none of course as I've previously done them) but it does NOT try to upgrade.

This tablet was I believe one of those that had a group license for very low cost Win 8 tablets $120 that MS did to promote Win 10 a couple of years ago so what is the problem here. Either I don't get a free Win 10 upgrade and Windows should stop bugging
me to upgrade and remove the Win 10 icon or I do get a free Win 10 upgrade that works. Personally I don't care either way as I have Win 10 on other devices and Win 8.1 or Win 10 makes no difference to me.

Thanks

Mike

 

Activation key to re-install WIndows 10.

The tablet has win 10 pre-installed, I wanted to re-install as there seems to be various issues and the tablet is only about 5 months old. I tried to use the repair function but it just stopped at 23% and got no further I took the tablet back but as the
OS isn't covered by any guarantee it cost me rather a lot for them to get it working and I don't really want to pay again. I have made a note of the product key using a recovery tool to find it from bios. if I do re-install it, is there a speial method for
tablets as for example the keyboard is on the taskbar, is this installed with win 10 or do I need further software for that? Thanks for all the help.

 

The way I read that is it will be free to OEM's who install in on tablets with those screen sizes. They can then pass the savings on to the consumer that buys the hardware. I wouldn't expect consumers who just buy Windows by itself to get that deal. How would they police it?

 

Cheers for reply
The way I was thinking they could police this is if Win 10 can be done as an upgrade through the store, so this will know what type of device you currently have and tailor the upgrade cost depending upon this

Perhaps wishful thinking from me

 

Hi there

On the SP3 it will probably be the same as installing on any other Windows computer type device.

On the smaller tablets --not sure if these will even exist any more -- I think those tablets as also for the whole RT system it's GAME OVER. Convertibles are where it's at -- and three or so years after the "Tablet Infatuation" began people still want and like to use a DESKTOP environment in a lot of situations - which W10 seems to have addressed.

For smaller screens mobiles do decently for basic consumption - so when android is free why would people PAY for the Windows OS on a phone. I actually like Windows on a phone but I wouldn't pay for the OS.

Cheers
jimbo

 

Thanks,
Just been reading on another thread on here that smaller devices might be losing the desktop option, having metro only just like Win RT
If the smaller devices are going to operate more like the phones do, then it could be a free option, as upgrades on phones are free

Not sure if I would upgrade a smaller tablet to 10 though if it removes the desktop and operates more like the phone

 

Not sure where you heard that WinRT didn't have a desktop, but that's not true. Most WinRT devices ship with Office (the desktop version).

It's true that Microsoft offers no way to develop WinRT desktop applications, but the desktop does exist.

 

Cheers for info on WinRT, my mistake, must have misread what I read a while back on it

this was what I was referring to about metro only (post 3)
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It would surprise me if the tablet version didn't have a desktop, but it makes sense that the Phone version doesn't.

Particularly since Microsoft is pushing the Surface Pro as a desktop replacement.

 

Manufactures often offer free upgrade disks when a purchase is close to a release date,
This will most likely repeat,

I would also expect Microsoft to repeat it's win-8 pricing when it first was released upgrades for 14.99-19.99
Full version oem will be about what all are running at 100.00 possibly less at first to get some popularity going
Cheers.

 

Windows RT may have a desktop, but it won't run your traditional desktop programs. The Office shipped on RT devices isn't your traditional desktop version. I personally wouldn't call it that. I do believe its referred to as Office RT. It specially coded to run on Windows RT. Granted it looks like any other desktop version of office, it has the same GUI. It wouldn't surprise me if Microsoft came out with a fully Metro version of Windows RT.

 

The only difference between the RT "desktop" and the non-RT desktop is that the applications are compiled for the ARM processor. It's identical to Office in all other ways.

So yes, it is a traditional desktop. But no, it can't run traditional desktop programs because those programs don't run on an ARM CPU.