Can Microsoft really charge for Windows 11 as an upgrade now? There may very well be an argument here about the step forward that Windows 11 may bring, and the premium-ness attached to that. But happily, for those who didn’t, that option remained available long after the initially planned 365-day deadline was ticked off. Initially the plan was to offer it free for a year, in the hope to quickly get people to upgrade to Windows 10. The upgrade for Windows 10, from Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows 7, was the first time in the history of Windows upgrades, to be offered for free. While it has been a long time since Windows 10 rolled out back in 2015, there may just be a continuity of time when Windows 11 rolls out sometime this year, for all of us. Will it be a free upgrade, as in your simply download and install it on your PC once the consumer rollout happens? What really are the options on the table for Microsoft regarding getting people to upgrade from their existing Windows iterations, be it Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 or even those still clinging on to Windows 7, to the new Windows 11? There are a few different ways Microsoft can approach this.

Yet the question of the upgrade to the next Windows will crop up sooner or later.

There is a supposed leaked build doing rounds too, though we’d strongly suggest you do not install that on your PC, purely because it is not official, and we don’t know where all it’s been. The much-awaited next generation of Microsoft Windows is very much on its way.

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