Oct 31, 2012

Upgrade to Win8 the internet way ???–Part I

Recently just saw a few post about getting new Window 8 Upgrade if we have purchase .

Refering to this information from Microsoft .(as below was the min requirement)

We’ve got you covered.

Buy a Window 7 PC and get Windows 8 Pro for RM$49.92.

This price is an estimate only. The actual price of US$14.99 will be billed in US dollars. Offer valid June 2, 2012 through January 31, 2013.

Refer to the information below for the offer details.

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Eligibility Details

The offer is for customers (e.g. home users, students, and enthusiasts) who purchase a qualified PC. A qualified PC is a new PC purchased during the promotional period with a valid Windows 7 OEM Certificate of Authenticity and product key for, and preinstalled with:

  • Windows 7 Home Basic;
  • Windows 7 Home Premium;
  • Windows 7 Professional; or
  • Windows 7 Ultimate.

The promotional price is limited to one upgrade offer per qualified PC purchased, and a maximum limit of five upgrade offers per customer.

So let’s start the journey .

of cause first we need to download files from Microsoft to assist us on upgrading

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/upgrade-to-windows-8 , click and download the upgrade assistant and let the ball rolling ,

Please follow the instruction and get the journey started.

Below was the link to registered your new pc based on the condition above to entitle for promo price in (Malaysia) (different country different promo ) I believe this was globally offer to each user who meet the condition above.

https://www.windowsupgradeoffer.com/en-MY/ 

I still in the midst of download the binary , and I will opt for ISO and USB copy for backup purpose as we all know Internet in Malaysia wasn’t stable so far..except for Unifi and Maxis.

I will keep you all posted for my Win8 journey part II.