To most of us in the consumer space, it is relatively easy to upgrade to new editions of Windows. It happens when you buy a new computer, which most probably did long before Windows XP's support was ended. Readers of WinBeta are probably likely to upgrade the OS without purchasing new hardware too, and the $40 Windows 8 upgrade was an example of an easy way to get the latest software.



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