Today is your last chance to get the Windows 10 Upgrade for Free

By Darth Saul

Windows 10's free upgrade expires today, will YOU be upgrading?

July 29th, 2016, The day the Windows 10 Free Upgrade expires (And those annoying pop-ups finally leave me alone!) and afterwards, it'll cost you $120, or $200 for Windows 10 Pro - so I'd advise picking it up quickly.

Microsoft's free Win 10 upgrade offer officially ends at 11:59PM, after that you'll have no way to get it without shelling out hundreds of dollars. There's really no reason not to upgrade (Other than some odd privacy issues... but that's not the point.)

Why is doing it NOW a good time? Even if you're fine with shelling out that money in the future, Windows 10' Anniversary Update is coming August 2nd, including dozens of new features, Microsoft Said.

If you're thinking of upgrading, though, you have to have a PC with these minimum requirements, although, depending on what you're doing, I'd suggest a lot more. If you're just a daily user, though, these are what you're going to need.

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You'll need at least a 1Ghz processor, 1GB of RAM (or, if you use 64Bit, 2GB), and 20GB of free hard drive space, but I'd advise at least 40. You must be running Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 as well, as this upgrade will not work coming from Windows XP.

If you haven't reserved your copy of Windows 10 yet, you can do so by going to the Windows 10 icon in your system tray, reserve it and schedule your upgrade or install it now, although it has not been mentioned if you'll be able to upgrade after 11:59PM, even if you have reserved, so I'd advise doing it as soon as possible.

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