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tpjp on 21 January 2015
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Ka-pi96 said:
tpjp said:

Not sure if it's just free if upgrading within a year or after that users that upgraded must pay a fee. I'm not watching the press but I'm reading this news across the web but to no consensus about this.

Pretty sure it's always free. Windows 7 users can't upgrade for free until after the first year anyways.

I run 8.1 so I will upgrade when available. Pretty sure that Win 7 users could upgrade for free too.

From: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/01/windows-10-free-for-all-windows-8-1-and-windows-7-users-for-first-year/

Update: Microsoft fielded some questions about this upgrade in its Q&A session after the event. The company "hasn't decided" how it will handle upgrades from Windows 7 or 8.1 after the first year of Windows 10 availability ends, and it is "working on an update for Windows RT," but doesn't have further details to share.

Update 2: A blog post from Terry Myerson clears up what "Windows as a service" means, though the duration of "the supported lifetime of the device" is still foggy. "This is more than a one-time upgrade," writes Myerson. "Once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device—at no additional charge."