Anyone in US to test this?

Maounique

http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-will-bet-new-laptop-can-upgrade-compatible-pc-windows-10

daily

In other news, Microsoft allots $7 million laptop budget.

TheOnlyDK

Everyone bring in the laptop the same day at noon exactly. Easy free laptop.

Unixfy

removes admin account and disables booting from external media in BIOS

brings to microsoft store

Free laptop!

black

They'll just pull out your hard drive and put in a new one with windows 10 on it

Maounique

black said: They'll just pull out your hard drive and put in a new one with windows 10 on it

That is not upgrade... It is supposed to keep your files and (at least some) settings.
The reason I am asking is because Microsoft lost other bets too, over the years, such as the "sue linux through SCO", "infinite storage in the cloud", for example, I am curious how this will go, but from reading the comments, it was just a publicity stunt, just maybe someone will take them on their word and people here know how to booby-trap a pc to make it not worth it.

linuxthefish

This bit looks more interesting, buy $10 laptop from ebay and trade for credit...

If your PC isn’t compatible, you can recycle it for a $150 credit towards a new PC.

Maounique

@linuxthefish said:
This bit looks more interesting, buy $10 laptop from ebay and trade for credit...

If your PC isn’t compatible, you can recycle it for a $150 credit towards a new PC.

It depends how much the new pc costs, or, rather, what is the margin (or should i say premium) they charge...