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Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 New Monthly Charge
Topic Started: Jul 14 2016, 04:49 PM (761 Views)
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For months Microsoft has been describing Windows 10 “as a service” and now we know why. Microsoft is going to introduce a monthly subscription fee for Windows 10 usage…

That cost will be $7 per user per month but the good news is it only applies to enterprises, for now. The new pricing tier will be called “Windows 10 Enterprise E3” and it means Windows has finally joined Office 365 and Azure as a subscription service.

Of course the big question is now: How does this new subscription pricing affect the millions of consumers who upgraded to Windows 10 on the promise of it being free?

The good news is Microsoft has gone on record to say it is not being passed down to consumers at this stage: “This new subscription model is not associated with our current upgrade offering or applicable to the Windows 10 consumer edition,” a Microsoft spokesperson told PC World.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/07/14/microsoft-confirms-windows-10-new-monthly-charge/?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix&yptr=yahoo#2faa10b3dfab
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If you purchase a copy of W10 then there won't be a monthly fee. I think.
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Jul 15 2016, 09:50 AM
If you purchase a copy of W10 then there won't be a monthly fee. I think.
I am pretty sure this applies to the Enterprise version of the software.
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Yes, for now.
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Wilmy is correct when he says for. Microsoft is heavy into service fees.
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