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a435843,

Originally Posted by a435843

Your plan works for the Insider Program, not the full version coming out Wednesday, the so called "free" "upgrade". (Lot of quotes when talking about MS.) There's no dual boot either, without purchasing a full second license for 10 (I'm not sure if 10 Pro is necessary as well, but probably not.)

This "deal" is a one-for-one trade only, 10 on top of the 7 or 8.1 installation only, an "in place" upgrade, not a installation from scratch, unfortunately. As I said, you may wish to uninstall and reinstall apps before and after the install, for safety's sake.

If she's OK with being on the Insider Program indefinitely, which isn't advisable since some on PC Magazine's site said that the Insider Program install wiped out a number of old applications, then a dual boot might work. Also, there's the forced updates, possibly on an earlier schedule than regular Home users.

OK, well, I think that answers that. She must have a reliable machine and, at least in my experience, Win 10 isn't reliable enough for her. The last thing I need is her calling every 10 minutes asking where this is and that went.

Wonder if they ever fixed the disappearing Start button?