Last chance to avail of free Windows 10 upgrade
Friday 29 July is the last day Microsoft will make the service available to users for free
- Home edition of software will cost £91 after Friday and the professional edition £151
Updated : 16:45
Friday is the last chance for users to upgrade their Microsoft software to Windows 10 for free, or else face a costly fee to make the same change afterwards.
The software giant has encouraged all its users to avail of the free upgrade, to ensure older operating systems do not need to be kept under further maitenance.
Eligible devices include tablets and PCs running Windows 7 or newer. Until now over 300 million devices have installed the upgrade.
Criticism has been aimed towards the company for supposed heavy-handed tactics to try to get users to make the switch to Windows 10. A woman in California successfully sued Microsoft for making her computer unusable following the system revamp.
Windows 10 offers various systematic and style changes to previous versions, including access to Cortana, Microsoft's version of Siri, Apple's virtual assistant.
The operating system also includes a much-needed internet browser change, with new Microsoft Edge replacing the outdated Internet Explorer.
If users want to upgrade to the lateste version of Windows after Friday 29 July, they will have to pay a fee of either £91 for the home edition, or £151 for the pro edition.