Microsoft Windows 8 Pro upgrade to cost £25

Posted on 29 Aug 2012 at 22:20, by David Ludlow

Microsoft has confirmed that the UK upgrade price for Windows 8 Pro will be just £25, which is pretty much the same as the US price of $40.

In an official statement released to us today, Microsoft revealed its full UK pricing for all upgrades to Windows 8.

"Microsoft can confirm that UK customers who have bought a Windows 7 PC since June 2nd 2012 will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for £14.99 via windowsupgradeoffer.com," said the statement. "In addition, from October 26th 2012, UK customers with older Windows PCs will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro via an electronic software download for ERP £24.99. Additionally, Windows 8 software will be available for sale from participating UK retailers."

We'd already had confirmation about the Windows 8 UK upgrade price for people buying new Windows 7 PCs, but this is the first confirmation we've had about everybody else.

Microsoft is keen to get as many people to Windows 8 as it can, making the upgrade offer open to all users of Windows from XP upwards. The original deal was announced on the Windows blog on 2nd July 2012 and states that Windows 7 upgraders can bring across files, settings and applications; upgraders from Vista can bring settings and files only; XP upgraders can bring their files only.

If you're not quite sure whether you should make the upgrade or not, check out our full Windows 8 review