Microsoft tempts XP laggards with $84 upgrade discount

[steve2470]

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238235/Microsoft_tempts_XP_laggards_with_84_upgrade_discount

Computerworld - Microsoft today kicked off a new promotion aimed at Windows XP customers, who have just one year to ditch the 12-year-old OS before it's retired from support.

Small- and medium-sized businesses still running Windows XP and Office 2003 -- the latter also will be retired a year from today, on April 8, 2014 -- can purchase licenses to Windows 8 Pro and Office 2013 Standard at a 15% discount, Microsoft said on a promotional website.

Caveats apply: Customers must be running XP Professional, the Windows 8 Pro and Office 2013 Standard licenses must be purchased as a package via Microsoft's Open License program, and the deal is capped at 100 licenses for each. The discount is good through June 30.

Microsoft pointed customers to a list of partners who will offer the Open License discounts.

[lastlib]

1. Windows 8 for XP? What a deal.....!

NOT!

[hobbit709]

2. I can buy Win 7 for that without the BS restrictions.

I just used a Win 7 Pro X64 that was Dell branded with a product key that I bought online for $75. It authenticated without a hitch.