Vista users may now have to pay for two operating system upgrades: one to Windows 7 and one to Windows 10. The problem is that Microsoft’s offer of a free upgrade to Windows 10 expired after one year, on 29 July.
Even if they are desktops, they may not be worth the upgrade cost. If they are laptops, they are probably due for replacement. Vista was the current version of Windows from January 2007 until July 2009, so any surviving Vista PCs are presumably more than seven years old. Sadly, you can’t upgrade directly from Windows Vista to Windows 10: Microsoft only supports upgrades from Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.
Can I upgrade to Windows 10? If buying a new machine, for normal personal use for email and internet, what would you recommend? Laptop and desktop options would be useful.
