Why is there no cost for upgrading from 'W10 S' to 'W10 PRO'?

[ads13]

It's been confusing for me to figure out why win10 S users will have an optional feature to upgrade to W10 PRO instead of Other edition(Home, Enterprise etc.)

 

[pkcable]

My guess would be that this is being offered to entice people to try Windows S without fear knowing they can always "upgrade" to "full windows" if they want. That would be my thought.

 

[Si Ko 1]

Yes. Get them first 'safer and faster' and if they need that/those app(s) that aren't yet available through the store (which I will doubt more and more since it's incredibly easy to add a win32 app to the store, example I did here: Cockos Incorporated Forums - View Single Post - Reaper in Windows Store via Windows Desktop Bridge) there is always the option to enable all of 10 Pro's features, which include 'non trusted' win32 apps.

 

[DavidinCT]

I read on a website and heard from a youtube video (I dont have the source in front of me), it would be $50 directly upgrade to pro.

Windows 10 S is Windows 10 home with just some keys/code blocked so you cant install W32 apps..

 

[T Moore]

I read on a website and heard from a youtube video (I dont have the source in front of me), it would be $50 directly upgrade to pro.

Windows 10 S is Windows 10 home with just some keys/code blocked so you cant install W32 apps..

Give a link for your information..

You can upgrade to full featured Windows 10 Pro with no cost till the end of the year.
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[orlbuckeye]

No Windows 10 S is Windows 10 Pro based. The free upgrade is a promotion until the end of 2017. Enterprise is a different animal. Enterprise is a licence for multiple computers and doesn't make sense to install of machines that aren't in an enterprise environment.