The initial cost of the Microsoft windows 10 pro would sell at 199 and the windows 10 will cost 119. After running the system and the users upgrades from home edition to pro they will then require to pay $99 to upgrade to windows pro pack. Compared to the mac OS X at initial retail price of 129. Lastly the …show more content…
Mac unfortunately hold this requirement. Linux and Windows do not. However, Windows is a little tricky with their requirements. Windows 10 is free for those devices that run Windows 8 and 7. Yet, according to the Windows FAQ, “The free upgrade offer isn 't available for devices running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Enterprise editions of Windows.”. This proves to be a problem because the company’s computers run Windows XP. If the company wanted to upgrade to Windows 10, they would either have to purchase Windows 8 and procure the free upgrade or replace their desktops with devices that have Windows 10 already downloaded. The third and most unfavorable option would occur if the company decided to wait until the free upgrade was no longer available. Then they would have to pay the full retail price of both Windows 8 and Windows