You can still upgrade to Windows 10 for freeĪlthough Microsoft has officially stopped offering a free Windows 10 upgrade to Windows 7 (and Windows 8.1) users, you can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free – and it’s pretty simple.Īll you need to do is use the Windows Media Creation Tool (opens in new tab) and select to upgrade from there. Check out our pick of the best laptops and best desktop PCs for help in choosing a new device. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing – you could use Windows 7 End of Life as an excuse to treat yourself.

If your PC doesn’t meet those requirements, then you’ll either need to buy a new PC, or upgrade to something other than Windows 10. While your PC might meet those specifications, we’d recommend 4GB of RAM to run Windows 10 remotely well, and you’ll want at least 128GB of hard drive space. Graphics card: DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver.Hard disk space: 16GB for 32-bit OS or 20GB for 64-bit OS.These are the minimum system requirements of Windows 10:

You can upgrade your existing PC to Windows 10, and Microsoft has done a good job of ensuring that its new operating system works reasonably well with older hardware. While you should upgrade from Windows 7 as soon as possible, that doesn’t mean you need to throw out your PC.

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