Your device, heck it's just free... it's just legal things you really don't should care about. If you buy a new device is has Windows 10. If you keep using your Device it has Windows 10, if your device dies.. well needless to say you can't use W10 if it's dead. Also there are things like CPU feature requirements a new W10 build could bring that makes your device "unsupported" because it doesn't support a new instruction set, that's what it means. Equally some very old W7 PC's can not update to W8.1/W10 because they don't support some CPU instructions so these devices are "unsupported" > no free upgrade (not possible anyway!). Needless to say it's likely you will still be able to transfer licenses just like we did before via Phone activation as Microsoft can not invalidate licenses just because your Mainboard died etc not to ignore that in Europe you are allowed to transfer licenses more or less TL;DR Nothing changes.
I Agree, nobody cares, I just want the new build, people are over sensitive, if you're going to be like this just stick to 7, MS Are offering FREE upgrade for the whole first year, you still have time to decide, no one is forced to use it, I like 7 but I prefer new features and staying up to date to new OS and less security flaws, better and faster experience also matters to me and thats all.
Incidentally to sign up for the Windows 10 cross platform Xbox One beta you need to currently have a Microsoft account and a Valid Xbox Gamertag. Thankfully I have both, however I did try to sign up for this beta with email accounts that do not have a gamer tag and would not get the confirmation email, the one email tied to my gamertag got the confirmation email instantly.
Not realy there is an install key given by microsoft that also activates the windows Update You have a Pm
download link from technical preview removed and everything. they are redoing the whole site. I feel that them saying "in the next week" was a error and meant next coming days.... I know that I will more devoted to this build and coming builds. I didnt do much with the technical preview mainly for the fact is was a technical preview. and I felt it was missing too much to be judged.
What if both are the SAME account? What if both are the same account? It's NOT a silly question, as a lot of folks use a single account for services from the same company (my Microsoft account is my one account for all things Microsoft, just as my Google account is the single connection for all Google services).
Yeah the techpreview was ok to access what is going to be in there but I had to go back to Windows 8.1 since nothing wanted to work right even the DCs wouldn't authenticate right.
From what I have seen using different emails with and without a gamertag, is that you will only receive the confirmation email for the beta sign up if your email has an existing gamertag tied to it. I am not sure if you can creat a gamertag without owning any xbox. I can't really remember as my xbox is sitting in a closet but I thought all gamertags had to have an email tied to it. So I guess what I am trying to state is that you cannot sign up for the Win 10 cross platform beta unless you have gamertag and then you must use the email tied to that particular gamertag. Hope I explained this better.
You CAN create a GamerTag without ever owning an Xbox - mine dates back to the original Xbox, and I have NEVER owned one - ever.
Like I said I could not remember that one detail...but you have to have a gamertag tied to the email you use in order to sign up for this win 10 cross platform beta.