{"id":76502,"date":"2015-06-01T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=76502"},"modified":"2015-06-01T13:04:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T11:04:10","slug":"reserve-your-free-copy-of-windows-10-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/76502-reserve-your-free-copy-of-windows-10-right-now","title":{"rendered":"Reserve your free copy of Windows 10 right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Set to release on July 29<sup>th<\/sup>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/bloggingwindows\/2015\/06\/01\/hello-world-windows-10-available-on-july-29\/\" target=\"_blank\">said Microsoft\u2019s head of operating systems Terry Myerson<\/a>, Windows 10 is an awfully exciting prospect, for any number of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/76036-windows-10-and-what-it-will-mean-for-the-xbox-one.html\" target=\"_blank\">improving the Xbox One\u2019s functionality<\/a>, unifying all of our devices in the house or delivering a supposed evolution in graphical efficiency and performance via DirectX 12, Microsoft\u2019s latest OS has our curiosity peaked \u2013 at the very least we\u2019re happy to get rid of Windows 8.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ngnzY5xtI8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And now we can all reserve our free copy of Windows 10. Simply look to the bottom right of your desktop for the iconic Windows logo \u2013 it\u2019s actually a button. Press it and away you\u2019ll go.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76510\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Windows-10-Reservation-Button-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76510\" class=\"wp-image-76510\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Windows-10-Reservation-Button-2.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Reservation Button\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Windows-10-Reservation-Button-2.png 2846w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Windows-10-Reservation-Button-2-230x130.png 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Windows-10-Reservation-Button-2-640x360.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-76510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And now you see it too.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And zoomed in:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76504\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Windows-10-Reservation-Button.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76504\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76504\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Windows-10-Reservation-Button.jpg\" alt=\"Windows 10 Reservation Button\" width=\"385\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Windows-10-Reservation-Button.jpg 385w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Windows-10-Reservation-Button-230x130.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-76504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A simple click of this button will reserve your free copy of Windows 10<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The idea is that you\u2019ll have a copy of Windows 10 made available to you the moment it releases.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll download in the background and notify you that it\u2019s ready to install the moment it\u2019s completed. It\u2019s up to you when it actually does install.<\/p>\n<p>Windows 10\u2019s upgrade function is \u201cdesigned to be compatible with your current Windows device and applications.\u201d Microsoft is likely still tweaking the process and rigorously testing it \u2013 the last thing we need is for the upgrade process to break things.<\/p>\n<p>That said, should the relatively simple reservation process still intimidate you, you can find out more on how it works at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/windows-10-upgrade?OCID=win10_null_vanity_win10upgrade\" target=\"_blank\">Windows.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76506\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Windows-10-Upgrade-Window.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76506\" class=\"wp-image-76506\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Windows-10-Upgrade-Window.jpg\" alt=\"Windows 10 Upgrade Window\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-76506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Have you made your reservation yet?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And apparently, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitguru.net\/gaming\/operating-systems\/jon-martindale\/windows-10-upgrade-icon-appears-for-everyone\/\" target=\"_blank\">KitGuru<\/a>, even some pirates of Windows 7 and 8 have the button.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve made our reservation. Have you? Or would you prefer to wait and see what your peers think of the new OS?<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More wondrous Windows 10 news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/76406-microsoft-is-aiming-for-a-late-july-2015-release-for-windows-10.html\">Microsoft is aiming for a late July 2015 release for Windows 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/76036-windows-10-and-what-it-will-mean-for-the-xbox-one.html\">Windows 10: when it arrives and what it will mean for the Xbox One<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/75652-windows-10-faster-than-os-x-on-macbook-finds-user.html\">Windows 10 faster than OS X on MacBook finds user<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/75460-microsoft-unveils-the-various-editions-of-windows-10.html\">Microsoft unveils the various editions of Windows 10<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to reserve your free copy of Windows 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":76508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4197,91,1969,13906,15397,14204,9596,13009],"class_list":["post-76502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-free","tag-microsoft","tag-news-2","tag-os","tag-pc","tag-reservation","tag-upgrade","tag-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}