The version of Win 10 you get is decided by which version of Win 7 SP1 (SP1 required) or Win 8.1 (free upgrade not available for Win 8) you have. If you have Win 7 SP1 Home Premium, you get Win 10 Home. If you have Win 8.1, not Premium, you get Win 10 Home.
This free upgrade will be available to qualified users starting July 29, and will be available until July 29, 2016.
If you can run Win 7, you can run Win 10, as far as system spec requirements go. Here's a link to the Win 10 FAQ.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-faq
As some of you know, I'm still running XP, even though I have a copy of Win 7 SP1 Home Premium. I just haven't found a need for anything Win 7 offers yet. I have installed it and tried it, but it really didn't impress me that much.
However, I thought I'd give Win 10 a shot, so I figured I'd install Win 7 on a hard drive I have laying around to see if I'd get the Win 10 Free Upgrade notification. I may not since I have an OEM version, but I figured I'd give it a shot anyway, that is until I read this:
which is found at this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows ... ifications under the Feature deprecation section.Windows 10 Home users will have updates from Windows Update automatically available. Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise users will have the ability to defer updates.
I'm one of those people that has (had until updates ended for XP) the option under Windows Update checked to "Notify me but don't automatically download or install them".
With that option eliminated (deprecated) in Win 10 Home, I've decided that my interest in Win 10 has shot straight down to 0.
The automatically available part of the above quote I take to mean you get them installed whether you want them or not. My take on that is based on my perception of MS marketing strategy, so as not to blatantly scare off folks like me.
Just a heads up for anyone interested.