When I bought my X230T in August, 2012, I clicked on the Lenovo link and signed up for my $14.99 upgrade from Windows 7 Pro x64 to Windows 8 Pro. I got a confirmation from Microsoft.
I expected to find a link in my Inbox today to pay for the upgrade and be able to download it. Nothing so far.
Does anyone know how this process is supposed to work?
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How do I get my $14.99 Win8 Pro RTM upgrade?
How do I get my $14.99 Win8 Pro RTM upgrade?
First Thinkpad 755CX in 1995. First IBM: PC 1982 8088 w 64K RAM, dual floppy. Currently in use:
X230T with Win8Pro x64, i7, 500gb ssd; W700 WUXGA RAID 1 Blu-Ray W7Pro x64, occasionally a T61p with Win7Pro x64
X230T with Win8Pro x64, i7, 500gb ssd; W700 WUXGA RAID 1 Blu-Ray W7Pro x64, occasionally a T61p with Win7Pro x64
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Re: How do I get my $14.99 Win8 Pro RTM upgrade?
I signed up for the $14.99 offer through http://windowsupgradeoffer.com/en-US and received an email from them this morning. Give it a try.
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Re: How do I get my $14.99 Win8 Pro RTM upgrade?
Attending one of these might score you a copy as well:
http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/eve ... raofwork3/
Here's another thread covering the OP's topic:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 99#p691699
http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/eve ... raofwork3/
Here's another thread covering the OP's topic:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 99#p691699
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Re: How do I get my $14.99 Win8 Pro RTM upgrade?
My email came about 8 pm 10/26/2012.
However, I found my original confirmation email from 08/25/2012 and followed a link there to get my discount code. I was able to purchase the Win 8 Pro x64 for $14.99 and download the image yesterday morning.
Very painless. By 9 pm I had all my device manager issues solved and my software installed.
Win 8 Pro identifies my screen on my X230T as only supporting 2 touch not many touch. I don't know if a driver can fix that or if I just need to settle for 2 point touch sensitivity.
I am enjoying Win 8 Pro on the X230T.
However, I found my original confirmation email from 08/25/2012 and followed a link there to get my discount code. I was able to purchase the Win 8 Pro x64 for $14.99 and download the image yesterday morning.
Win 8 Pro identifies my screen on my X230T as only supporting 2 touch not many touch. I don't know if a driver can fix that or if I just need to settle for 2 point touch sensitivity.
I am enjoying Win 8 Pro on the X230T.
First Thinkpad 755CX in 1995. First IBM: PC 1982 8088 w 64K RAM, dual floppy. Currently in use:
X230T with Win8Pro x64, i7, 500gb ssd; W700 WUXGA RAID 1 Blu-Ray W7Pro x64, occasionally a T61p with Win7Pro x64
X230T with Win8Pro x64, i7, 500gb ssd; W700 WUXGA RAID 1 Blu-Ray W7Pro x64, occasionally a T61p with Win7Pro x64
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