How to choose the upgrade version of Win10 system

Time: 2025-03-06Source: Huajun InformationAuthor:

It has been a week since the Win10 system launched the free upgrade event, and more and more netizens are upgrading the Win10 system. Among them, some netizens encountered the problem of version selection. As we all know, this time Win10 system has launched multiple versions such as home version and professional version, and the versions that can be upgraded for different win7 and win8 systems are also different. Today, let’s talk about how to choose the upgrade version of Win10 system!


To know the differences between the various versions, please refer to the function comparison table of Win10 Home Edition Professional Edition Enterprise Edition Education Edition: http://www.xiazaizhijia.com/rjjc/84936.html

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Not considering free upgrade

If you do not consider free upgrades, then you can choose the download that suits you based on the functions of these versions.

What needs to be added here is that the functions of Win10 Home Chinese Edition, Win10 Home Single Language Edition and Win10 Home Edition are basically the same. The only difference is that Win10 Home Chinese Edition and Win10 Home Single Language Edition cannot install language packs from other countries or regions.

Consider a free upgrade

For users who want to upgrade to Win10 for free, you need to pay attention to the version selection before downloading, because if the version does not correspond to the upgrade, it will not be automatically activated.

The version correspondence between Windows 7 free upgrade to Win10 is slightly simpler, while the version correspondence between Windows 8/Windows 8.1 free upgrade to Win10 may confuse users because version classification is more likely to cause confusion. IT House has explained this before, but it was not comprehensive enough. This article lists the corresponding relationships between all version upgrades as follows, please take a look:

The following versions can be upgraded to Win10 Home Edition for free:

1. Win7 simple version

2. Win7 Home Basic Edition

3. Win7 Home Premium Edition

4. Win8 (without suffix, SKU version is Core)

5. Win8.1 (without suffix, SKU version is Core)

​ 6. Win8.1 with Bing version (including Bing version)

The following versions can be upgraded to Win10 Professional Edition for free:

1. Win7 Professional Edition

2. Win7 Ultimate Edition

3. Win8 Professional Edition

4. Win8.1 Professional Edition

5. Win8 professional version includes media center

​ 6. Win8.1 professional version includes media center

The following versions can be upgraded to Win10 Home Chinese version for free:

1. Win8 Chinese version

2. Win8.1 Chinese version

3. Win8.1 Chinese version includes Bing

The following versions can be upgraded to Win10 Home Single Language Edition for free:

1. Win8 single language version

2. Win8.1 single language version

3. Win8.1 single language version includes Bing

The above is the detailed introduction of each version of the official version of Win10 in this article. As for which one to download, users can choose according to their own needs.

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