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Microsoft today began taking pre-orders for customers who want to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro.
FORBES: Microsoft Taking Pre-Orders On Windows 8 Pro Upgrades
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And Digitimes reports that as well as a revision to the iPad, Apple plans to upgrade its MacBook Pro and iMac in the first half of 2011.
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The Windows Media Center option can be added to Windows 8 Pro after upgrade for free.
FORBES: Microsoft Announces A Limited Time Windows 8 Pro Upgrade For $39.99
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Customers who ordered the 8GB Modbook Pro EnergySaver dual-channel memory kit can either upgrade to the 16GB option or switch to the 8GB default RAM configuration and have the charge for the 8GB EnergySaver RAM credited to their order.
ENGADGET: Baseline Modbook Pro gets its RAM, storage and screen sensitivity doubled, stays at $3,500
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Like we saw last time around, some of the 7-to-8 upgrade rules are a bit Byzantine -- 7 Professional users can't step down to the non-Pro Windows 8 release, for example, and it's equally verboten to change language editions or move from 32- to 64-bit code without a full-scale reinstallation.
ENGADGET: Microsoft reportedly plans Windows 8 upgrades all the way from XP, wants us to just let go of the past