I can answer that with my own experience. Last Tuesday I took the 50% off offer to upgrade my 4 license 8.1 to version X. I no longer have version 8.1 and my 4 licenses are all now subscription version X.I just sent them a pre-sales support request with the following question:
I currently own 5 one time version 8 licenses. The cost for 4 version X licenses is $100/year. My upgrade offer is 50% off regular cost for life. Does that mean my annual cost for those 4 licenses will be $50/year for life? And bottom line, what will my cost be (for life) for all 5 licenses if I upgrade now?
I'm very curious to see their answer. If I can get 4 licenses for a total cost of $50/year for life, it's a no-brainer.
My 50% off going forward for all 4 licenses is $49.99 annually. It will always remain 50% off. That's an annual cost of $12.50 for each PC. For that I get all updates and upgrades going forward and I get Premium Support that never expires. The annual $49.99 is on autopay so it cannot expire.
My fastest backup was 305GB in 03:58.
For me this option was a no brainer. I paid more in tips this past weekend for dinner and parking.
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS 16 DA16260
- CPU
- Intel Series 3 Core Ultra X9 388H
- Memory
- 64GB LPDDR5x 9600 MT/s
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel Arc graphics B390 Panther Lake
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 16" 3.2K Tandem OLED Infinity Edge
- Screen Resolution
- 3200 x 2000 16:10 236 PPI
- Hard Drives
- 1 Terabyte M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
- Case
- Black Anodized Aluminum
- Cooling
- Vapor Chamber Cooling
- Mouse
- None
- Internet Speed
- 942 Mbps Netgear Mesh + 2 Satellites
- Browser
- Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
- Antivirus
- Windows Security (Defender)
- Other Info
- NPU delivering 67 TOPS
Microsoft 365 subscription
Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft OneDrive 1TB Cloud
Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Microsoft Sysinternals Suite
Microsoft BitLocker
Microsoft Copilot
Dell Support Assist
Dell Command | Update
Macrium Reflect X subscription
1Password Password Manager
Amazon Kindle for PC
Lightroom/Photoshop subscription
Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation
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- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Microsoft Surface Laptop 7
- CPU
- Snapdragon® X Elite (12 Core) with Hexagon NPU delivering 45 TOPS
- Memory
- 32GB LPDDR5x 8448 MT/s
- Graphics card(s)
- Integrated Adreno GPU
- Sound Card
- Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos spatial sound
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 13.8″ PixelSense Flow touchscreen 120 Hz 600 NIT
- Screen Resolution
- 2304 × 1536 (201 PPI), 3:2 aspect ratio
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD
- Case
- Black Anodized Aluminum
- Cooling
- Vapor Chamber Cooling
- Mouse
- None
- Internet Speed
- 942 Mbps Netgear Mesh + 2 Satellites
- Browser
- Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
- Antivirus
- Windows Security (Defender)
- Other Info
- Microsoft 365 subscription (Office)
Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft OneDrive 1TB Cloud
Microsoft Visual Studio 2026
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation
Lightroom/Photoshop subscription
1Password Password Manager
Microsoft Sysinternals
Amazon Kindle for PC
Microsoft BitLocker
Microsoft Copilot





