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 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 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





