There's been a lot of press lately about the Windows 10 upgrade notification appearing for users of Windows 7, 8 & 8.1. Since it just appeared for me on my Win 8.1 VM, I wanted to post here so you know what the experience actually looks like. It's insanely easy to reserve and contrary to what the press is writing, it's not something that's in your face and intrusive. Let's check it out.

First, in the notification center, you'll get a little Windows icon:

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Clicking on it pops open a dialog letting you know that you can reserve your free Windows 10 upgrade and lets you scroll to see the benefits (i.e.: marketing speak). <strong>You don't have to scroll, instead opting to go straight to reserving your Win 10 install</strong>:

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