Windows 10 pricing remains up in the air

Windows10價格未定

導讀:微軟公司決定，在Windows10系統發布后的一年內，用戶可以免費將系統更新至最新版本。但是一年之后的Windows10價格如何，尚未確定。

Microsoft has bold ambitions for Windows 10: To power 1 billion devices by 2018. To achieve that goal, the company will let most users update to the new version at no charge for one year after Windows 10’s release.

微軟公司對Windows10系統信心十足，期望到2018年，有10億臺電腦使用該系統。為了達成這個目標，微軟公司決定，在Windows10系統發布后的一年內，用戶可以免費將系統更新至最新版本。

After that, however, Microsoft doesn’t know what it will charge customers to upgrade -- or how it will deliver upgrades in the future.

但微軟公司尚不明確一年之后，如何收取更新費用，或者以后如何收取更新系統的費用，

Joe Belfiore said Thursday the company’s primary concern is getting the operating system onto a critical mass of devices as quickly as possible. How will people get their hands on Windows 10 after the first year? "I don’t know, " Belfiore said at a press event.

副總裁喬·貝爾菲里奧本周四表示，現在最重要的是讓眾多重要的設備都安裝該系統。但是，一年之后，人們怎么安裝Windows10系統？“我不知道。”貝爾菲里奧在發布會上說道。

While Microsoft hasn’t claimed it would never charge customers to upgrade to its latest software, executives have put greater emphasis on casting the software as far as possible than on pricing. Users who update to will get "new features and benefits for a long, long time," said Belfiore. Those add-ons will include application and full OS updates, he added.

雖然微軟公司并未明確表示客戶可以享受免費更新軟件的服務，但是主管人員對軟件的重視程度遠遠超過了對價格的重視。貝爾菲里奧表示：“選擇更新系統的客戶將能長時間享受各項一些新的功能和各項福利。”這些額外的好處包括應用以及操作系統的完全更新。

Microsoft is taking a big gamble with Windows 10: That Windows can become integral to every mobile device and every piece of software we use. That’s because the one operating system can run universal apps developed for any device.

對微軟公司來說，Windows無異于一個賭注：或許該系統對于我們所用的所有移動設備或者軟件都是不可或缺的。因為該操作系統可以運營所有設備的通用應用。

The result is a very different strategy for how the world’s largest software maker delivers and sells its products. To that end, Microsoft has transformed Windows from a one-time software license into a perpetual service. It’s also making sure its applications can live on many different devices, even those not running Windows.

結果導致了世界上最大的軟件制造商在銷售產品時采取了不同的策略。為此，微軟公司摒棄了一次性軟件許可證，轉而決定為客戶提供永久性服務。此外，微軟公司確保這些應用在各式設備上都能使用，不再運行了Windows系統也不例外。

Uncertainty about Windows 10’s price tag may urge more PC users to upgrade sooner rather than later. Yet it also raises questions about the benefits and new features users can expect when they pay for Windows 10.

但微軟公司尚未確定一年之后Windows10系統的價格，這使得更多用戶在一年之內更新系統。但是，人們仍然好奇花錢購買Windows10系統時還能享受哪些新的功能。

So how Windows 10 operate in the future? It will be "pretty similar to the model you see with phones," said Belfiore.

那么，在未來Windows10將何去何從呢？貝爾菲里奧表示這與“手機的更新換代是一樣的。”