Earlier this week, I blogged about Microsoft's $40 ($39.99, to be precise) upgrade offer, meant to entice those running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 to upgrade to Windows 8 Professional once it is available.

Microsoft's original post on the topic never spelled out explicitly whether one additional group -- those testing Windows 8 -- would also be offered the same price for Windows 8 Pro.

The answer is yes.