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I have a windows XP MCE. I have been thinking about taking the deal MS
is offering about getting an upgrade to vista and windows 7. Meaning that vista and 7 ship together. Does anyone know how long that deal is going to last? Bill |
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Bill Cunningham wrote:
I have a windows XP MCE. I have been thinking about taking the deal MS is offering about getting an upgrade to vista and windows 7. Meaning that vista and 7 ship together. Does anyone know how long that deal is going to last? Bill Microsoft is offering no such deal, to my knowledge. Some computer manufacturers are currently offering systems with Vista pre-installed, along with a voucher for a free Upgrade to Win7. How long such offers will continue is up to the individual computer manufacturers. I should point out, however, that a system that sold with WinXP MCE may not necessarily be a good candidate for upgrading to either Vista or Win7, due to hardware requirements and compatibility issues. Both Vista and WEin7 have much more stringent minimum hardware requirements than did WinXP. Mind you, I'm not saying it can't be done, but you'll want to compare your system's hardware specifications with Vista's and Win7's minimum and recommended requirements before making the leap. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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Um, why would you want to upgrade to vista, given w7?
"Bill Cunningham" wrote in message ... I have a windows XP MCE. I have been thinking about taking the deal MS is offering about getting an upgrade to vista and windows 7. Meaning that vista and 7 ship together. Does anyone know how long that deal is going to last? Bill |
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It depends on who you buy from. DELL (EUROPE) have stopped supplying
VISTA; You only get Windows 7 considering that it is officially released on 22/10/2009. By the time Dell have built your system, Windows 7 will be out so they only supply Windows 7. Dab's offer expires on 31/01/2010 or until their current stock is sold depending on whichever is sooner for obvious reasons; they only supply pre-built systems made by HP and others so they need to keep their offer open. hth Bill Cunningham wrote: I have a windows XP MCE. I have been thinking about taking the deal MS is offering about getting an upgrade to vista and windows 7. Meaning that vista and 7 ship together. Does anyone know how long that deal is going to last? Bill |
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"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message ... Microsoft is offering no such deal, to my knowledge. Some computer manufacturers are currently offering systems with Vista pre-installed, along with a voucher for a free Upgrade to Win7. How long such offers will continue is up to the individual computer manufacturers. I should point out, however, that a system that sold with WinXP MCE may not necessarily be a good candidate for upgrading to either Vista or Win7, due to hardware requirements and compatibility issues. Both Vista and WEin7 have much more stringent minimum hardware requirements than did WinXP. Mind you, I'm not saying it can't be done, but you'll want to compare your system's hardware specifications with Vista's and Win7's minimum and recommended requirements before making the leap. Yeah that's the thing. But my MCE is a 32 bit OS and I'm running an AMD 64. And I only have a solaris unix that is 64 bit. Bill |
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"John Smith" wrote in message ... Um, why would you want to upgrade to vista, given w7? This is what I've heard. You can get an upgrade disc for vista from XP but you can't get an upgrade from XP to windows 7. Does anyone know if that's true. Bill |
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Bill Cunningham wrote: This is what I've heard. You can get an upgrade disc for vista from XP but you can't get an upgrade from XP to windows 7. Does anyone know if that's true. This is not quite true. Windows 7 can be upgraded from XP except that it only does a clean install. this means that although you are doing an upgrade, the installation of Windows 7 will wipe the entire disk clean and start all over again. You will lose all your personal data if you don't make a backup on an external storage like CD/DVD or flash drive. You only pay for the upgrade. The only disadvantage I can see of an upgrade CD is that you will need to keep the CD for XP (even for Vista) if in the future you need to reinstall Win7. I keep all my previous versions (in duplicates) so I am not worried about this. |
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"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message ... Microsoft is offering no such deal, to my knowledge. [snip] http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows/category/1 If I am understanding correctly. Bill |
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ANONYMOUS wrote:
Bill Cunningham wrote: This is what I've heard. You can get an upgrade disc for vista from XP but you can't get an upgrade from XP to windows 7. Does anyone know if that's true. This is not quite true. Windows 7 can be upgraded from XP except that it only does a clean install. this means that although you are doing an upgrade, the installation of Windows 7 will wipe the entire disk clean and start all over again. You will lose all your personal data if you don't make a backup on an external storage like CD/DVD or flash drive. You only pay for the upgrade. The only disadvantage I can see of an upgrade CD is that you will need to keep the CD for XP (even for Vista) if in the future you need to reinstall Win7. I keep all my previous versions (in duplicates) so I am not worried about this. Ah, but can you "upgrade" from an OEM version of XP? |
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Bill Cunningham wrote:
I have a windows XP MCE. I have been thinking about taking the deal MS is offering about getting an upgrade to vista and windows 7. Meaning that vista and 7 ship together. Does anyone know how long that deal is going to last? Do you want to upgrade your current PC to Vista and then upgrade it to Windows 7? I think the only way you can do that is to purchase the Full version (not the Upgrade version) of Vista and taking advantage of the offer to upgrade Vista to Windows 7 from this page: http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft...a/category/101 If I were you, and if your PC's specs are robust enough to handle Windows 7, I would simply purchase the Upgrade version of Windows 7. I doubt you would ever want to put Vista on your PC! :-) See this page: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116714 I assume that Windows 7 Home Premium (instead of Windows 7 Professional, which is $80 more) is all you need, but feel free to research that further. :-) http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...oducts/compare |
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Bill Cunningham wrote:
This is what I've heard. You can get an upgrade disc for vista from XP but you can't get an upgrade from XP to windows 7. Does anyone know if that's true. Bill "Kinda sorta." While WinXP is a *qualifying* product for the Win7 Upgrade license, it's not technically possible to perform an in-place upgrade from WinXP to Win7; a clean installation of Win7 would be required. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message ... Microsoft is offering no such deal, to my knowledge. [snip] http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows/category/1 If I am understanding correctly. Bill I hadn't seen that. It would appear that you were correct; but it's a very limited time offer. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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YES
HeyBub wrote: ANONYMOUS wrote: Bill Cunningham wrote: This is what I've heard. You can get an upgrade disc for vista from XP but you can't get an upgrade from XP to windows 7. Does anyone know if that's true. This is not quite true. Windows 7 can be upgraded from XP except that it only does a clean install. this means that although you are doing an upgrade, the installation of Windows 7 will wipe the entire disk clean and start all over again. You will lose all your personal data if you don't make a backup on an external storage like CD/DVD or flash drive. You only pay for the upgrade. The only disadvantage I can see of an upgrade CD is that you will need to keep the CD for XP (even for Vista) if in the future you need to reinstall Win7. I keep all my previous versions (in duplicates) so I am not worried about this. Ah, but can you "upgrade" from an OEM version of XP? |
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[I have re-arranged your reply so that you will not be accused of being a
top-posting twit and so MY response makes sense] HeyBub wrote: Ah, but can you "upgrade" from an OEM version of XP? Kevin wrote: YES Thank you. I'll be a real stallion with the wife tonight! |
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