Buying options

[Bill Cunningham]

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

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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.


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[John Smith]

Um, why would you want to upgrade to vista, given w7?

 

[ANONYMOUS]

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]

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

 

[Bill Cunningham]

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

 

[ANONYMOUS]

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.

 

[Bill Cunningham]

Microsoft is offering no such deal, to my knowledge.

[snip]
http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows/category/1

If I am understanding correctly.

Bill

 

[HeyBub]

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?

 

[Daave]

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/Windows-Windows-Vista/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/Produ...mpareItemList=N82E16832116713,N82E16832116714

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/windows7/products/compare

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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.


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Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


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

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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://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

 

[Kevin]

YES

Ah, but can you "upgrade" from an OEM version of XP?

 

[HeyBub]

[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]

YES

Thank you. I'll be a real stallion with the wife tonight!

 

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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]

YES

Thank you. I'll be a real stallion with the wife tonight!