Upgrading from RC1 to Full Vista.

[Guest]

After many a frustrating hour infront of RC1 and preying for the full version
to be released it is finally here, and now that it is what i want to know is
which version can i buy the oem, upgrade or full version of vista ultimate?
Any guidance would be appreciated

 

[peter]

OEM....requires a clean HD
Upgrade requires a version of XPSP2... NOT Vista RC1 installed
Full version....install on anything

you decide
peter

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Upgrade does work from Vista to Vista.

OEM....requires a clean HD
Upgrade requires a version of XPSP2... NOT Vista RC1 installed
Full version....install on anything

you decide
peter

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

For Vista RC1 x86: You will need a full retail Ultimate edition. Ultimate
because RC1 is Ultimate and the upgrade option will be disabled for any
lesser edition. Full edition because RC1 is pre-release software and will
not be accepted by an upgrade edition as qualifying when Setup scans your
computer for a qualifying copy of Windows. With a retail full Ultimate
edition you can perform an upgrade from the RC1 desktop.

For Vista RC1 x64: Works the same. Also start Setup from the RC1 desktop.