Vista Beta to Upgrade

[Guest]

What I'd like to know is when the new Vista OS is officially on the market
will users of the Vista Beta be able to purchase the upgrade version to
upgrade their beta version to a full working version of Vista? Or do we have
to purchase the full-version Vista OS software of our choice after the June
deadline for the beta version?
Anyone who has any idea at all about this issue I'd appreciate it, because I
bought a new computer at the end of August and found out 3 wks later that
anyone who bought a new computer would be eligible for the Vista upgrade and
we were told we'd qualify for the upgrade then when we got our email and went
to apply for our upgrade we found out that any computer purchased AFTER
October 2006 only would be eligible....so that really sucks...lol
Anyway, thanks for any help anyone can provide.

 

[Mike Brannigan]

What I'd like to know is when the new Vista OS is officially on the
market
will users of the Vista Beta be able to purchase the upgrade version
to
upgrade their beta version to a full working version of Vista? Or do
we have
to purchase the full-version Vista OS software of our choice after
the June
deadline for the beta version?
Anyone who has any idea at all about this issue I'd appreciate it,
because I
bought a new computer at the end of August and found out 3 wks later
that
anyone who bought a new computer would be eligible for the Vista
upgrade and
we were told we'd qualify for the upgrade then when we got our email
and went
to apply for our upgrade we found out that any computer purchased
AFTER
October 2006 only would be eligible....so that really sucks...lol
Anyway, thanks for any help anyone can provide.

The Beta does not qualify for upgrade you must purchase either a full
version or go back to an older OS that does qualify for the upgrade.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Mike is correct. You can purchase a full edition and select the upgrade
option in Setup as long as you purchase Vista Ultimate (the beta and RC's
were all Ultimate editions). Upgrade will be disabled if you purchase
anything less than Ultimate.

 

[Mike Brannigan]

I had a similar issue. As a suscriber to the Action Pack, I was
expecting a
full release version of Vista Ultimate. So I picked out an
affordable dual
core system, upgraded it to Vista Ultimate RC1 with the thought that
I would
flatten it and install Ultimate when it arrived. Unfortunatly, I
received
notice that Action Pack suscribers are only getting 10 copies of
Vista
Business Upgrade. So last night, I flattened the box and put XP Pro
on it
again. The "legal" way to do it was a headache, though. As XP Pro
was now
gone, I had to reinstall the box to factory using IBM's Recovery
tool. Not
allowed to upgrade my MSDN copy. So I went back to factory, then
uninstalled
EVERYTHING but XP. Now I'll sit tight until the Action Pack comes
in. It's
supposed to ship today.

Why was putting XP such a problem for you?
You have the CDs and keys for Windows XP Pro as part of the MAP, you
should not have disposed of them (or what did you mean by "XP was now
gone")