Upgrade win7starter>home premium on new netbook w/msdn?

Im giving a new netbook as a gift but it comes with windows 7 starter. Is there a reason for not upgrading to Home Premium due to ram, etc? Ive heard starter is recommended for net-books but its pretty much stripped isn't it?

Also, Is there a way of doing the upgrade through the Windows anytime upgrade but using a MSDN retail home premium key? I ask this because it sounds easier to do that way since it doesn't have a DVD drive.

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The only reason Windows 7 Starter is on netbooks is to lower the initial cost of buy it.
There is no reason the full version of Home Premium or even Ultimate cannot run on it.

poin2 said:

If you have a legitimate home premium key, I'd simply put the iso on a USB drive and install it that way. If you do anything with the Anytime Upgrade, I believe you're getting a key (and install media) as well -- which is pointless if you already have a key and access to the correct media.

Well it Seems like in vista's anytime upgrade, you could enter your key before you downloaded so you got the right version to install... Wonder if 7 is the same way? Not sure how to do the whole boot from USB thing. Would it take forever to upgrade either way? Ive heard 6 hrs or is that just if upgrading from Vista?.

gregrocker said:

People have reported that they successfully inserted Upgrade or Full Version key into anytime upgrade.

Jonathan?

Yes, certainly. I bought Pro for $29.99 directly from Microsoft, and the key they gave me worked in Anytime. That's not to guarantee all upgrade/full keys work in Anytime, but at least mine did.