Free Upgrade to 7 ???

"I'd like to see a free upgrade [to Windows 7] for Vista Ultimate users," said Michael Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft.

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Microsoft Urged to Give Vista Ultimate Users Free Windows 7 Upgrades - PC World

What are the chances of that?

bugger all they did not do it with milleniem why would they feel obliged to do it with Vista its no where near as bad as milleniem was.

I wouldn't do it... Vista works just fine... Maybe the lack of drivers, and UAC being annoying was a pain in the beginning, but since sp1 vista was a solid operating system that got a bad rep...

bugger all

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LOL

SIW2 said:

Microsoft Urged to Give Vista Ultimate Users Free Windows 7 Upgrades - PC World

What are the chances of that?

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Ummm, 0 or none at all???

Well, the lack of Ultimate Extras does make the analyst suggesting it understandable.

Highly doubt they'd do it for free though, especially since there's almost certainly some legal mumbo jumbo about "no guarantees" in the Vista Ultimate stuff.

Anyway, if they were smart they'd take pricing for upgrades coming from Ultimate into account if possible, but I highly doubt they'd do it fully "free."

The big lack of follow through on those hyped Ultimate extras was pretty bad though.

Hi there

I DID read something about 2 months ago about this -- you might find that some OEM computers which will be shipped from August with VISTA already installed will offer a Free W7 upgrade.

I can't remember Chapter and verse however - but given the current state of the economy this would makle a lot of sense -- people wouldn't "Hold off" buying a computer because the new OS wasn't quite ready yet.

This article could be of interest however

Vista to Windows 7 Free Upgrade Plans Leaked? - Tom's Hardware

Cheers
jimbo

Yeah you are right there jimbo. I also read somewhere that in July anybody who purchases vista will be offered a free upgrade to windows 7.

So everybody that has vista ultimate gets a free upgrade.... hmm
problem. There are literally millions of folks who acquired vista ultimate instead of going through the hassle of driving to the store and shelling out almost 400 dollars.
With really noway to distinguish these parties from paying customers, i doubt that will happen.

jimbo45 said:

I DID read something about 2 months ago about this -- you might find that some OEM computers which will be shipped from August with VISTA already installed will offer a Free W7 upgrade.

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Yes, there's expected to be a free upgrade system for those purchasing new computers with Vista Home Premium and up starting June 26.

However, this article is about those who purchased Vista Ultimate over the last couple years not getting all the extras they were promised and thought they were paying for, and if Windows 7 should be free to all those who purchased it already.

And yes, they could have a way to distinguish legitimate Ultimate keys for such a thing.

And yes, they could have a way to distinguish legitimate Ultimate keys for such a thing.

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elaborate. there was an app, not 2 days after vistas release day, that fools M$ into thinking that a computer, was a brand new out of the box machine with oem licensing. for every key blacklisted by M$, 10 more arose. they dont keep track of how many were purchased and where or when.it's impossible. it is a 5-1 chance that someone has the same key as someone on this site has the same key as 8 other people.
#'s aside, im just saying....


delete this post if you will, im just stating a fact. it is not my intent to promote illegal activities.

Hi there
What companies *SHOULD* do and what they *ACTUALLY* do is a moot point.

There will definitely be an "Upgrade" version of W7 - especially for those that bought a Retail version --just as there were cheaper editions of VISTA for upgrading to XP and the same for XP upgrades from Windows 2000 / Windows 98 etc.

Normally you just need to insert the previous version when prompted (that's for doing a Clean / fresh re-install).

Something like that will probably happen for W7 -- somewhere I suspect it will want evidence of a previous OS before validating your install.

The "Upgrade" versions are usually significantly cheaper and you can always get a really cheap solution by getting a (Legal) OEM copy by just buying something stupid like a Mouse.

(And to the previous poster -- of course there will be ways round activation / upgrade versions etc etc -- torrents as well won't stop even with pending trials of "The Bay and Mininova -- the VAST VAST majority will obey the rules -especially if you NEED your computer for work etc. Would YOU trust online banking to an OS you'd downloaded from a Torrent (After Retail when license activation becomes an issue).

Cheers
jimbo