Free Upgrade to 7 ???

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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.
 

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Home Made
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windows 7 rc 64bit and vista 32bit
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Intel Core 2 Duo e6700
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ASUS Rampage extreme
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3Gig DDR3 kingston 1066mhz
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2x ASUS ATI HD4830 crossfired
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Creative X-FI Fatality Audio
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Samsung 913c 21inch
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2 x Western Digital WD3200AAKS
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1200w Thermaltake tough power 1200w PSU
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Cooler master Stacker 832 Black case
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Logitech mx610 mouse
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bench mark 6.8 out of a possible 7
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...
 

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fakeasdf (c)
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Win 7 Pro x64 x 3, Win 7 Pro x86, Ubuntu 9.04
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2 x C2D [email protected] Ghz, C2D [email protected] ghz, P4 @ 3.0 ghz,
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GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3P LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Dynamic Energy S
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2x8 GB Corsair, 4GB Kingston, 2GB GSkill
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ATI Radeon 4670 1 GB DDR3, 2600 Pro, 2400 Pro, Intel 965
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I don't care... Connected using Optical on Media Center
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Panasonic Viera 50" Plasma, 2x 19"
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1080P, 1280x1024's
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4 Terabytes
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Antec P182 Gun Metal Black
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20 Mbit U/D

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    2x8gb 3200mhz
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    pure power 11 400w cm
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    Coolermaster
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Creative SB X-Fi audio
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HP w2207 + HPvs15
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1680x1050 + 1024x768
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2-WD5000AAKS-500 GB
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Microsoft Comfort Curve
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MX Revolution
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Wacom Intuos 2 Graphics Tablet
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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.
 

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Windows7
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
 

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On Motherboard
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Realtek HD audio
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Apple Cinema display, Samsung LCD
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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.
 

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Custom Build.
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
CPU
i5 760 @ 4.2Ghz. 1.18v
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Gigabyte - H55M-USB3
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4g Corsair xms3 ddr3, 1600Mhz.
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Gigabyte GTX-560Ti soc edition
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Asus Xonar Dx - Logitech Z5500.
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Acer 22" LCD Wide screen 1680-1050 -Samsung 42" Plasma....
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1680/1050 -----1920/1080p.
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2x 2TB Seagate Go Flex,
1x 1TB Seagate,
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x16 Gig sandisc flash drive,
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XigmaTek 80plus NRP-PC702 - 700w dual 30a.
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Venus Gamers Midi Tower Case with LED Display
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Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2... x2 Arctic F8 case fans........
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Logitech G15-v2 Gaming.
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Microsoft Sidewinder X8.
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Virgin Media - 50mb down- 8mb up.
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x2 Xbox 360 wireless controllers...

Dual layer optical disc drive...

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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.
 

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eMachines W3502
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x32
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Intel Celeron D 3.2 Ghz 533 fsb (LGA 775)
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Intel D101GGC
Memory
1 GB (2x512MB) PC-3200 DDR @ 200Mhz
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Nvidia GeForce 9400GT- 1GB
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Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreame Gamer
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19" LCD HDtv
Screen Resolution
1360x768 @ 60Htz
Hard Drives
SeaGate Barracuda 750GB
SeaGate Barracuda 100GB
Toshiba CD/DVDW/ TS-H552D [DVD+R, DL]
PSU
stock (idk)
Case
The busted remains of the stock case
Cooling
Dust cooled, waitwut?
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Stock. Missing a few keys.
Mouse
Logitech LX8 5-btn mouse (wireless)
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TWC 10Mb
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Keeps going, and going, and going.......
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.

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.
 

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OS
Windows7
And yes, they could have a way to distinguish legitimate Ultimate keys for such a thing.

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.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x32
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Intel Celeron D 3.2 Ghz 533 fsb (LGA 775)
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Intel D101GGC
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1 GB (2x512MB) PC-3200 DDR @ 200Mhz
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Nvidia GeForce 9400GT- 1GB
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Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreame Gamer
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19" LCD HDtv
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1360x768 @ 60Htz
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SeaGate Barracuda 750GB
SeaGate Barracuda 100GB
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stock (idk)
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The busted remains of the stock case
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Dust cooled, waitwut?
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Stock. Missing a few keys.
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Logitech LX8 5-btn mouse (wireless)
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TWC 10Mb
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Keeps going, and going, and going.......
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
 

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Graphics Card(s)
On Motherboard
Sound Card
Realtek HD audio
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Toshiba wireless laser
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> 20MB up
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