Microsoft Urged to Give Vista Ultimate Users Free Windows 7 Upgrades - PC World"I'd like to see a free upgrade [to Windows 7] for Vista Ultimate users," said Michael Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft.
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...
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
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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.
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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