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I wonder how much to upgrade from a 71xx or 72xx Build
Best Buy memo explains that Vista doesn't work, details Windows 7 upgrade plans
Better still, the individual OSes also qualify for the update, and starting on June 26th, Best Buy will begin "pre-selling" the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade ($49.99) and the Windows 7 Professional Upgrade ($99.99).
Wait, if you can install the full version with an upgrade disc whats the point of buying the full version? =|
Though $49.99 would be perfect as I will hardly have any cash (if I have any) after building my first Desktop.
We can 2x the price for the boxed version... Home Premium upgrade has a nice price though I don't like upgrades... prefer clean install discs (YES I KNOW THAT I CAN MAKE A CLEAN INSTALL WITH UPDATE DISC before anyone points it out).
I'll probably get 7 SP1 Home Premium since XPM sux.
I find upgrading from whatever version of windows causes problems, even within the Win 7 builds themselves or is this something they will be able to tweak and correct before the release?
As far as upgrades go, I used to avoid them like the plague because they really did cause friends a lot of grief. But I have gone through almost all of the builds of Win 7, started with 32 bit. When I switched to 64 bit I, of course, did a clean install, but it has been upgrades since then. I had one 32 bit upgrade fail on me, probably because of an early version of AVG still being installed, but Win 7 rolled back perfectly. I really think MS has done a great job with the upgrade process. Clean installs will always be better, but with my insane desire to try every new build I just don't have the time.
Upgrade discs are bad news. Don't you have to have a previous OS that is supported to even install Windows 7? What if you only have XP laying around, i heard you can't upgrade from that.