Two questions about buying Windows 7

Welcome to the Se7enforums! The Soft Attack

When using a 7 upgrade disk the installer will detect the existing Vista installation already activated and offer the custom install option since you can't perform an upgrade install from any 32bit Windows into a newer 64bit edition.

As far as any discounts on the Ultimate edition upgrade or full that will be mainly upto the vendor or retail chain since MS was offering preorder discounts only on the Home Premium and Professional Editions.

"I want my Ultimate!" You know how that goes where the Ultimate is the full featured edition they get to charge more for without any promotional discounts!

Attending a launch party however will include a kit with the "Not for Resale" copy of Ultimate there for attending the 9am to 5pm event! But there are a limited number of seats for each city those will be held in on October 30th past the retail launch on the 22nd.

Hope you find one! The launch parties themselves provided a special 7 Ultimate pressing for the kits seen at those. When the initial preorder offers were first seen those were strictly for the Home Premium and Professional editions there.

Hopefully you will run into a good student discount or some promotional offer on the Ultimate edition since we are both looking to get the same thing!

Don't know if this was already mentioned, but if you have a .edu email address, you can order Win 7 Pro (or home prem) for $30. There is a long thead on it with links in this site. My alumni.edu address passed muster, lol, although I didn't need to order it b/c already have it from other sources.

I believe the OP already knows about that Peter as mentioned in his post, if possible he wants the Ultimate version and a 64 bit one at student rates if possible

The Soft Attack said:

I apologize in advance if these questions have already been answered, but I just need some clarification on these two issues. Okay, so I have a computer which came with the 32-bit home premium version of Windows Vista, and I plan to get the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Ultimate when it comes out. From my understanding, I will need to do a clean install in order to switch over to Windows 7 when the time comes. My question is: would I need to buy the full version of Windows 7, or can I still buy the upgrade version, even though i need to do a clean install?

Also, I am a college student, and I was wondering if there is a discount on Windows 7 ultimate, since from my understanding you can buy the Professional/Home Premium versions for $30.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

No, you can only switch in between 32 and 64 bit with a full install, the upgrade will only replace Vista with 7. So sorry, you'll have to pay up.

$30? I don't know where you heard that from, but that is a crazy price, even if it's for college people. It was 50% off a few months ago when pre-ordering started, but back then only Premium and Professional could be ordered.

That's why you compare editions to see what you need before making any decision. Compare Windows 7 Editions

I doubt you'll find a better comparison then the one made there. I ended up with the Home Premium for Vista the last time but not for 7 since I will have use for everything the Ultimate edition offers in the way of features despite the higher price.