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I wouldn't buy the Upgrade unless I also have an XP or Vista to upgrade, even though we don't need to have either on the machine (now) to do so. The reason is that the MVP's over on MS Technet, the same ones who were wrong about everything the Upgrade disk would and wouldn't be able to do, now say that the EULA is still in force and that if during future reinstalls a question is raised about qualifying OS for Upgrade, elevating activation to a phone person (which almost never happens) then we might need to have it to show.
Now, chances are that we will never have to reinstall either OS since the new Win7 Backup Imaging makes it easy to save an image of our finished installation to an external drive to reimage the HDD (or a replacement one) in 15 minutes. So it is just a precaution, but be aware of the (slim) risks if you buy an Upgrade with no XP or Vista to later show for it.
Last edited by gregrocker; 26 Oct 2009 at 04:46.