Windows 7 Upgrade Plans

Martin | Feb 13, 2009 | Comments

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Although Microsoft is not revealing that many information about its Windows 7 upgrade plans some information have come to light. Probably the most important is that both Windows XP and Windows Vista users will be entitled to upgrade to Windows 7. This means that both Windows XP and Windows Vista users will be able to purchase an upgrade to Windows 7 at a discount. Microsoft has not revealed a pricing structure yet and there is still a strong rumor that Windows Vista users who purchase the operating system shortly before the release of Windows 7 will receive a free upgrade.

What’s already known is that Windows XP users will get a discount when purchasing Windows 7. They will however not be able to update Windows XP to Windows 7 directly. Windows 7 can only be installed independently which also means that Windows XP users have to find a way to transfer the data from the old operating system to the new one. This could be in the form of installing Windows 7 on a second partition or extensive backups of the data. Microsoft will probably release some guidelines to aid users in the process.

The upgrade structure for Windows Vista looks like the following:

Users with a edition of Windows Vista on the left will be able to update directly to the Windows 7 edition on the right. There is however no direct update available for other editions of Windows 7. A Windows Vista Home Premium user will therefor not be able to update his operating system to Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate. The other way round is also not support. A Windows Vista Ultimate user will not be able to upgrade his operating system to either Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Home Premium.

The only option in those cases are to perform independent installations of Windows 7. It should also be noted that updates are only possible if both operating systems use the same language. The other Windows Vista editions (Windows Vista Home Basic and Windows Vista Starter Edition) are not included in the upgrade program.

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About the Author: Martin Brinkmann is an Online Journalist from Germany who discovered his love for technology in high school. He is currently working as a freelancer for several publications and runs his own Internet website Ghacks

  • Stephen Bodenstadt
    When are they going to release windows 7 ?
  • sunil
    October 20 second
  • I can't wait until we get a Microsoft Store around my hometown! :D
  • Chris
    Not fair to not include Vista home basic in the upgrade!
  • Microsoft will be supporting Vista to Windows 7 upgrades. (For free upgrades look link below). I’m discussing updates from Windows Vista to windows 7 that are not fresh installs – for All see at >> http://www.notebook2day.com/windows/windows-vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-%e2%80%93-windows-vista-upgrade-tips/
  • Carlos
    And what about Vista Basic users? ¬¬
  • joe
    Windows Sucks,  How many different windows packages do we really need when the one's that they currently produce do not work.  I feel that windows is just a money greedy company that is only interested in how much money they can suck out of the poor people stuck using their terrible software product.
  • Brad
    Joe,

    This may shock you, but sole purpose of a company is to make a profit (i.e. money) for its shareholders.  There is nothing inherently wrong with that.  It would probably be easier for you to make a moral judgement on what the people that own the company do with their gobs of money.  But given Bill Gates propensity to give away vast sums of money, that might be a tough sell.

    "Sell crazy some place else...  We're all stocked up here."
  • mario_leo
    is the upgrade free from windows vista premium to windows 7
  • mario_leo
    is it free upgrade from windows vista home premium to windows 7 and how?
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