Upgrade or Clean Install?

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I've purchased a new system that ships with Vista Premium 64 bit installed. I am a Microsoft Partner and have a Vista Ultimate 64 bit disk, and intend to upgrade the new PC once it arrives. I've always been an advocate of clean installs as opposed to upgrades, but since this is nothing more than a version upgrade I'm wondering if there really is any reason not to do an in-place upgrade of the OS.

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has actually done an upgrade from one version of Vista to another to hear if there were any issues after the fact. Thanks very much in advance.

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I'd go with a clean install, if at all possible. That will keep any older issues or problems from migrating forward. Just back up your old stuff because a clean install wipes out everything.

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...a new system that ships with Vista Premium 64...
Same here

plus you get that clean feeling.... LOL

It is a clean system, it's brand new!!!

I have done few of these and all I've done first is clear off any unnecessary crap that the supplier may have installed and have not had any problems with the upgrades! My experience has been good so far!

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I've done an upgrade from Premium to Ultimate on a new HP notebook and I'd recommend a fresh install. It took four hours to do the upgrade and it never felt quite right afterwards.

Based on personal experience, do a fresh install.

If I remember right, it also wastes a lot of disk space storing old files in case you ever want to un-upgrade.

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I've done an upgrade from Premium to Ultimate on a new HP notebook and I'd recommend a fresh install. It took four hours to do the upgrade and it never felt quite right afterwards.

Based on personal experience, do a fresh install.

If I remember right, it also wastes a lot of disk space storing old files in case you ever want to un-upgrade.

Thank you.

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