Upgrading after Win7 goes retail


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I was thinking that once W7 hits the shops, and depending on price I will buy the upgrade since I already have Vista Home Premium, but I wanted to know how the upgrade process will work.

Would I have to install Vista then install W7?

I've only ever upgraded once from Win 98se -> XP and that required Win98se installed first, will it be different? We all know a clean install is better, any ideas?

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Technically yes, you will have to install Vista first, then upgrade it. It is unknown if the upgrade trick people used in Vista will work, and I wouldn't bank on it. If you're going to do a clean install anyway, and you're interested in getting the upgrade because of its price, get the OEM version instead; the OEM discs and the upgrade discs are typically the same price.

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What about getting the MSDN iso, since I am a subscriber and buying the upgrade from teh shops and use that key with the MSDN ISO ?

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What about getting the MSDN iso, since I am a subscriber and buying the upgrade from teh shops and use that key with the MSDN ISO ?

Jeez, if you're an MSDN subscriber, you already have the license--why buy an upgrade disc?

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Jeez, if you're an MSDN subscriber, you already have the license--why buy an upgrade disc?

Perhaps it's not a development PC and he wants to have a legally licensed copy of Windows. Or maybe it's not for him.

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The version on MSDN is the same as what you get in the shop. How on earth are MS going to know that you not using it for evaluation?

Don't waste your money.

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It's generally cheaper to buy an OEM version depending if you need the support etc.

I've never paid more than ?100 for an OS, I just buy a stick of RAM or something and then become elligable to purchase OEM software. I paid ?85 for Vista x64 Ultimate, the RAM cost me ?:) :)

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Yes the upgrade will be for my home PC, since you are not licensed to use MSDN software for personal use, only testing (exception being Office) then I need to purchase the upgrade to legally use it at home. Now if I only need to purchase the key that would be good and I can use the MSDN disk and do a clean install.

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Technically yes, you will have to install Vista first.

Actually, as far as I'm aware if you boot from the DVD it'll allow you to do a fresh install.

You won't have to install Vista first.

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From what I've heard, you'll be warned about losing access to windows 7 at the start of May 2010, and on June 3rd, you'll be limited to 2-hour sessions until you purchase a key. It'll unlock as if nothing happened after that, and you'll be able to use it for longer than 2 hours at a time without it restarting.

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