Windows 7 upgrade $49.99

For those interested it seems that upgrades to the new Windows 7 will only be 50 dollars. This special offer will only be available for 16 days. Not sure if this site is reliable though.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/best-buy-memo-explains-that-vista-doesnt-work-details-windows/

 

...interesting...
engadget is fairly reliable, imo

 

$50 for an upgrade, good deal.

What product do you need for an "upgrade"? Vista only? OEM versions count?

 

it's only for home premium version, any other versions is higher price.

 

I wonder if the Win7 upgrade will be like the Vista upgrade in that one can use it to do a full install. Details of this (legal?) workaround with Vista are here:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp

If a full install can be done with $49.99 upgrade media, that is a pretty hot deal.

 

I have an OEM version of Vista x64 Home Premium that I would use if I can use it to do a clean install. $50 is a great deal. Of course I plan on signing up for Technet Plus, so maybe a mute point.

 

is it better to upgrade or to do a clean install? what the different anyway? anyone knows?

 

It's always better to do a clean install, IMO. Doing a clean install truly allows you to start fresh w/out all the "cruft" that builds up over time in a windows install. Also, clean installs lessen the chances that oddities will occur during the move to Windows 7-For Example: I used the upgrade option in XP Home on my HP desktop and it just felt "off." There were also several glaring bugs that cropped up (the Add/Remove Programs list, for example, had a huge blank white space in it, making it very difficult to see what's installed)

Doing a clean install (Before, I was worried about Windows XP asking for the previous Windows version on CD to verify my eligibility to do a clean install-My HP came with a proprietary "Recovery CD Set") solved all of those issues and it performed better.

 

Clean Install 110% FTW. I know it's a pain in the butt, but ( I said but twice hehe) well worth it in the long run. I just keep a notepad next to my desk and jot down any program I ever install, so when I do a clean install, I can refer to that for backup as well as checklist for installing new. After do that once, image it, and then you're done until the next version of Windows. I usually will dump the original image back and install the newest service pack and reimage. Usually do this with a spare HDD. Will make your life easier.

 

Home Premium has everything that most users need.

 

what the hell? did they decide to try and get people to buy their product? whats going on?

 

:laugh: :laugh:

 

This is a great deal! I love Windows 7 than Vista.

 

and you're point?
I was just clarifying the information about the price. I did not make any comments about users' needs.

 

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To my experience Vista upgrade was smart you can do "over the top" upgrade and thats what you guys are affraid of, it keeps old files and stuff and who knows could cause issues since its not a nice new clean install.

However if you do a clean upgrade, its exactly the same as a fresh install it wipes everything first. As mentioned above the Vista upgrade media could upgrade itself for a clean install in the same fashion.

Not sure if Win 7 will work the same way.

 

Apple just had their press conference and announced that they are having their Snow-Leopard upgrade for existing Leopard users to cost about $29 ($49 for the 5-license family pack). So...

I'm speculating that maybe Microsoft would try to match that for existing Vista users looking to upgrade to Windows 7. I could see it being a bit more expensive than the Snow Leopard upgrade since W7 brings more new stuff to the table, but I bet Microsoft would want to be competitive on this front.

What's everyone else's thoughts?

 

OSX Snow Leopard, *YAWN* The Windows Vista/7 bashing was also pretty childish and only proves Apple is actually scared of what Microsoft has in store while they're stuck dead in the water.

 

sure. and I was clarifying that 95% of the people won't need to concern themselves with the difference, because Pro doesn't have anything in it that they'll need.

 

Is there a list anywhere of what exactly ultimate contains that home premium doesn't?

 

Link 1
Link 2

 

Is there any difference between Enterprise and Ultimate other than the fact that Enterprise won't be available to the public?

Enterprise is volume licensing and Ultimate is retail and OEM? Ugh, why would Microsoft make two different versions when in fact, they're the same?

 

If Enterprise isn't available to the general public then does it really make a difference?

 

Hi

I'm curious here. I was never interested in OS much... but now, because I'm actually buying one for myself, I need some info.

First page of this thread suggests that a "clean install" is better than the "upgrade." Did they mean different versions, as in a whole new Win7 OS, or can you do a clean install with the upgrade version as well?

I was suggested that I buy Vista after June 26th to get the discount with Win7. I assume that I would be doing the "upgrade." But as a matter of fact, that would still be spending 150 dollars (100 bucks for vista premium and 50 dollars for Win7 upgrade). We don't know the price of the retail version of Win7 either.

How much should I guess for the price of the full version of Win7? What do you guys think I should do?

 

Just curiosity.

 

Nice deal! I would for sure upgrade rather than buying a new one. Also is it only 50$ for all Win7 versions or it have only one version that is Ultimate excluding premium,business, basic?

 

Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium is $50, the others are more expensive excluding Basic of course.

 

Is BB the only one that is going to charge $50 ( 'cause of there geek service to install probably)

 

Remember, Microsoft's making Windows 7 ultimate a pretty "low-profile" release marketing and product placement wise. Sure you'll be able to buy it in computer stores, but they are putting an emphasis on Home Premium and Professional since features now "build on top" of each version unlike the fractured experience that was Vista Business and Vista Home Premium.

Windows 7 Ultimate is also designed for OEM's who feel that their ultra-premium products will look better with an "Ultimate" version of Windows.

 

Ultimate is for people who want the multimedia features of Home Premium and the network/security features of Business.

Most people will buy Ultimate just because they think they need it, rather than really need it.