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Vista Upgrade Matrix
Tyler Too writes "With six different versions of Vista due once it ships, figuring out an upgrade path can be confusing. Microsoft has tried to clear things up with a 4x6 matrix laying out your options. 'In short, users of XP Home can do an upgrade install to any of the four Vista versions. However, XP Pro users can only perform upgrade installs to Business or Ultimate.' And if you're not running a 32-bit version Windows XP, there's no upgrade path for you at all."
Some slight FUD in the summary, specifically the line that reads "And if you're not running a 32-bit version Windows XP, there's no upgrade path for you at all."
From TFA: "Note that the requirement for clean installs does not mean that the user is required to purchase a full version of the operating system. XP Pro, XP Pro x64 and Windows 2000 users will still be able to purchase the "upgrade edition" of any version of Vista. They just won't be able to upgrade with their existing files and settings in place."
Of course, personally I would reccomend doing a clean install no matter what version of Windows you currently have, so for me this is a moot point.
P.S. I thought timothy was assigned to Backslash articles! Why is he posting new news (twice today and we've had no backslashes!)? Hopefully he'll be able to summarize the interesting commentary that will no doubt ensue in an upcoming Backslash.
I see they "conveniently" left out the boxes where you upgrade to linux instead.
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Windows Vista Ultimate 0-Day
If you have Gentoo, going to Vista would be a downgrade.
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.
Do not try to install the new file system. That is impossible. Only try to understand the truth.
What's the truth?
There is no new file system.