MS To Offer Free Windows 7 Upgrade To Vista Users

crazyeyes writes "With Windows 7 set for release in Dec. 09, Microsoft is getting ready with their free upgrade program, which allows Vista users to switch to Windows 7 when it arrives. The folks at TechARP have consistently scored accurate scoops on Microsoft software releases. They have now revealed Microsoft's upgrade plans, schedules and even screenshots of the upgrade process."

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Not really an apology

[v1]

When I first read this and the comments made about it I was thinking this was MS trying to make an apology for Vista. It looks instead like they are trying to provide assistance to the OEMs that are having an impossible time selling machines curs... er... PREINSTALLED with Vista because users want to wait for Windows 7 to get a new machine. (I don't blame them...)

So once again MS isn't looking out for the good of their customers, for the public, but for their business partners. *sigh* Just once you'd think they would try something that shown them in a positive light to their users?

They did this to me when I bought an XP laptop

[Orion Blastar]

I was promised a free Vista upgrade when I bought my Windows XP laptop. But I think it was Compaq who promised the Vista upgrade. When I got Vista Home Premium I didn't have drivers for my system and with only 512M of RAM it ran slow, and the graphics card didn't support AERO.

I recall Microsoft was sued over the "Vista Ready" computers that couldn't run Vista. I'll bet the Windows 7.0 ready computers that come with Vista will have the same problems.

Oh ho ho, I always try to stay one Windows version behind now so I don't get burned again. Retrocomputing is great that way! :)