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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."
Why don't you have him spend $12 and get a decent amount of ram?
Maybe offer a free downgrade to XP for all OEM Vista users that couldn't get the downgrade from the manufacturer?
You know what's sad? I've been around here long enough to remember when people were cursing XP and swearing that they'd never leave 2000. God help us all if I see the day where we are bemoaning the new release and swearing that we'll stay with Vista.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
What I don't like, is they've updated the summary to remove "XP" but without an "UPDATE:". It really takes posts out of context and makes people look like idiots that retell the story.
Luckily, PE had a great version without any CD-key crap or driver mayhem. It's rather sad that the best Windows versions are made by pirates.
Or you could have just used a newer genuine XP oem disk. SP2 and SP3 disks have SATA drivers, maybe even SP1 disks. If all you had was an original XP cd, you can slipstream your own XP SP3 disk pretty easily.
Or your friend could have made his recovery disk set and kept it after he bought the laptop, so that when this eventually rolls around, he's all set, and you wouldn't have had to fumble around for something that worked.
Or you could have ordered a replacement recovery disk set from the OEM. Granted its usually 15-20 bucks or so.
But its not like you don't have lots of options.
You know what people don't miss one bit? Windows ME. When XP came along people abandoned ME like yesterday's roadkill sandwich. (And if that makes you hungry please seek help!) I don't know one person who misses ME and regretted moving to XP. XP was gold compared to ME, and while I haven't tried the beta I'm guessing it will be the same way for 7 vs Vista.
God, schmod. I want my monkey man!
But here is the $45,000 question -will they count the sales of those machines as Vista sales, or Windows 7 sales -probably both....
I just know that they didn't take into account all the 'downgrades' to XP when counting Vista sales...not that it helped much considering Vista's DOA status.
-I'm just saying
gah..slackware 1.0..the pain, the PAIN~
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You seem to have forgotten DOS 6.
Sure, prodding somebody because they made one grammatical error is a little trite, but don't you think bitching about signatures is (at the very least) equally trite?
The details are trivial and useless; The reasons, as always, purely human ones.
OH come on man! Name me anyone outside of IT that slipstreams their own disks?
So, knowing how to navigate usenet (and what usenet is), and the nettiquette there so you get the real goods instead of a disk full of viruses, knowing and using the specialized software to pull fragmented binaries of off usenet, knowledge of what a .rar even is (and what to do with it), reconstituting it into an iso or nrg or daa (and knowing what those are), and burning it to disk...
And the guy who can do all that can't slipstream his own disk? Oh come on man!
So your options are pay twice, or get an IT degree. That's not reasonable.
Any particular reason you edited out the simple and free option? Keep your original recovery media. Only recently have they stopped shipping discs with a lot of the cheapest PCs, but even there they have a 'make your own recovery disk' tool that usually prompts you within the first few days of using it and a pamplet in the box telling you to use it. If you don't want to pay twice or get an IT degree, follow the stupid wizard and make your recovery disks.
What about people who bought new PCs/laptops and didn't have a choice in getting Vista? My mother and my wife's sister both needed new laptops, and Vista was the only option without getting one of the more expensive "business" class models. Depending on how Windows 7 turns out, I'd sure as hell like to take advantage of this free upgrade offer on their laptops. Both machines have fast, current processors and 3GB of RAM, yet they take forever to boot to a useable desktop despite being brand new with fresh installs. My Vista experience thus far has not been impressive.
I like to think of online DRM as something akin to a college -- you pay for lessons until you learn something.