"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
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> "paula" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$QZlea9JHA.4204@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> >I am currently running Vista Ultimate 32 bit and I want to install Windows
> >7 when it comes out.
> > According to the upgrade advisor I have to purchase the same "Ultimate"
> > version in order to just do an upgrade.
> > It says that if I want to install a lower version, I will have to do a
> > clean install.
> > My question is, if I purchase the lower version (Win 7 Professional), do I
> > have to purchase the full version and not the upgrade version?
> > IOW, can I still do a clean install from the upgrade version?
> > If I recall there was a just this work around when Vista was first
> > released.
> > Would this still hold true for Windows 7?
> > TIA
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> Whatever version of Vista you are running, you will need the comparable
> Windows 7 version or higher in order to do an in place upgrade.
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> Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
> [url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url]
>
> I'm seeing early upgrade pricing for everything but ultimate. I have 2 machines running ultimate. If I read the prior post correctly I will need to upgrade to ultimate. What accomodation is Microsoft making for users like me?[/color]