No differences in code compared to retail version of the product. Only the
future upgrade eligibility, which I'm not 100% sure on. But, depending on
the future release of Windows, you could probably use your full XP Home as a
qualifying upgrade. XP Home qualifies for even the retail upgrade versions
of Ultimate, Home Basic and Home Premium.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"TNTeacher" <TNTeacher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> First, let me apologize ahead of time if this is a stupid question but I
> have done several searches and haven't really found any which answer my
> question completely.
>
> Here is my Question:
> I am currently running the standard or full version of Windows XP Home
> Edition and I am now eligible to upgrade to the Windows Vista Home Premium
> Upgrade (Academic) version. Will this academic version of Vista upgrade
> properly since my current version of XP Home is a full version and NOT an
> academic version?
>
> From what I can find out from the research I have done, it will upgrade
> fine
> going in this direction and where I would run into problems is if I now
> had
> an academic version of XP and was trying to upgrade to a full version of
> Vista.
>
> I am eligible for the academic version of Vista as a faculty member of a
> university where I teach and it is much cheaper than the full version.
> From
> what I understand the academic version functions exactly the same as the
> full
> version and the only drawback is I am just not eligible for future
> upgrades
> with the academic version. If this is not true or if there are other
> significant differences please let me know.
>
> Thanks very much for your help