[Crosspost to Vista General, if only for the entertainment value.]

And your Outlook Express question is...?

Yes, you can buy a new Vista computer NOW that includes a "free" upgrade to
Win7 but I can assure you that such a computer would cost much more than
your Vista laptop did in May.

PS: Between 26 June and 11 July (US & CA), you could have purchased a Win7
Upgrade quite inexpensively (i.e., US$50 to US$100).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Sindi wrote:[color=blue]
> I bought my laptop 5/1/09 with vista 64 bit. Before I bought it I called
> Microsoft about the release of window 7 and was told they had no idea and
> it
> could be 2010. I knew I needed to replace my old computer before that but
> was not in a real hurry to do so. I asked if they would offer a free
> upgrade to 7 and they told me they would not. Just yesterday I find out
> that if you buy a computer with vista on anytime AFTER 6-26-09 you could
> get the free upgrade. Why the certain date? If I had known this I would
> have waited and bought it then.
> What a bunch of liars at Microsoft. I am just livid.
> Next time for sure it will be a MAC.[/color]

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Yes, you can buy a new Vista computer NOW that includes a "free" upgrade
> to Win7 but I can assure you that such a computer would cost much more
> than your Vista laptop did in May.
>
> PS: Between 26 June and 11 July (US & CA), you could have purchased a
> Win7 Upgrade quite inexpensively (i.e., US$50 to US$100).[/color]

Yeah, and then their comment about "next time it will be mac" HA! I can
tell you whatever new Mac they buy will probably run them from 1500-2000
bucks. Have fun with that!

Some people just want a reason to complain. Oh cry me a river that you
bought a new computer and about 2 mos. later they announced an upgrade
program,**** happens! The people on the phone weren't lying, they were
just going by the information they had at that time and if they were
never told about the upgrade program, they could not have mentioned it.

And if the latest in OS versions and updates concerns a person so much, they
should get a clue and read some of the industry news and blogs. Geesh.

Saucy


"milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
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>> < chop chop >[/color]
> Some people just want a reason to complain. Oh cry me a river that you
> bought a new computer and about 2 mos. later they announced an upgrade[/color]