GuJuMaN89 Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 when i did the power together thing to get a free vista business, they sent a email to upgrade to ultimate for like $150 or something. by time i read the email, it was too late lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ostate21 Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 I got a question does anyone know if there is a difference between Retail and Upgrade or is it the same thing. Cause Bestbuy has got it for 159 for Home Prem. But Circuit City has it for 239 and it says Upgrade on there box in the ad, and its got me all confused! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdamojo06 Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 Please someone correct me if I am wrong... Retail is the full version, can be installed on a freshly formatted HDD Upgrade is a version that you can upgrade from XP to Vista, so you have to format, install XP, then upgrade to vista Like I said, correct me if I am wrong, but thats what I have always thought it was Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ostate21 Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 Please someone correct me if I am wrong... Retail is the full version, can be installed on a freshly formatted HDD Upgrade is a version that you can upgrade from XP to Vista, so you have to format, install XP, then upgrade to vista Like I said, correct me if I am wrong, but thats what I have always thought it was Thats what I'm trying to figure out too lol! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdamojo06 Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 ...An "Express Upgrade" program is available for providing free or low-cost upgrades for people who purchase computers with Windows XP between October 26, 2006 and March 15, 2007.[43] The precise costs vary between OEM manufacturers; Dell, for example, will charge $25 USD plus applicable taxes/fees to upgrade Windows XP Professional to Windows Vista Business or Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 to Windows Vista Home Premium, while upgrades from Windows XP Home to Windows Vista Home Basic will cost $45 USD plus $25USD plus applicable taxes/fees.... Further criticism of upgrade licenses was expressed by Ars Technica's Ken Fisher, who noted that the new requirement of having a prior operating system already installed was going to cause irritation for users who reinstall Windows on a regular basis.[47] http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070128-8717.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggsluv Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 retail means that anyone in a retail business that built your computer and can use the disk as many times as they have licenses and oem means you can only use it once and thats on your computer you may correct if wrong but i think i got it right although who knows in todays world Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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