Clean install with Windows 7 Upgrade media? What about x64 upgrades?

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Waethorn — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:07:19 GMT

"I thought he was the Special Envoy to Uranus. (Not yours, "DRWAM", but maybe for "Waethorn")."

Classy, losta.

You gonna start throwing little tantrums and calling people "dipsh_t" again?

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sinclaj1 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:32:55 GMT

Just called the MS Store (1-877-MY-MS-STORE) ... that's a long one ...

They say the packages ship with both the 32-bit and 64-bit DVD's included.

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sinclaj1 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:22:10 GMT

Does the upgrade media from places like Amazon.com contain both 32-bit and 64-bit on the same DVD?

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Jimmy422 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:52:02 GMT

According to the Microsoft store, XP and Vista users can install windows 7 with a clean install, and then just reinstall all their programs without installing 7 twice. Cool.

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shark47 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:07:51 GMT

@avro (on the other thread, but who cares?)

"@ Shark

Microsoft doesn't make hardware.

What on earth is MSDNAA? - sounds like something DRWAM should be treating."

Microsoft does make hardware actualy, just not PC hardware. And I was merely pointing out that I can argue that Windows is free if I used examples like yours. PC makers usually have more deals than Apple does. I remember a lot of people rushing to buy the Dell 700m laptop a few years ago when it was offered at 50% off MSRP.

MSDNAA, I think stands for Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance.

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DRWAM — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:49:27 GMT

Do it crank, you'll regret not tanking advantage of the price [but investigate the 64 bit thingy]. Just tell your significant other that a doctor told you that you needed it ;)

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crankenstein — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:06:34 GMT

That sounds like a better deal... I thought you could ONLY upgrade, if you can do a clean install then I probably will take advantage of the special offer.

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whiplash55 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:42:51 GMT

Thanks Paul you read my mind on this one, the next question: I'm building a new i7 machine I was going to use a Ultimate 64 bit Vista copy I have had, I guess as long as I don't use the Vista copy elsewhere I'm Kosher to get the upgrade version of Professional?

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ChickCNC — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:07:23 GMT

OkThe Microsoft Store, Office Depot and Amazon are all excepting orders now but none of them mention 64 bit. Has anyone found a way to order the professional version in 64 bit?

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Backup77 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:01:58 GMT

shark

I concur, IE8 does seem to run faster on Windows 7 than on my Vista machine in usage fo far.

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ChickCNC — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:39:19 GMT

Amazon is excepting orders now but says nothing about 64bit.

Does anyone know if Microsoft will offer an upgrade from the Professional version to Ultimate and what the charge will be?

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shark47 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:33:48 GMT

From the Ars article Ocean linked to:

"Windows Vista users can follow multiple upgrade paths to Windows 7. As was the case when upgrading from XP to Vista, you will only need to perform a clean install if you are going to a version that is lower on the food chain. For example, if you are going from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Home Premium, you would do a clean install. "

Works for me!

Any news about the Windows Live Wave 4? I thought it would be released around the same time as Windows 7.

By the way, has anyone else felt that IE8 performance in Windows 7 was way better than on Vista or XP? IE8 is fast on my Windows 7 machine.

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