arstechnica.com — Microsoft's quest to closely control the way Windows Vista can be used on PCs has taken a turn for the worse, as new information indicates that the company is breaking tradition when it comes to Windows Vista upgrades. With Windows Vista, users will not be able to use upgrade keys to initiate completely new installations.
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invidJan 29, 2007
You are mistaken my friend. I ran the Vista RCs and I can tell you that a failed upgrade install pretty much required a wipe and re-install. Of the two machines that I did an in-place upgrade on, one consistently failed and the other was fine. The one that failed had to be wiped before I could get a usable machine. Hopefully the RTM version has corrected this, but I'm not about to gamble with my money.You can though.
jayfishJan 29, 2007
@SolaruxYour a condescending moron and you don't know what the f**k your talking about. In order to help you understand the situation from a perspective other than your own myopic vision, lets look a a little hypothetical: Jim bought a new PC in 2002. The PC came with Windows XP Pro pre-installed. After five years, two service-packs, an uncountable number of patches from Microsoft and several hardware upgrades, Jim is ready to take the plunge into Windows Vista. Jim decides to take advantage of his customer loyalty to MS by purchasing an upgrade version. Jim gets home, loads his Vista DVD and kicks off the upgrade. About a third of the way in, the Vista upgrade fails. Jim lets the Vista installer take him back to his pervious version of Windows and reboots. Strangely, an OS selection screen appears upon boot. Jim can choose to boot Vista (which isn't really installed) or his "Previous Version Of Windows". He chooses "Previous Version Of Windows" and XP errors out on boot. What's Jim to do now?Jay
technopunditJan 30, 2007
Oh give me a break.
technopunditJan 30, 2007
I've been reading about Vista for months. Why am I supposed to upgrade, again? So I can make my windows spin in circles?I usually wait until I "hit a wall" before I upgrade Operating Systems. That is, cannot do something I want to do unless I upgrade.Show me a wall.
tulsapokeJan 30, 2007
I have had every windows since version 3.11 and was enough of a MS fanboy that I had 95, 98, and XP on the days they came out. Everything in Vista seems to be anti-user and crippled from what I have read and heard on podcasts. I am declining this upgrade if you can really call it that.I have been trying out Linux. I am trying Ubuntu now and it seems to be what I would expect an OS from 2006 to function (dependable, flashy aiglx interface, easy to install and upkeep, and no virus problems). I am almost happy that MS helped prod me into trying new systems. I am glad people posting on Digg were here to help me make the decision to try an alternative system.Thank you Digg.