Plans To Free Vista Upgrade

[gavilan1010]

Microsoft later this month plans to roll out an Express Upgrade program that gives buyers of Windows XP-based PCs a coupon for a free or discounted upgrade to Windows Vista through 15 March.

As part of the deal, designed to drive PC sales though the holiday season, Microsoft will include coupons in each Windows XP SKU that will entitle users to a free or discounted Vista upgrade when the next-generation operating system ships in the first quarter of 2007, industry sources said.

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[duster88]

wow, sounds awesome!

[obviouslyinsane]

Cool, im getting a new laptop this holiday season, so that makes me happy.

[sevver]

But, will it really ship Q1 next year? That is the question I am left with. There will be another "delay" I am sure, either that or they will simply strip out anything that would actually appeal to anyone looking to upgrade to it.

Ultimately if it did work out though, what would you get, the oportunity to upgrade via the Internet? Or an Upgrade disk, which only makes the reinstall process all the more agonizing, or an actual full version CD?

I don't mind M$ so much anymore, but they are full up to their eyebrows. As it is though, any new OS from them is bound to be chock full of problems, and I will wait for a year or so for things to settle out.