Windows watchdog site, Tech Arp, is reporting that Microsoft may give Vista users a free upgrade to Windows 7 by as early as mid 2009. The blog site says it obtained a copy of a memo issued by Redmond to its OEM partners that outlines something called the "Windows 7 Upgrade Program."
The upgrade program is an attempt to keep OEM PC sales moving and let them stall out by folks waiting for the impending release of Windows 7. OEMs in the program can offer an upgrade to Windows 7 to end users who qualify when they purchase a PC running certain versions of Vista during specified time frames.
Tech Arp has published a new Windows 7 roadmap and has calculated when Windows 7 will be released to manufacturing based on the frequency of releases being sent to OEMs to test. The site has been known for accurately predicting other Microsoft operating system releases.
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great, what timeframe? it should be free to anyone that bought
a system that had Vista on it, b/c Vista is clunky and slow.
Windows 7 VS Vista
I cannot believe that it is a coincidence. Seems like ever one or two decent windows releases, Bill Grape of Microsponge release what I come to believe is just a money maker. Who remembers Windows 97, or Windows Me. Now we can add Windows 7. Windows 7 should be a free patch for all those poor people who got stuck with Vista Garbage. There is no way it took Microsoft so long to develop such a piece of shit. They probably sit on it for a while till every body is in such need for operating system that has the features of the new technology and then releases it with a plan to release the real version soon after. That is why that nerd never offers the new OS as a free upgrade to registered users.
you have a great point
putting out a piece of trash, then putting out a decent OS to get all the users to buy it to replace the bad one, and getting away with it b/c you have 85% share of OS. ggggggrrrrrr
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