I have been using Win 7 Beta and ready to move on to RC. I understand I must reload all my programs and data with the move to RC. Once I have RC loaded will I be able to purchase an UPGRADE to Win 7 next year without rebuilding and reloading my PC again?
No. Read the release notes. You'll be able to buy an upgrade from Vista to a correspondent Win7 version (Home -> Home, Prof -> Prof, etc.) but not an upgrade from Win7 RC to Win7 final. So, indeed, you have to rebuild and reinstall again.Mob. AMD64 3000+, 1 G RAM, Mob. ATIRadeon9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)
Proposed as answer bySanmartinMonday, May 25, 2009 9:24 AM
Marked as answer bydwoltersEditorMonday, May 25, 2009 6:42 PM
No. Read the release notes. You'll be able to buy an upgrade from Vista to a correspondent Win7 version (Home -> Home, Prof -> Prof, etc.) but not an upgrade from Win7 RC to Win7 final. So, indeed, you have to rebuild and reinstall again.Mob. AMD64 3000+, 1 G RAM, Mob. ATIRadeon9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)
Proposed as answer bySanmartinMonday, May 25, 2009 9:24 AM
Marked as answer bydwoltersEditorMonday, May 25, 2009 6:42 PM
To add to what he was saying... When you buy your copy of Windows 7 - it won't likely be the Ultimate version. Microsoft has said that there will only be two SKUs (versions) of Windows 7 available in stores (Home Premium and Professional). Right now, the version you've got installed is Ultimate. In order to get back to Ultimate, you would need to install the Home Premium or Professional version and then do an Anytime Upgrade to Ultimate. And since you can't "downgrade" a version from Ultimate to Home Premium or Professional (or any of the other SKUs), it would make things kind of difficult to do anything BUT a clean install.
I have install windows 32bit 7 RC1 last two weekes ago. On my asus notebook c2d 2,16 gHZ 4gb ram 1gb gf 9650 with ssd drive conneted via sata. All drivers install perfectly and all my software working fine no issue occured. If i have any trouble with some instalation i just use option compatibility pack with vista sp 2 :) and heh all works. I'm really impresed. my laptop start in 45secund :-) and sout dawn in 35 sek. For me right now is best windows ever seen. I have on my desktop windows vista ulitame x64 and it's start realy fast but my asus i like a bee a desktop start like hmm bird :) feal difrent. I hope that noone wiill make any mistake when win7 start to be final. i'm sure that i will upgrade to final version hope so it will possible from my Rc version :)
No. Read the release notes. You'll be able to buy an upgrade from Vista to a correspondent Win7 version (Home -> Home, Prof -> Prof, etc.) but not an upgrade from Win7 RC to Win7 final. So, indeed, you have to rebuild and reinstall again.
Mob. AMD64 3000+, 1 G RAM, Mob. ATIRadeon9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)
Uhm i understood no issue :-) windows 7 instaling on my Asus just 13,5 min :) drivers and service pack next 2 h so in 3 h i have full worakble windows i can handled with that :) waiting for final version i love Windows 7 :D
