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1 'free upgrade' 2 machines
ive recently bought 2 new business laptops for my small business and plan to
use Vista. One of the laptops comes with XP Pro with a free upgrade to Vista Business (i plan to dual boot for the benefit of old drivers for now). The other computer runs XP pro but doesnt have any kind of free vista upgrade. I know most companies are offering this free upgrade or at least a small fee upgrade to its vista alternative but this company didnt for this machine. Now the question... Will i be able to use the free upgrade key on both machines or will i have to buy an entirely new Vista package for the other machine? is there a way i can do this without any further expenditure (or atleast a very small expense)? If i have to i will buy it but i just feel a bit robbed by the company i purchased the laptop from and i dont want to end up spending loads more than i have to. Thanks in advance you techie gurus :-) |
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1 'free upgrade' 2 machines
You need to purchase a new Windows Vista license (product key)
for each computer you wish to upgrade to Windows Vista. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Bufger" wrote: ive recently bought 2 new business laptops for my small business and plan to use Vista. One of the laptops comes with XP Pro with a free upgrade to Vista Business (i plan to dual boot for the benefit of old drivers for now). The other computer runs XP pro but doesnt have any kind of free vista upgrade. I know most companies are offering this free upgrade or at least a small fee upgrade to its vista alternative but this company didnt for this machine. Now the question... Will i be able to use the free upgrade key on both machines or will i have to buy an entirely new Vista package for the other machine? is there a way i can do this without any further expenditure (or atleast a very small expense)? If i have to i will buy it but i just feel a bit robbed by the company i purchased the laptop from and i dont want to end up spending loads more than i have to. Thanks in advance you techie gurus :-) |
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1 'free upgrade' 2 machines
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote in message
... You need to purchase a new Windows Vista license (product key) for each computer you wish to upgrade to Windows Vista. Unless, of course, your OEM provides an Express Upgrade to Vista coupon. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Bufger" wrote: ive recently bought 2 new business laptops for my small business and plan to use Vista. One of the laptops comes with XP Pro with a free upgrade to Vista Business (i plan to dual boot for the benefit of old drivers for now). The other computer runs XP pro but doesnt have any kind of free vista upgrade. I know most companies are offering this free upgrade or at least a small fee upgrade to its vista alternative but this company didnt for this machine. Now the question... Will i be able to use the free upgrade key on both machines or will i have to buy an entirely new Vista package for the other machine? is there a way i can do this without any further expenditure (or atleast a very small expense)? If i have to i will buy it but i just feel a bit robbed by the company i purchased the laptop from and i dont want to end up spending loads more than i have to. Thanks in advance you techie gurus :-) Your lowest expenditure is going to be by purchasing a System Builder Kit at your nearest computer store. Otherwise, you will have to purchase a Vista Upgrade kit. Considering that an Upgrade kit for Vista Home Premium only costs $159 from Microsoft (perhaps a little less from a third-party supplier), while a System Builder Kit costs only $20-$30 less, you would be better off (value-wise, at least) purchasing an Upgrade license, since you would be able to move the upgrade license to another machine should your current one die or become unusable for one reason or another., while you would be constrained by the System Builder license from transferring that license to another machine if needed. -- Donald L McDaniel Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread. ------------------------------------------------------ |
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1 'free upgrade' 2 machines
If you want Vista on the second computer you will need to buy another Vista.
Contact the company about a Vista upgrade. If the purchase was recent enough, you may be able to return and buy a computer with Vista. Or they may give you the Vista upgrade to prevent you returning the computer. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org "Bufger" wrote in message ... ive recently bought 2 new business laptops for my small business and plan to use Vista. One of the laptops comes with XP Pro with a free upgrade to Vista Business (i plan to dual boot for the benefit of old drivers for now). The other computer runs XP pro but doesnt have any kind of free vista upgrade. I know most companies are offering this free upgrade or at least a small fee upgrade to its vista alternative but this company didnt for this machine. Now the question... Will i be able to use the free upgrade key on both machines or will i have to buy an entirely new Vista package for the other machine? is there a way i can do this without any further expenditure (or atleast a very small expense)? If i have to i will buy it but i just feel a bit robbed by the company i purchased the laptop from and i dont want to end up spending loads more than i have to. Thanks in advance you techie gurus :-) |