Vista - Buying xp and getting A free vista upgrade

Get yer facts right
"Jon Davis" <jon@REMOVE.ME.PLEASE.jondavis.net> wrote in message
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> That's incorrect; XP MCE upgrades to Vista Home Premium. This is the case
> for my laptop. AFAIK there is no direct-equivalent upgrade to Ultimate.
>
> Jon
>
> "Nero" <nero@rome.it> wrote in message
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>> Like for like
>> XP Home = Vista basic of if lucky, Vista Premium
>> XP Pro =Vista Business
>> Media whatever you call it =Vista Ultimate
>> You can't have the upgrade to a Vista version higher than the Windows one
>> you have.(using the"coupon"
>> "Banjaxster" <Banjaxster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4F499E24-CBFC-460B-B072-8B5683FADD28@microsoft.com...
>>>I have seen on some merchants websites that if you buy Windows XP you
>>>will
>>> get a free upgrade coupon for Windows Vista.
>>> I just build a new machine and would like to know if this is legit and
>>> will
>>> microsoft honor this?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

"Nero" <nero@rome.it> wrote in message news:e6GCyiADHHA.4132@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Get yer facts right

Indeed.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2040864,00.asp
http://global.acer.com/support/winvista/index.htm
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/g...cs=&l=en&s=gen
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...ssupgrade.mspx

Jon

The coupons aren't all free. Some have free upgrades others have additional
charges. Most have some sort of handling charge. see for an example
http://promotions.newegg.com/microso...TechGuarn.html


"Nero" <nero@rome.it> wrote in message
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> Like for like
> XP Home = Vista basic of if lucky, Vista Premium
> XP Pro =Vista Business
> Media whatever you call it =Vista Ultimate
> You can't have the upgrade to a Vista version higher than the Windows one
> you have.(using the"coupon"
> "Banjaxster" <Banjaxster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4F499E24-CBFC-460B-B072-8B5683FADD28@microsoft.com...
>>I have seen on some merchants websites that if you buy Windows XP you will
>> get a free upgrade coupon for Windows Vista.
>> I just build a new machine and would like to know if this is legit and
>> will
>> microsoft honor this?
>>
>
>

Colin, here is the reply I received from NewEgg re the confusion.
Incidentally any time I bought Microsoft OEM software from them, they added
a free piece of hardware (usually a cable) to the shopping cart to conform
to the hardware requirement. Add the software to your shopping cart and I
think you will still have that happen. As to the other misunderstanding
this is their reply
Thank you for contacting Newegg.

We truly apologize for the inconveniences this may have caused you. You will
still qualify to get the Vista upgrade coupons even though you didn’t
purchase a PC system. Please enter any information in the data fields when
it asks for a Model and Serial Number. As long as the fields are filled,
Microsoft will process.

Thank you for your patience and understanding


"Colin Nash [MVP]" <abc@123.xyz> wrote in message
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>
>>
>>
>> It's not up to Microsoft to honour New Egg's coupons. It's up to New
>> Egg. They are a fairly reputable dealer so this probably isn't a scam, if
>> that's what you are asking...
>
> A bit more info: Only OEM copies have this offer attached, and officially
> these copies are only supposed to be purchased along with a PC (hardware.)
> That's why OEM is cheaper than a retail box: because it becomes
> permanently tied to the computer you buy it with. New Egg lets you buy
> OEM copies on their own, but some people on the site have reported that
> they aren't getting the upgrade coupon if they buy only the software.
>
> It looks like New Egg gives you some type of code for you to redeem on the
> Microsoft web site (?) and you will be asked for the model and serial
> number of the new PC you purchased with this new OEM copy of XP. Check
> out some comments here
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Custra...82E16832116175

Banjaxster wrote:

> I have seen on some merchants websites that if you buy Windows XP you will
> get a free upgrade coupon for Windows Vista.
> I just build a new machine and would like to know if this is legit and will
> microsoft honor this?

Banjaxster:

I would not do this because the upgrade procedure with Vista has been
made much more hassle. Whenever you want to reinstall Vista in the
future, you will have to have XP loaded (and validated I think). It will
not be enough to just insert the XP disk.

Why not just wait a couple of months?

David Wilkinson

Yes...just to clarify...I bought XP OEM from NewEgg with coupon for Vista
upgrade...coupon did eventually process on the MS upgrade site at a cost of
$12.29 S & H...


"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
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> Colin, here is the reply I received from NewEgg re the confusion.
> Incidentally any time I bought Microsoft OEM software from them, they
> added a free piece of hardware (usually a cable) to the shopping cart to
> conform to the hardware requirement. Add the software to your shopping
> cart and I think you will still have that happen. As to the other
> misunderstanding this is their reply
> Thank you for contacting Newegg.
>
> We truly apologize for the inconveniences this may have caused you. You
> will still qualify to get the Vista upgrade coupons even though you didn't
> purchase a PC system. Please enter any information in the data fields when
> it asks for a Model and Serial Number. As long as the fields are filled,
> Microsoft will process.
>
> Thank you for your patience and understanding
>
>
> "Colin Nash [MVP]" <abc@123.xyz> wrote in message
> news:26BEA5D6-5216-4847-A173-3D9D5EC9B3DE@microsoft.com...
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It's not up to Microsoft to honour New Egg's coupons. It's up to New
>>> Egg. They are a fairly reputable dealer so this probably isn't a scam,
>>> if that's what you are asking...
>>
>> A bit more info: Only OEM copies have this offer attached, and officially
>> these copies are only supposed to be purchased along with a PC
>> (hardware.) That's why OEM is cheaper than a retail box: because it
>> becomes permanently tied to the computer you buy it with. New Egg lets
>> you buy OEM copies on their own, but some people on the site have
>> reported that they aren't getting the upgrade coupon if they buy only the
>> software.
>>
>> It looks like New Egg gives you some type of code for you to redeem on
>> the Microsoft web site (?) and you will be asked for the model and serial
>> number of the new PC you purchased with this new OEM copy of XP. Check
>> out some comments here
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Custra...82E16832116175
>