Vista - upgrading between editions

I want to know if I can buy any version of Vista, and decide later to upgrade
to a different edition. It seems to me this was supposed to be a feature,
and now that it's out I'm having trouble finding info on this.

Say I buy a Dell with Vista Home Basic preinstalled. What if I want
ultimate later on? Can I pay Microsoft and unlock the features without
having to get new CD media? Same with retail packages? Any good micorosoft
pages that talk abou this? TIA

This is called the "Vista Anytime Upgrade" and is available now.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../overview.mspx

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"STFW" <STFW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0541F056-77D2-4B94-91AE-BD39EE9DA75B@microsoft.com...
>I want to know if I can buy any version of Vista, and decide later to
>upgrade
> to a different edition. It seems to me this was supposed to be a feature,
> and now that it's out I'm having trouble finding info on this.
>
> Say I buy a Dell with Vista Home Basic preinstalled. What if I want
> ultimate later on? Can I pay Microsoft and unlock the features without
> having to get new CD media? Same with retail packages? Any good
> micorosoft
> pages that talk abou this? TIA
>
>