Vista - Buy a Vista PC as of July 1, upgrade to Windows 7 for free

Information that Tech ARP has gathered about the Windows 7 Upgrade Program seems to be inline with a previous rumor about three upgrade scenarios for Vista to Windows 7: Home Premium to Home Premium, Business to Professional, and Ultimate to Ultimate. While Microsoft has not revealed any final dates for the upgrade program yet, rumor has it that the program eligibility will begin on July 1, 2009.

In other words, if you purchase a computer with Vista preloaded on it, on or after July 1, up to some undecided date (OEMs can choose to have an even shorter timeframe within the one Microsoft will give), you will have the option to upgrade to Windows 7 for free when it becomes available.

Full Story: Buy a Vista PC as of July 1, upgrade to Windows 7 for free

Very nice!!!!

Thats nice but what about us poor folks who purchased their new PC earlier in 2008. Too bad Microsoft didn't let all of us upgrade to 7 for free

Well I'm just hoping it won't be too expensive to upgrade to 7, then.

Aww.... Why on/after July?

i repeat..what about the people who purchased it before July.......i hope its cheap!!!

gee i feel jaded now after just buying vista.

Microsoft does that with every new OS release. I rather wait for Windows 7 x64 SP1.

Lets hope that 7 will not need a SP1 before it works like it should!

I bought the 32 bit Ultimate vista oem and was told by MS live help desk, prior to installing, that i could utilise their 64 bit replacement disc service, to change to 64 bit. I actually kept the log. Yet now it appears that is not so, and the only way for me to get satisfaction is to take MS to court . This is a company making 5 billion dollars per annum in profit, yet they will not support OEM customers. That is disgraceful.

i dont know if they can be trusted with my operating system any more after that.