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Microsoft has changed the ways with their new operating system, Vista.  In many ways this is a brand new OS.  For right now we are going to discuss the licensing, in particular the upgrade.  With the new “upgrade” version of Vista you must already have a version of Windows XP or Windows 2000 installed on your PC.  In all the other upgrade versions of Windows you didn’t need a version installed to perform the upgrade.

I have installed Windows countless times and I can tell you that installing an upgrade is not worth it.  The computer runs slower than if it ran on a fresh installation of the new OS.  That is why I choose to use the upgrade installation disc and install the fresh version (which is what you were able to do).  That is no more.

Now that Microsoft has tied the upgrade to Vista to having an installed version of XP of 2000 they are breaking with tradition.  The upgrade doesn’t even have a full version of Vista on it, but I’m sure you won’t need that when your computer crashes and you need to reinstall.

There are a few other things about the licensing of Vista, that we may get into.  On the eve of the launch of the new OS, I wanted to forewarn any one who really needs Vista, not to get the upgrade no matter the cost.  You’ll pay the price later.

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Microsoft has changed the ways with their new operating system, Vista.  In many ways this is a brand new OS.  For right now we are going to discuss the licensing, in particular the upgrade.  With the new “upgrade” version of Vista you must already have a version of Windows XP or Windows 2000 installed on your PC.  In all the other upgrade versions of Windows you didn’t need a version installed to perform the upgrade.

I have installed Windows countless times and I can tell you that installing an upgrade is not worth it.  The computer runs slower than if it ran on a fresh installation of the new OS.  That is why I choose to use the upgrade installation disc and install the fresh version (which is what you were able to do).  That is no more.

Now that Microsoft has tied the upgrade to Vista to having an installed version of XP of 2000 they are breaking with tradition.  The upgrade doesn’t even have a full version of Vista on it, but I’m sure you won’t need that when your computer crashes and you need to reinstall.

There are a few other things about the licensing of Vista, that we may get into.  On the eve of the launch of the new OS, I wanted to forewarn any one who really needs Vista, not to get the upgrade no matter the cost.  You’ll pay the price later.

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