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Check out http://www.win741.com/
Put in your e-mail and check it. It will default to windows 7 home premium, but click “Need To Join School’s Domain?” to get Professional for the same price!
Even though this is designed for current students, alumni who can still access their student e-mails should have no problems getting the software as well.
There really is no reason to get home premium over professional, as professional has ALL the features of home premium, plus it includes XP mode, the ability to connect to a domain, and the ability to backup over a network.
Good deal since the Windows 7 Professional upgrade costs $199.
FML, i pre-ordered from amazon for $50.
With this upgrade do you get it instently? or gotta wait till release on the oct 22ish?
And follow up- how does the upgrade work? (meaning how do you go about installing it?). If I format my hd, would this enable me to install 7 fresh?
if you want to do a full install you just choose the “custom” option during setup; it will see your XP instalation but let you do a full install.
Nickname said:
if you want to do a full install you just choose the “custom” option during setup; it will see your XP instalation but let you do a full install.
Heh, I’m a little clueless about this. Does this mean you’d have to install windows xp first, and then upgrade to this?
No.
You cannot do an upgrade from XP to Win7, you have to do a fresh install with a full format. You can upgrade Vista to Win7 without formatting but it’s not advised.
If you have neither installed then you’ll probably have to insert an XP/Vista install disc before it will start installing Win7. Either that or ask you for a XP/Vista serial to prove you have it.
Canceled my Amazon Win7 Home Premium Order and ordered the Professional upgrade w/DVD for $11 cheaper lol on this site
WIN!
thanks nickname for sharing
Also, if you are a WCU student, it looks like you can get Vista Ultimate for $15 (DVD). Might mean you can get Windows 7 Pro for that much once it is released. I know my brother-in-law was able to get Windows 7 Professional from his university for $10, like 3 weeks ago. Full Version, no restrictions.
*edited* me for never putting links in: http://www.wcu.edu/10608.asp
the problem is WCU took literally like 6 months after release before they had vista available for sale; no telling if that will be the case for windows 7 as well
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