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What You Need To Know About Vista Upgrades
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
On Oct. 24, Microsoft announced its Vista coupon plan, which allows buyers purchasing a Windows 
XP-based PC this holiday season to upgrade to Vista when it becomes available. Not surprisingly, this will allow consumers to purchase Windows XP systems this holiday season and know that they can still upgrade to Vista without a fear of obsolescence.
While this isn’t necessarily the case for all systems, those customers who purchased Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition will be treated as a business customer, and offered an upgrade path to Windows Vista Business Edition.
If you’d like to be shunted onto the consumer track, make sure you’ve purchased a Windows XP Media Center Edition or Windows XP Home PC; that will allow customers to upgrade to the Vista Home Premium Edition. Interestingly, there is apparently no upgrade path to the Vista Ultimate Edition. What You Need To Know About Vista Upgrades
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