Vista Upgrade ?

As has been the case with Windows for a long time, just before the release of a new version they have these coupons. They do in fact entitle you to a FREE upgrade, tho there may be shipping charges. They basically set a cut-off date, and after that date, they say "you know what, you bought the old version so close to when the new one was coming out, so we'll send it to you." Kinda nice. Imagine if places did that with hardware? "Oh, you got the 3ghz model the day before we announced the 4ghz.. tell ya what.." Keep dreamin' 8)

The way the OEM thing works with these standalone copies, I have no idea. Many places say you need to buy a qualifying piece of hardware (like a whole PC) to qualify, others don't. I got a coupon offer with my new Dell laptop which I have to send in next week. I assume whatever happens, MS "believes" you got the Windows CD with a system of some kind. The whole point of the OEM copies is that they are supposed to come with PC's.
 
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