Well I definitely agree...
GoodThings2Life | 08/06/09
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Going fro Untimate to Win 7 Pro
ramblnmn | 08/07/09
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Move off of Windows and these problems will be solved for the future.
fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
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Right
boony | 08/07/09
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Yes...
PollyProteus | 08/07/09
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Your real problem...
fitfix | 08/08/09
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but
Azathothh | 08/08/09
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OMG....One little typo
ramblnmn | 08/08/09
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Wrong question
dogbreath1 | 08/09/09
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Hello?
Ed Bott  | 08/09/09
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To agree with Ed...
CTRLurself | 08/14/09
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agreed 100%
merc2dogs` | 09/10/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
Loverock Davidson | 08/06/09
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The problem with storms
Michael Kelly | 08/06/09
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Only if your not prepared
Loverock Davidson | 08/06/09
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And even more luckily for us
Michael Kelly | 08/06/09
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Even more luckily for me ..
fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
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It "works great" because it is essentially ...
mwagner@... | 08/07/09
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Agreed!
fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
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RE: It "works great"......
bfilipiak@... | 08/07/09
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@ bfilipiak: WHAT BSODs and crashes?
Wolfie2K3 | 08/07/09
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@Wolfie2K3
tmsbrdrs | 08/08/09
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If it isn't broke...
vorell | 08/12/09
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Nobody needs to wipe the HD!
mwagner@... | 08/07/09
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"A smart strategy indeed" - I'd say brilliant, pure brilliant!
fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
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Key word: "payrise"
sqr(cos(180)) | 08/07/09
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@sqr(cos(180)) : Yup, born and bred.
fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
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Not a clean install?
Hate Malware | 08/07/09
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No!
NStalnecker | 08/08/09
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So you don't have to reinstall programs?
Michael Kelly | 08/08/09
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Yeah, by storm. Like a Hurricane!
No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 08/06/09
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You must really like the spinning beach ball!!!
CrashPad | 08/07/09
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Yes.... there's gonna be lot's of lightning....
cosuna | 08/07/09
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Ed's chart is the one MS should use.
BillDem | 08/06/09
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Woops!
dogbreath1 | 08/06/09
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Last time I checked...
Confused by religion | 08/06/09
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Sorry, no
pllamonica@... | 08/07/09
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Give Microsoft a call
GuidingLight | 08/06/09
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You could sell them a license to use your chart!
whisperycat | 08/06/09
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Chart will have to be clean installed
JasonJD48 | 08/06/09
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The MS Chart Developer Edition breaks it.
fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
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RE: Chart will have to be clean installed
bfilipiak@... | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
7mgte | 08/06/09
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Why?
condelirios | 08/06/09
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Because it's Vista Remarketed?
fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
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I gonna have to stop coming here
bvonr@... | 08/07/09
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My box has been zipping along for years ...
fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
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Not according to 80% of enterprise users....
cosuna | 08/07/09
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Windows 7 : The actual WOW starts now?
fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
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I think MS should just point users to a web site ...
P. Douglas | 08/06/09
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Going from 32-bit to 64-bit?
dogbreath1 | 08/06/09
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You said easier...
CrashPad | 08/07/09
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Varying degrees of hell
dogbreath1 | 08/07/09
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Lol
Hate Malware | 08/07/09
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What about Vista Enterprise Edition
bmonsterman | 08/06/09
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Available only as Software Assurance benefit
Ed Bott | 08/06/09
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It's so exciting Ed. Can they, can't they?
fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
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Not to mention...
Thunderbuck | 08/07/09
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Considering anything important resides on a server...(nt)
October16 | 08/07/09
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Enterprise updates
A.Sinic | 08/09/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
Jack Williams | 08/06/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
alex.verboon@... | 08/06/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
alex.verboon@... | 08/06/09
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Upgrading from Vista Home to 7 Pro
cfischer83@... | 08/06/09
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And this is what you get folks
frgough | 08/06/09
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Correct
MissingMatter | 08/06/09
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That's +1 (nt)
Ed Bott | 08/06/09
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Thats a koolaid response
deaf_e_kate | 08/07/09
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People who don't want to pay the price of ultimate
MissingMatter | 08/07/09
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"profit maximizing condition"
deaf_e_kate | 08/07/09
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Huh?
Thunderbuck | 08/07/09
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Ridiculous answer.
notsofast | 08/07/09
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And all airlines...
A.Sinic | 08/09/09
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But Ed drinks the MS koolaid by the gallon.
Bruizer | 08/08/09
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Becuase
NStalnecker | 08/08/09
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Your right...
Woned B. Fooldagan | 08/25/09
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Clearly there should be more versions;-)
Richard Flude | 08/06/09
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I don't agree with one version...
JasonJD48 | 08/06/09
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You're being cynical.
Thunderbuck | 08/07/09
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Tell us who wouldn't be served by the Ultimate version
deaf_e_kate | 08/07/09
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OK, lets start with...
Woned B. Fooldagan | 08/25/09
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and finish with...
rtk | 08/25/09
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Your argument is hardly relevant..
yschoo1@... | 08/07/09
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In a word...
Woned B. Fooldagan | 08/25/09
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Why is there a Win7 32bit?
EMonkIA | 08/06/09
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Legacy apps!
Ed Bott | 08/06/09
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So tell them to upgrade!
SimonUK2 | 08/07/09
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Sometimes you can't
GrimmReaperSound | 08/07/09
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They shoudl be scared
notsofast | 08/07/09
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Why is there a Win7 32 bit?
TV John | 08/07/09
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32bit trap
A.Sinic | 08/09/09
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That's just not true ...
mwagner@... | 08/07/09
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Dual-Core?
notsofast | 08/07/09
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Huh?
October16 | 08/07/09
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As opposed to...
mgp3 | 08/06/09
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The problem with ONE edition of Windows ...
mwagner@... | 08/07/09
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The problem with EVERY edition of Windows
fr0thy2 | 08/07/09
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All these arguments are hard to fathom..
yschoo1@... | 08/07/09
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Henry Ford got it right
jmseligson | 08/08/09
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Painfully obvious
dogbreath1 | 08/06/09
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Why did you buy it if you didn't think it was worth it? (nt)
MissingMatter | 08/06/09
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you must be new
dogbreath1 | 08/06/09
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You did receive extras
NonZealot | 08/06/09
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unexpected extras
dogbreath1 | 08/06/09
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Again, you bought something you didn't try
MissingMatter | 08/06/09
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So the only reason you bought Ultimate was for the extras?
MissingMatter | 08/06/09
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So the only reason you bought Ultimate was for the extras?
bvonr@... | 08/07/09
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I needed Domain Access Media Center
laxamar | 08/07/09
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When was the last time you did a requirements analysis?
jmseligson | 08/08/09
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That I totally agree with you..
yschoo1@... | 08/07/09
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Why on earth can't you upgrade from Home Basic to Pro?
bran.murray | 08/06/09
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RE:Why on earth can't you upgrade from Home Basic to Pro?
runner7775 | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
krkosska | 08/06/09
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You missed the part about 64-to-32
Ed Bott | 08/06/09
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Ultimate edition in place upgrade?
Randalllind | 08/06/09
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From Vista to 7? Sure
Ed Bott | 08/06/09
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my problem
Jack Williams | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
graeme.whelan@... | 08/06/09
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Enterprise is for VL customers with Software Assurance
Ed Bott | 08/06/09
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Enterprise Edition
graeme.whelan@... | 08/06/09
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That should work
Ed Bott | 08/06/09
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Support only money can buy
Richard Flude | 08/06/09
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Yes.
Ed Bott | 08/06/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
snissen@... | 08/06/09
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Consumer friendly. Not.
johnfenjackson@... | 08/07/09
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Yawn
Ed Bott | 08/07/09
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The typical non-business customer
Michael Kelly | 08/07/09
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Here's a thought
TV John | 08/07/09
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Huh
curph01@... | 08/07/09
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Yes, there are errors in the original
Ed Bott | 08/07/09
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No confusing product matrix with Ubuntu 9.04 Linux
| 08/07/09
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Huh
Gis Bun | 08/07/09
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Answers
| 08/07/09
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I'm not a Linux dweeb...
yschoo1@... | 08/07/09
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Master Joe Says...
MasterJoe | 08/07/09
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Are you Loverock D..under different name?
yschoo1@... | 08/07/09
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Leave it to MS
xXSpeedzXx | 08/07/09
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ZDNet Blunders With MSDN Announcement
itanalyst2@... | 08/07/09
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Worth the effort! Thank you!
msjunk@... | 08/07/09
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That I totally
yschoo1@... | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
HudsonB | 08/07/09
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PERIOD.
yschoo1@... | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
ackerman@... | 08/07/09
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yuppers
brandon@... | 08/07/09
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Nopers
Michael Kelly | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
Gis Bun | 08/07/09
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Are you having a bad day?
pllamonica@... | 08/07/09
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Master Joe Says...
MasterJoe | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
aseries | 08/07/09
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When marketing people talk to engineers ...
mwagner@... | 08/07/09
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Not really that complicated...
Caggles | 08/07/09
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Users blunder...
Narg | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
GusRandall | 08/07/09
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Yes but what about Windows 8?
whisperycat | 08/07/09
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Will an upgrade key work on an already installed Windows 7?
Xist2c | 08/07/09
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Windows 7 is for XP systems only
mietz | 08/07/09
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Uh huh. And how long...
fairportfan | 08/09/09
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2012 for mainstream, 2017 for extended.
rtk | 08/09/09
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So if I got suckered into buying Vista
laxamar | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
andrew@... | 08/07/09
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its not that bad
Pandat23 | 08/07/09
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Not that bad....just like his other articles
SteelTrepid | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
mikedouglas@... | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
bobwitte | 08/07/09
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Who needs a chart?? Clean install
support@... | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
danm50 | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
richdave | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
kai_h | 08/07/09
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The chart doesn't cover the price gouging that Europeans will suffer
whisperycat | 08/07/09
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Slow news day Ed?
PollyProteus | 08/07/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
jmseligson | 08/08/09
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chauvinism on Ed's part 
cyberbull | 08/08/09
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You're wrong. Read it again.
Ed Bott | 08/09/09
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It is STILL very simple:
{DvT}Hex | 08/08/09
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Why use a chart?
donaldrich | 08/08/09
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Unless you're in any country except America-
whisperycat | 08/09/09
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Confusing? Not to anyone who's awake.
BitSmacker | 08/09/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
john.foggitt@... | 08/10/09
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you got the phrase wrong (it's in the Bible)
AtlantaTerry | 08/10/09
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Only two choices
3dguru | 08/10/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
Migration Expert Zone | 08/12/09
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MS Entertaining in its' Constant FAIL
jbelkin | 08/13/09
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wow, predictions of MS's demise
rtk | 08/14/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
ralphalt | 08/14/09
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RE: Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart
musawir shahid | 09/10/09
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New chart is wrong.
EvlD99 | 10/30/09
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No, it is accurate
Ed Bott | 10/30/09
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