MS To Offer Free Windows 7 Upgrade To Vista Users 417
crazyeyes writes "With Windows 7 set for release in Dec. 09, Microsoft is getting ready with their free upgrade program, which allows Vista users to switch to Windows 7 when it arrives. The folks at TechARP have consistently scored accurate scoops on Microsoft software releases. They have now revealed Microsoft's upgrade plans, schedules and even screenshots of the upgrade process."
Somewhere in Redmond... (Score:5, Funny)
Ballmer: Hmmm...I see. Alright, here's the plan: Revise the current Windows 7 Upgrade Program to allow OEMs to upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista Ultimate - for FREE! And leak this to the tech community right away!!
Underling: Uh...sir, pardon me saying so, but won't that appear as an obvious ploy to sell more of our most overrated - and least worthwhile - product?
Ballmer: Yes...you may be right. Those basement dwellers can be pretty sharp...hmmm...I know! Add that free option for Vista Home Premium and Vista Business! We should make up, in additional sales of those, what "loss" we incur with the free upgrades. We should be able to minimize that by frightening the OEMs with scary "Program Compliance" requirements. We can also limit large business deployments by restricting the number of upgrades per mailing address. Finally, send a memo to the developers: Remove all the previously most-desired-by-the-tech-community features planned for Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional, so that these features ONLY exist in Windows 7 Ultimate...
Underling: Right away, sir!
(Ballmer throws a chair at the back of exiting Underling)
Underling: Ou--I mean, thank you, sir! May I have another?
Ballmer: You'll go far here, son...
Fool me once, shame on you (Score:5, Funny)
downgrade (Score:5, Funny)
and when we get frustrated by windows 7 not living up to the hype, will we get free downgrades back to XP?
Service Packs (Score:5, Funny)
Aren't service packs always free?
Re:No News (Score:5, Funny)
Honestly (Score:5, Funny)
I will wait for the "free upgrade" on the torrents
Of course its free (Score:3, Funny)
Since when can you charge for a service pack?
Re:Fool me once, shame on you (Score:4, Funny)
You're a brave man to admit you used Bob.
Re:downgrade (Score:5, Funny)
did I just get modded '-1 troll' for bashing microsoft on slashdot?
should I have included a line about chair-throwing overlords or something?
in other news (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I see your free software and raise you? (Score:2, Funny)
Or offer a free upgrade to Linux.
Re:Service Packs (Score:5, Funny)
That's because the copyright has expired by the time they're released.
Exclusive Steve Balmer Email: (Score:4, Funny)
Re:No News (Score:5, Funny)
Are most PC's available now Windows 7 capable?
Maybe if MS introduced a sticker for which ones are...
Re:Somewhere in Redmond... (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, they're (sic) is one thing more pathetic...
Re:I see your free software and raise you? (Score:5, Funny)
Yup. WinAPI makes me horny as well.
*Ahhh*
MessageBoxW
*Mmnhhh*
Re:Somewhere in Redmond... (Score:2, Funny)
Jack Bauer gets played by no man.
This season, Miranda Otto is Jack Bauer!
Re:Fool me once, shame on you (Score:5, Funny)
Can't fault a GP ... when you get to a certain age, memory is the second thing to go. .... I forget what the first thing is.
Re:I see your free software and raise you? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I see your free software and raise you? (Score:2, Funny)
This is *really* off-topic, (so feel free to mod that way)
Nobody on /. will mod down a Star Trek discussion. Well, except the jackass who mods me down just be a wiseass now that I've said that ;)
but practically the only thing that worries me about the upcoming ST reboot is that the previews make it look like a Nemesis rip-off. I *really* hope I'm wrong.
I saw the trailer during the Superbowl and dunno what to think. My first thought was "Oh great, another prequel" I guess exploring the aftermath of the Dominion War or giving a real sendoff to the TNG crowd would have been much to ask for.
Re:Fool me once, shame on you (Score:5, Funny)
That's what she said.
Re:I see your free software and raise you? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Somewhere in Redmond... (Score:2, Funny)
Says the man who has not just a 'Homepage' but also a 'Journal' link after every post ID? You fucking whore!
Besides, aren't you impressed I squeezed a limerick to fit the 120 character limit?
Is that a smile! Yes, it is! Who's a goooood boy!
Re:I see your free software and raise you? (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, but there's one thing you can say about Windows 8...
Resistance is futile. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own.
Re:I see your free software and raise you? (Score:5, Funny)
Of course, i^2 was too negative, and its replacement, i^3 was imaginary AND negative... luckily i^4 had none of those problems...
Re:Of course its free (Score:2, Funny)
Well, they put a pretty face on some backup software. And the menu bar is translucent now.
Re:Fool me once, shame on you (Score:5, Funny)
And you forgot VMS -> NT versions -> XP -> Windows 2003. OK, Microsoft didn't write VMS, but they surely stole wholesale from it for NT when they hired David Cutler, one of its authors.
But that would be uneth...ummm...nevermind.
Re:Misleading summary (Score:3, Funny)
Don't open it dude it is more valuable that way. Once you open it you loose the collectors value and just have a sub par OS.
Re:Somewhere in Redmond... (Score:3, Funny)
Later that month - Spike TV 3 AM EST
Vince: You get this great copy of Vista Ultimate for only $19.95. But wait, for a limited time we'll throw in a free upgrade to Windows 7. Order now and we'll also include a 'Sham-Woz' (just like a real 'Woz' but from Redmond) ...
Re:Somewhere in Redmond... (Score:5, Funny)
Great idea!
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mspohr is a dumbass
Re:Fool me once, shame on you (Score:5, Funny)
Women.
Re:I see your free software and raise you? (Score:3, Funny)