Windows XP purchased after October 26 can be upgraded to Vista for free

It is still unknown what is going to happen in Japan, and it is not definite, but in overseas we have to offer users who purchased a PC with Windows XP from the 26th October 2006 to the 15th of March 2007 to WindowsVista We will prepare coupons that will allow free upgrades.

This coupon program is called "Express Upgrade", which means "Vista will be on sale soon soon after the holiday season battle, so even if I bought it before, it will only add up OS upgrade fee, so the machine with Vista from the beginning I would like to prevent it by somehow trying to prevent the move to buy until I get out.

Details are as follows.
Microsoft Plans Vista Upgrade Coupon For Holiday PC Buying Season - Windows Vista, Express Upgrade - CRN

System Builders Applaud Vista Upgrade Coupon - Windows Vista, Microsoft, Operating Systems - CRN

This upgrade is not all XP will be free Vista, there are several patterns, so be careful with that point only.

For example Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Pro Tablet PC Edition, Windows XP Pro x64 Edition can be completely upgraded to Vista, but if you try to make Windows XP Home Edition Vista Home Basic Edition $ 49, It costs $ 79 to make Vista Home Premium Edition.

In addition, the next Windows Vista is the same DVD-ROM regardless of which edition, it seems to adopt a mechanism that switches to each edition when installing depending on the type of activation. In other words, it is not divided for Home or Ultimate, but it is all on the same single DVD. Surely if you were thinking about the option of a free upgrade from XP, it might be a possible story.

·Related Links
Windows Vista Wiki
http://windowsvista.ms/