XP will be Vista free of charge "Now both are safe upgrade programs"

In the United States and elsewhere, in order to prevent purchase already,I purchase XP with a coupon for free upgrade to VistaIt is as already mentioned that it is said to be said, but what happens in Japan? It was unclear as to the matter of saying that.

However, as far as you grasp at this point in Japan, this free upgrade program is "Now both are safe upgrade programIt is said to be announced tomorrow on 26th.

Details of the contents to be worried are as follows.
If you summarize the information that you know at the moment it looks like this.

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
→ Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade Kit (3150 yen)

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2
→ Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade Kit (9450 yen)

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2
→ Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade Kit (12,600 yen)

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
→ Microsoft Windows Vista Business Upgrade Kit (3150 yen)

Although it is free of charge, in fact, shipping fee etc is added, so the user burden will be generated by that much. It is impressive that it is quite pinky. Rather than being free, it is at a level that you can get it at a discount, this is it. The closest thing to real, free of charge is the amount offered at 3150 yen.

By the way, the price of "Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade Kit" is about 19,800 yen. That's about 16,650 yen affordable.

Also, why the upgrade program says "neither" is because XP is not the only target. Actually, "Microsoft Office Personal Edition 2003" is also subject to upgrade, and paying 3000 yen as actual expenses will be provided "Microsoft Office Personal 2007 Upgrade Package". This looks like the following.

Microsoft Office Personal Edition 2003
→ Microsoft Office Personal 2007 Upgrade package (3000 yen)

It seems to be information that has already been circulated to distributors as of October 20th.

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