http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/ Engadget Comments for Windows Anytime Upgrade offer ends this Saturday http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Jun 30th 2010 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Jun 30th 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Don't really care much about this, I'm a student at the University of Waterloo in the math faculty and get nigh-unlimited Windows licenses for my personal use. ]]>Jun 30th 2010 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Jun 30th 2010 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/I got you beat. I too work at and attend a University. My Job pays for my TechNet Account, My Academic Department Pays for a MSDNAA Account, and I can purchase a student and a staff licenses for $10. I never have to pay (full price) for a piece of Microsoft Software Ever.

Sorry I know that was uncalled for.]]>Jun 30th 2010 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/As expensive as it is to be a student we get great discounts on everything, lol. I got my copy of W7 Ultimate for $7, though I suppose technically it was a "upgrade" even though I installed it without a previous version of Windows.]]>Jun 30th 2010 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Jun 30th 2010 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/
Eww no way snow leopard all the way baby!!!!!!!!!!!]]>Jun 30th 2010 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/
#advertisement]]>Jun 30th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/pinko]]>Jun 30th 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/
so wats ur point? telling ppl to save few if they are planning for an upgrade doesnt seem to be an ad to me,]]>Jun 30th 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/#spack]]>Jun 30th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/
That's the only thing Win 7 needed on my netbook. Except for something to come along that's better than using Win 7 on a netbook. Android?]]>Jun 30th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/how about ubuntu net book remix. ]]>Jun 30th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Jun 30th 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Jun 30th 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Jun 30th 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Jun 30th 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/
Main Entry: any·time
Pronunciation: \ˈe-nē-ˌtīm\
Function: adverb
Date: 1926
: at any time whatever Microsoft wants to do.]]>Jun 30th 2010 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Jun 30th 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/
My girlfriend did this. This is not an upgrade in the traditional sense of the word. A better term would be "unlock."

As I understand it, apparently all of the capabilities of all of the Win7 editions are already installed on your computer if you have any form of Win7. It's just that the various versions only allow you access to certain features depending on which one you get. The order is Starter < Home Premium < Professional < Ultimate with each higher level having new features accessible while still encompassing all of the features of the previous level.

All this "upgrade" does is unlock those restricted features and grant you a license to them. You basically just get a new serial number, run their little "upgrade" program, reboot, and instantly you're upgraded/unlocked.

My girlfriend used this method to put Win7 Pro on her Win7 Home laptop and it worked without a hitch, she reports.

One more thing, these aren't particularly earth-shattering deals here. Amazon has the Starter to Home Anytime upgrade for $65.94 and the Home to Pro one for $73.62. And those I doubt are going away, so no need to go make any quick decisions on buying a laptop just to save $15 on the upgrade.

I do wish they had a Starter to Pro package, since I use my netbook for business, but I haven't seen one. :(]]>Jun 30th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/
too bad it probably won't remove the useless icon from control panel]]>Jun 30th 2010 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Jun 30th 2010 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/
What's going away are the sale prices (upgrading for 40 dollars instead of 80)

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I don't care what you say about the general usability of linux, but you'll at least have to admit that getting and installing a linux distro is a LOT simpler than this crap. Download disk image. Burn it. Install.

I actually tried to give Win 7 a chance and got it through MSDNAA. I've got a hard drive lying around here somewhere with it installed that wants me to phone somewhere and recite a ridiculously long series of numbers on the phone before I can use it again, just because I did a serious upgrade of my computer... Haven't touched it since.]]>Jun 30th 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/Jun 30th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/
Students can get a Win7 PRO UPGRADE for only $30. (and Office 2010 for $80) http://www.microsoft.com/student/office/en-us/default.aspx]]>Jun 30th 2010 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/
Wait.. is Home Premium doing everything I need? Oh it is.. nevermind..]]>Jun 30th 2010 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/windows-anytime-upgrade-offer-ends-this-saturday/
And as for Microsoft....the upgrade from Home Premium to Professional is a whopping $130 CDN in Canada. The regular US upgrade price of $89 would be a steal for Canadians. If you haven't noticed, the US Dollar and Canadian dollar have been near par for some time now. Its stinking software downloaded over the web....borders should really not matter all that much. Time to cut Canadians a break.

End of rant.]]>Jul 1st 2010 1:08AM