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Julian Hall wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> I agree, although saying that we're yet to see what might happen with >> the home version. I mean with Office 2007 the home version can be used >> on 3 PCs (for home use only), possibly Microsoft might do this with >> Windows 7. I've since read that if you pre-order you can get the Home >> Premium version for about £50. If that covered 3 PCs then even I would >> possibly be interested in upgrading my other half's desktop and laptop >> which are both running XP. >> >> > Is that an upgrade price or full version? I noticed on the Beta version > of 7 that you could only upgrade from Vista and anything else required a > clean install. Given that I wouldn't touch Vista with a 70' cattle prod > (and the general lack of interest people have had in Vista other than > pre-installed) I wonder if they've corrected this gargantuan oversight yet. > > Kind regards, > > Julian > > From what I have read, due to the fact they're not shipping Windows with IE 8 it's a full version only. I presume their way of thinking is if we upgrade from an existing OS the browser will still be there, or maybe screw the EU let's make life hard for the customers. Personally I couldn't give a monkeys if they remove IE 8, in fact I'd happily not have IE infecting Windows as I generally install Firefox anyway (and how do I get it? downloaded on a Linux machine and dumped on to my network server or a USB pen drive). I also wouldn't do an upgrade of any Windows OS, I tend to do a clean install for that minty freshness. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html