You bet. Me too. I am not saying that there is something wrong with
upgrade editions. They are a financial necessity for many. But to me it is
a matter of "what is worth doing is worth doing right." I like all my
systems to stand on their own.

"Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
news:eNFEOLxQHHA.3812@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> The upgrade chain was hypothetical, thank goodness.
>
> I never upgrade; I always buy either new full versions or new OEM versions
> depending on what I'm doing.
>
> Dale
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:A3654E86-83B0-431E-8E14-A84EE34FF8C4@microsoft.com...
>> This convenience also left the door open for what MS calls "casual
>> copying," meaning cheating on upgrade editions by borrowing some friend's
>> cd for the installation (and similar practices). While you or I never
>> did such a thing, too many others did. Pass the word to any of your
>> friends who do such things that they have caused you this inconvenience.
>>
>> If you possibly can, make a clean break with this dependency change by
>> purchasing a full edition of Vista.
>>
>> "Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
>> news:O7KMRIwQHHA.488@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> If it is upgrades only, I won't bother with the offer. I don't want to
>>> spend the next many years installing XP if I want to re-install Vista.
>>>
>>> Can you imagine if they had always required the upgraded OS be installed
>>> before the upgrade? Now, I want to re-install Vista on a PC so I
>>> install Windows 95, upgrade to Windows 98, upgrade to Windows 98SE,
>>> upgrade to Windows 2000 Professional, upgrade to Windows XP
>>> Professional, and finally, upgrade to Windows Vista. What a nightmare!
>>> And what a nightmare this upgrade policy is going to represent in 10 or
>>> 15 years.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
>>> news:O103tFqQHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> "Dale" wrote
>>>>
>>>>> "Rock" wrote
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> b)In the family discount deal are the 2 vista home premium version
>>>>>>> full
>>>>>>> versions or upgrade versions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe it's full.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have anything to support that? Obviously, we'll all know soon
>>>>> enough but so far, it appears that it may be an upgrade only for the
>>>>> two Home licenses based on the statement that has been quoted here
>>>>> about installing Vista Home on two Windows PCs. That appears that it
>>>>> may imply the two PCs that Vista Home can be installed on must already
>>>>> have Windows. What do you think?
>>>>
>>>> No, I don't have anything to support it, that's why I qualified the
>>>> phrasing with "I believe". I don't see why it would be limited to an
>>>> upgrade version, but it could be.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
>>>
>>
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