{"id":10145,"date":"2009-10-22T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-10-22T13:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T11:43:00","slug":"windows-7-upgrade-path-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/10145-windows-7-upgrade-path-explained.html","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 upgrade path explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windows 7 has officially launched around the globe today, and some local retail pricing<\/a> information has already come to light. As with Vista, there are a number of differences between the various versions of Windows 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For those wishing to upgrade from a previous version of Windows, and those who want to move on from 32-bit to 64-bit, the options might seem confusing.<\/p>\n

Windows 7 upgrades can be performed from Windows XP upwards, moving through Vista Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate. The upgrade options are Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate.<\/p>\n

In terms of naming conventions, all packages remain the same except for Vista Business, which is equivalent to Windows 7 Professional.<\/p>\n

If one so chooses, they can downgrade their Windows 7 version from their Vista version – moving from Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Home Premium for example. Upgrades or downgrades between 32-bit and 64-bit versions will have to be performed as clean installations.<\/p>\n

“In-place” installations mean that one can upgrade or downgrade their OS without having to perform a clean install. These can be performed across versions as long as they are bit version compatible.<\/p>\n

For example, upgrading from any Vista 32-bit version to a Windows 7 32-bit version can be performed as an in-place installation. Upgrades from 32-bit to 64-bit will have to be clean installations, as will downgrades from 64-bit to 32-bit.<\/p>\n

Both retail and upgrade Windows 7 products come as 32-bit and 64-bit versions in one package, so users will have a choice as to which operating bit path they wish to use.<\/p>\n

There is also an “anytime upgrade” option for those who have already installed Windows 7 and wish to move on to a version with more features.<\/p>\n

For Vista Starter and XP users, the only option is to do a clean installation upgrade to Windows 7. Anyone looking to move to Windows 7 from an older Microsoft OS will have to purchase a full retail version.<\/p>\n

Windows 7 upgrade paths<\/strong><\/a> – comments and views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are unsure of which Windows 7 upgrade paths are open to you, look no further<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}