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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
I bought a couple additional quad core PC's off the shelf from Best Buy a few months back (that I use for video rendering machines) and they told me at the time I bought them the upgrade was free when it comes out.
The clerk was a rave with Windows 7. I was like, "Time will tell".
Point being that they have been using that upgrade pitch for at least a few months if not longer at the chains. No added cost.
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That's probably built into the licensing arrangement - you're getting an obsolete version of Windows for now, with the "real" version promised once it's released. Same thing happened when Vista's release was imminent and builders were still shipping XP.
If you bought Windows in a software box, or some time ago, then it probably needs to be a paid upgrade.