In a blog post on Tuesday, Ed Bott went into detail about instant Windows Vista upgrades. With the instant upgrades, users will be able to upgrade from Home Basic to Home Premium to Ultimate from the ...

Way back in February 2006, nearly a year before the consumer launch of Windows Vista, I noted the first appearance of Microsoft’s Windows Anytime Upgrade program in a Vista beta build. The theory ...

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With six separate versions of Windows Vista on the way, Microsoft has a marketing challenge on its hands. How will the company properly inform users as to which versions support which features? One ...

The change, effective immediately, brings Anytime Upgrade versions of Vista in line with retail editions’ EULA language. Last November, Microsoft bowed to pressure from enthusiasts and system builders ...

History has a way of repeating itself. Back in August 2006, Amazon Canada inadvertently published the price list for Windows Vista before it had been officially announced. In a distribution channel ...

According to a recent blog post from Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc, Windows 7 will include a tool that will allow users to upgrade from a basic version of the OS to one of the more feature-rich versions ...

Microsoft may find it tough to convince netbook users running the low-end Windows 7 Starter to later upgrade to a more expensive edition, a retail market analyst said Saturday. Previously, analaysts ...

New PC owners currently using Windows 7 Starter: Microsoft wants you to know there's still a few days to take advantage of the Windows Anytime Upgrade discount. The offer let's users move from the ...

UK mobile carrier EE has announced that it is launching some new smartphone plans called Anytime Upgrade. These new plans are designed to let you upgrade your handset to the latest device, although ...

Stuck using a lower-end version of Windows 7 and considering an upgrade? Then you might want to act fast -- Microsoft has just issued a reminder that its Windows Anytime Upgrade offer is ending this ...