Should Microsoft make Windows 7 available as a free upgrade to all Vista Ultimate users? Analyst Michael Cherry thinks this is what Microsoft should do.

The upgrade software will allow you to upgrade a Windows XP or a Windows Vista machine to Windows 7 but it won't work with earlier operating systems such as Windows 98 or older.

Windows 7 upgrade pricing is too darn expensive. There, I've said it, and I feel better for having that out in the open. And not only is the upgrade pricing expensive, it's overly complicated.

If Microsoft wants Windows 7 to succeed, it'll have to convince a lot of users to ditch its most successful OS edition of all time: Windows XP. If you've been holding onto XP while awaiting ...

At the risk of piling on, I’ll join the chorus of those who wish Windows 7 Ultimate was, well, more ultimate–offering truly important features that aren’t in other versions of the new OS ...

Ericuse165 asked the Windows forum if it’s wise to upgrade his netbook’s OS from Windows 7 Starter to a more powerful version. Because Windows 7 Starter–the cheapest and least powerful ...

TL;DR: You could keep running your old OS, or you could upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for $9.97 (reg. $199). Still rocking a ...

I'm currently running a licensed copy of Windows 7 Ultimate on my laptop. In anticipation of my impending Sandy Bridge build this weekend I purchased a family pack of Windows 7 Home Premium to ...

Windows 7's versions are more streamlined than they were for Vista, but if there's still any confusion between Starter, Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate, this chart should put those ...

Using the 2008 percentage price cuts for Ultimate as the basis for further reductions would put Windows 7 Ultimate at $256 and Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade at $186.