Today Microsoft released the Official Supported and Unsupported Upgrade Paths / Scenarios on Microsoft Download. No huge surprises hit me as I reviewed the documentation except just 1…
- Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 RTM is an Unsupported Upgrade Scenario
Not a HUGE problem for me personally since I believe upgrades for the most part are evil however I’m going to guess there’s going to be a large reaction out there as people hear the news.
Here’s a few screenshots with all the details on Windows 7 Unsupported and Supported Upgrade Paths:
And here’s the screenshots for Windows Server 2008 R2 Unsupported and Supported Upgrade Paths:
If you want to grab the Word Documents directly from MS Download:
Enjoy!
no upgrade path for windows 7 RC? what’s up with that! VERY lame!
@josie,
Yeah… I agree that for some people an upgrade would have been nice however I personally believe that an in-place-upgrade should be your last resort. Clean installs in the long run will always give you the fewest problems long-term.
@MrGroove,
Sure, that’s business as usual for me in most instances however, this PC I upgraded to windows 7 RC is my HP I just bought and all the OEM software will be gone if I wipe it with a clean install….. >SIGH>