Remember students you can get windows 7 professional for £30

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Originally Posted by Joe 90

or Free off MSDN AA

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Just a quick note of something I spotted for anyone thinking of buying the upgrade version, such as the £30 Student offer:

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/win...ows-7-faq.aspx

Upgrade versions require Windows XP or Windows Vista to be running on your computer before installing Windows 7. Full versions of Windows 7 don't require a previous version of Windows to be running on your computer. Both upgrade and full versions contain the same features. If you want to format your hard drive when installing Windows 7, you will need the full version. In general, choose the full version of Windows 7 if you don't have a previous version of Windows on your PC. Choose the upgrade version if you have Windows XP or Windows Vista on your PC.

Not a huge in itself, this however would bother me:

Question: What if I need to reinstall Windows 7 and only have an upgrade version?

If for some reason you need to reinstall Windows 7 and have the upgrade version you will be required to install a previous version of Windows before installing Windows 7.

So if you have an upgrade copy and wish to do a reinstall, you'll need to install XP/Vista again first...

*hugs full retail version*