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On Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:56:14 +1300, Crash McBash
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>Just for a laugh I went to the MS site looking at upgrade pricing. I
>was surprised to see an upgrade available to from XP as well as Vista
>and 7 (IIRC the only upgrade to Win 7 was from Vista) and even more
>stunned to see the price - $49 to download and $80-odd retail (IIRC
>past upgrades have been north of $150).
>
>What on earth is MS up to?

They also seem to have relented on the restriction of OEM licences
being non-upgradeable.