This time around, each product edition builds off the last one, and each product edition is a true superset of the one below it. While we don't yet know the pricing of the various Windows Anytime Upgrade options, we do know that Microsoft is offering a more logical set of product editions in Windows 7 than it did with Vista. Better still, the actual upgrade process is surprisingly fast: Microsoft says that a typical in-place upgrade via Windows Anytime Upgrade should only take about 10 minutes, and in my limited testing so far, that does seem to be the case.
Instead, all of the bits needed to upgrade a Windows 7 product edition to a higher-end edition are installed directly into the OS, so that they can be accessed at any time. Windows Anytime Upgrade in Windows 7įor the Windows 7 version of Windows Anytime Upgrade, Microsoft removed the install disc requirement. So the actual upgrade would have to wait until the disc arrived in the mail.įortunately, for Windows 7, Microsoft has brought back immediate electronic upgrading via Windows Anytime Upgrade. Starting with the release of Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), this feature only offered users the ability to order physical packaging. And because Windows Anytime Upgrade required the original Windows Vista install disc, many users had to wait for Microsoft to physically mail them a disc before they could perform the upgrade, undermining the advantages of the instant upgrade.Īfter a year of complaints, Microsoft finally removed the electronic option from Vista's Windows Anytime Upgrade functionality. There was just one problem: For whatever reason, many consumers balked at paying for an electronic upgrade. Pricing of these upgrades was, of course, significantly reduced over purchasing a retail Upgrade box, making the service both thriftier and less complicated. One of the more interesting innovations in the original version of Windows Vista was a feature called Windows Anytime Upgrade, which allowed users of the Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, and Business editions to upgrade to a higher-end version electronically.
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