"John W. Wells" <> wrote in message
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> I recently bought a refurbed Studio XPS 435 with Vista Home Premium 64
> installed.
>
> I was told I'd be notified when my free upgrade to Win7 (comparable
> version) was available. Oct. 22 has come and gone--no word from Dell
> yet.
>
> Has anyone heard when one might expect to get this upgrade and be
> freed from the bondage of Vista?!
>
> --John Wells
I had purchased an Inspiron Laptop for my daughter in July & registered it
immediately. I assumed that the upgrade disk would be shipped automatically
as soon as Windows7 came out. Since I didn't receive an e-mailto confirm it,
I checked the update site & discovered accidentally that I had to "order"
the upgrade by adding my registered tag to the shopping cart & complete the
purchase. I recall no mention of this process when I registered but I may
have missed something. The order showed $0 until the $13 handling charge
showed up on my credit card for the "free" upgrade. I'm sure that was in the
fine print somewhere but it was a surprise to me. So between needing to
initially order the "Home Premium" edition of Vista to qualify & the $13
handling charge, the "free" Windows7 upgrade cost me $53. I had purchased a
Dell in May 1998 near the end of Windows95 with the same offer for a free
Windows98 upgrade. The disk appeared in the mail about a month later with no
additional charges or intervention on my part.
BTW, I checked the status of the order & it shows a shipping date of
December.
Rich
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