Hello BOB!   
      
   16 Jul 12 12:21, you wrote to TOM WALKER:   
      
    BK>>> Upgrade from Win 7? How about from Vista?   
    TW>> It will Upgrade Both Vista and Win XP   
      
    BK>  Now that's a winner.   
    BK>  If the OS is good. For $39.99 I can afford to give it a try.   
      
   Keep in mind that:   
      
   Windows 7 is based on Windows Vista..   
      
   Windows 8 is going to be borrowing alot of Windows 7 codebase..   
      
   If it ran Windows 7 or on Windows 7, it will run/do Windows 8.   
      
   The Windows 8 GUI will be as much of a departure from what you know as was   
   Vista from XP or 3.x to 95.   
      
   With that said..   
      
   XP to Windows 7 or Windows 8 is strictly an eligibility upgrade, what does   
   this mean?   
      
   You cannot do an in place upgrade from XP, meaning that when installed,   
   Windows 8 will be a clean install.. The installer will check for an existing   
   Windows XP install to verify eligibility (or ask for a windows xp install   
   disk), then it will install clean..   
      
   There is a way around that using Laplinks PCMover, but I dont recommend doing   
   that.   
      
   If you can run a virtual machine, using virtualbox etc, I recommend you try   
   out the consumer preview of Windows 8 and see for yourself.   
      
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