I just contacted my Notebook manufacturer and I found out I was qualified to upgrade to windows 7 free of charge/ I only paid for shipping which was only $19.99. If you bought your pc/notebook recently contact the manufacturer and may be you also qualify

the fees are in the shipping fees ;-) shipping is never more than a few pounds for a box with two dvd's.

you'll find that all manufacturers have different shipping fees but the dvd is almost always free

Any idea what is the normal qualifying period?

Any idea what is the normal qualifying period?

I bought mine with vista at the end of June, 09 so may be 6 month. I think it is worth trying and you pay nothing if you don’t qualify

In Thailand, the qualification period started August 1st.

the fees are in the shipping fees ;-) shipping is never more than a few pounds for a box with two dvd's.

you'll find that all manufacturers have different shipping fees but the dvd is almost always free

sorry, but you are saying what exactly? that he is being ripped off paying $20 for a Win 7 upgrade when it normally costs $75 for a home premium upgrade?

the fees are in the shipping fees ;-) shipping is never more than a few pounds for a box with two dvd's.

you'll find that all manufacturers have different shipping fees but the dvd is almost always free

sorry, but you are saying what exactly? that he is being ripped off paying $20 for a Win 7 upgrade when it normally costs $75 for a home premium upgrade?

he is saying that the "shipping" fee is a rip off. I think that upgrade was in many cases promised at the time of purchase of the laptop, so it was already included in the laptop price.

Many people say (I don't say it as I don't use it) that Windows 7 is just a larger service pack of Vista so it should be for free anyway (but I am just the messenger who is repeating it, I don't use either of the them....not stable enough yet).

So, you are saying people who bought laptops 6 months ago were being informed a free upgrade was included?

Sorry, I see that not all machines qualify so that this upgrade is only applicable to some machines from some manufacturers.

http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/notebooks/0,3...62055615,00.htm

the fees are in the shipping fees ;-) shipping is never more than a few pounds for a box with two dvd's.

you'll find that all manufacturers have different shipping fees but the dvd is almost always free

sorry, but you are saying what exactly? that he is being ripped off paying $20 for a Win 7 upgrade when it normally costs $75 for a home premium upgrade?

Yeap, I wouldn't be complaining about a upgrade to Windows 7 for only $20, whether you are calling it a shipping fee or not!