No, you can. It’ll update, patch, etc. I’m hearing rumors of possible discounts to purchase it for those who have registered installs of it. I have Ultimate, 64 bit, that’s what, about $300.00?
Downloads will be available until August 20, 2009, but you can still get a “key” from MS for your uninstalled download after that. Oh, and each copy can be activated on three pc’s.
Well, I might try it out; “virtualbox” says it supports Win7, so maybe I’ll download and install in a VM.
okay, so I downloaded Win7 x86_64 RC1 and installed in a virtualbox. Installed well, no initial problems, was even able to install directly from the ISO, no burning of a DVD required.
Having a problem with sound, but that might be vbox issue, or a Win7 issue, works fine under Linux.
Off the bat, it’s less aggravating than vista. There’s still some things are missing, or a I can’t find like in vista. I still hate the fact that they felt compelled to go change everything around.
iTunes installed okay, and synced with the iPhone no problem.