Windows 7 upgrade disks from Dell

[the_scotsman]

Just logged into the Dell Windows 7 Upgrade site.

Completed my order and is now being shipped to me. Oh and shipping is free for us here in Australia

[chewyeong90]

No you don't have to pay a single cent ! I just ordered mine! It's coming ! Woohoo ! https://win7.dell.com/Default.aspx?R...countHome.aspx

[mark.carline]

Spent sometime last night looking into this...

Turns out what we will be getting looks like it might just be the same iso image (with no keys or stickers etc) thats "preactivated" image from dell.

See this link:
http://www.blogsolute.com/2009/09/wi...ted-leaks.html

I did try and find the download mentioned above but failed.

Bit annoying that dell couldnt just give us a download link of the ISO and we have to wait two weeks (plus a postal strike in the uk) to receive the disk.

Please feel free for anyone to post a note on here when they receive theirs and comment on what they actually receive.

Thanks!

Mark

EDIT: There is talk of there being a key printed on the sleve of the disk - I suspect that if there is a key on the sleve of the disk that its definalty not the key thats used in the preactivated image thats on the disk (wink wink )

[mark.carline]

UPDATE - Just logged onto the upgrade site:

http://win7.dell.com/

And i was now able to pay the £15 P+P for my order and it now says my order says "Processing" - theres no date listed under "Estimated Ship Date" yet....

Just a shame it says "Windows 7 Home Premium® 32bit English"

[alpine101]

Oh and shipping is free for us here in Australia

Not in rip-off Britain, we have to pay £15 shipping and handling...

[aznguyen316]

so I registered a few weeks ago for this. Will they just email us again to let us know to put in the order?

[mark.carline]

so I registered a few weeks ago for this. Will they just email us again to let us know to put in the order?

i didnt get an email - i just logged onto the dell win7 upgrade site

[ViperGTS]

I'm downloading the Win 7 professional version right now, got it for $29.95 online with college ID. Not sure whether to partition my existing harddrive and have both Vista and Win 7 or to just overwrite everything. Unfortunately, I ordered my XPS with Vista Home edition which does not allow an upgrade to Win PRO without a clean install. I have a free Win 7 home coming, but I need the extra functionailty of Win 7 Pro. Have to reinstall all my programs, that's the pain in the butt. Might leave Vista for now and run them both, then take my time reinstalling leaving Vista operational.

[JPodz]

UPDATE - Just logged onto the upgrade site:

http://win7.dell.com/

And i was now able to pay the £15 P+P for my order and it now says my order says "Processing" - theres no date listed under "Estimated Ship Date" yet....

Just a shame it says "Windows 7 Home Premium® 32bit English"

Did you get something that looks like this:




and now you're just waiting for it to ship...

[mark.carline]

Did you get something that looks like this:

and now you're just waiting for it to ship...

yep just the same