In case you hadn’t heard, Microsoft will be releasing their next generation Windows operating system on October 22nd, 2009.  The new OS will be dubbed Windows 7 and it promises to be everything that Windows Vista was not, in other words, an OS that’s worth having!  Right now Microsoft is running a program in which you can pre-order Windows 7 Premium and if you get the order in by July 11 the cost is $50, that’s almost a $70 discount from the price of $119.98 it will be after July 11th.  You can order Windows 7 from various places such as Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, or WalMart.com.

If you have Vista Premium already the upgrade disk will work without problem.  If you have a different version of Vista or Windows XP, the upgrade disk should still work for you but you might need to do a clean install of the OS using this disk, the steps for upgrading from Windows XP or a non-premium version of Vista can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446674(WS.10).aspx.  If you’re unsure as to whether your computer will be able to run Windows 7, just download the Windows Upgrade Advisor from Microsoft and it will give a full report on what your performance should be using this new OS.