But it will recognize the presence of XP and accept it as an eligible upgrade.Įither way, it should work.
#ONLY WINDOWS 7 ON MACBOOK INSTALL#
The only problem here is that Win 7 will move all the XP files and data to a folder (Old Win or something like that) and install itself clean. I know this works because a good friend of mine who is a beta tester for MS and Apple says it works.
#ONLY WINDOWS 7 ON MACBOOK UPGRADE#
While XP is running, insert Win 7 upgrade DVD and do an upgrade install. Install it again over itself and hope that it "sees" itself as an eligible upgrade in the same manner as Vista Home Premium did. Clean install first with the upgrade DVD. I sure miss their old TV show, it was one of my favorites!Īs far as using the Win 7 upgrade DVD: One of two things I'll try:ġ. Hope this clears up some of the confusion. However, what will happen is Win 7 will remove all XP data and do a clean install of itself - but, you will not have to "prove" you're using the upgrade legally since XP will be present when you run the Win 7 install program. And yes, contrary to what you may have read or heard, you can upgrade over XP. However, I intend to install it over my XP installation. After Windows is installed, the software ejection will once again work - it's during the installation process that it doesn't work. In other words, you have no way to remove your Win 7 upgrade DVD and pop in your Vista DVD to show that you are using a legal upgrade. In any event, what hasn't been pointed out to you by anyone here is the reason an upgrade can't be used is because your Mac like all other current Macs do not employ a hardware ejection system for the SuperDrive. We do not yet know whether Win 7 will behave the same way. And, since Microsoft themselves were fully aware of it and did nothing to thwart the procedure, that said a lot. The column you pointed out and several others quickly became popular. When Vista was first published it was a little known fact that the upgrade version of Home Premium could "upgrade" over itself. You may be jumping the gun a bit too soon.
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