Is it cheaper???

dorchen · dorchen's Computer Specs

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Originally Posted by Nibiru2012

What is your purpose for the upgrade? Do you REALLY need the Ultimate version?

The Professional version has nearly all the features of Ultimate with the exception of about 2 other features which are BitLocker and 35 additional languages. If you want the BitLocker, then TrueCrypt is much better in most users' opinion. Do you need 35 additional languages?

If you truly want to upgrade, I would recommend the Professional rather than Ultimate.

Well i need the Run as Xp mode, and to you who still want a complete question here it comes:
Is it cheaper to upgrade from w7 home premium to ultimate, or is it the same price as just buying w7 ultimate from a store for full price...

**davehc** · davehc's Computer Specs

See my post #6

**TrainableMan** · TrainableMan's Computer Specs

Professional can do the XP mode but in the USA I can buy the anytime upgrade from Home Prem to Ultimate for about the same price as Home Prem to Professional, often the Professional goes for even a few dollars more.

And being from Northern Europe you may be able to benefit from the languages in Ultimate. So you should evaluate your needs and the price difference loacally to decide if you need Professional or Ultimate.

So yes, here we can get the anytime upgrade cheaper than even an OEM version of the full product. I would suspect that would be the case even over there but I do know it has been mentioned that the anytime upgrade in Australia costs more than it does to the USA but the full version likely costs more there too, so I would suggest you look up prices locally.

**Core** · Core's Computer Specs

Isn't an upgrade by tradition cheaper than a retail copy? I don't think the price of the original edition should really factor into this unless specifically asked about.

Just seems like this thread got unnecessarily complicated...