Upgrading to Windows 7 Ultimate?

[TroungPham93]

is there anyway I can upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate from Windows Vista Home Premium without losing all my files? (I have a lot of licensed software on hard drive that I don't want to lose)

 

[WR2]

Hello TroungPham93;

You can do an in-place-upgrade from Windows Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 32bit version.
Or Vista 64bit to Windows 7 64bit.

What feature of Win7 Ultimate do you need that isn't in Win7 Home Premium?
You don't want to pay for features you don't really need.

 

[TroungPham93]

I'm not sure what the features are but my reason for upgrading is for gaming. I remember reading a article somewhere that said there's a 5 fps increase in gaming when you upgrade to Win7 from Vista.

 

[WR2]

Home Premium will have less background stuff running.
Ultimate's extra features, if used, will likely get you less gaming performance.

It won't be as much as 5 FPS improvement in all games and hardware combos.
Probably less in most.

 

[WR2]

Windows 7 versions compared

 

[TroungPham93]

I decided to go with Win7 Home Premium 64 Bit, thanks for the help WR2!

 

[TroungPham93]

Best answer selected by TroungPham93.

 

[WR2]

You're welcome. Check out the Sticky topic: Common Questions about Windows 7
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/7686-63-common-questions-windows-version

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/videos/upgrade-to-another-edition-of-windows-7-by-using-windows-anytime-upgrade

Anytime upgrade ^

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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