Windows 7 E and Browser: Consumer Ballot Screen; Vista to 7E Upgrade or Clean-Install?
From Microsoft on Issues Blog:
A week ago the European Commission said it welcomed our proposal to provide Windows users a “consumer ballot screen” to select the Web browser of their choice to surf the Internet. We believe this approach addresses the Commission’s previously stated competition law concerns regarding our inclusion of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) browser in Windows.
We have now decided to alter that launch plan. In the wake of last week’s developments, as well as continuing feedback on Windows 7 E that we have received from computer manufacturers and other business partners, I’m pleased to report that we will ship the same version of Windows 7 in Europe in October that we will ship in the rest of the world.
http://microsoftontheissues.com/cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2009/07/31/windows-7-and-browser-choice-in-europe.aspx
Windows Vista to Windows 7E?
There's a question posed in Calendar of Updates forum… whether the above new decision of Microsoft on browser will now allow people who will have Windows 7E to upgrade from Vista. The answer is no… that is if we will base on the document published by Microsoft too.
See discussion at http://www.calendarofupdates.com/updates/index.php?showtopic=21708
The document by Microsoft on Windows 7 Upgrade Paths was published on July 20, 2009. You can get the document at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e170eba1-5bab-401f-bbf5-00f0ee7fe0fb