Will Windows 7 upgrade discs work on mac?

[NovemberWhiskey]

Or do we have to buy a full retail version. From what I recall, the upgrade discs won't work unless you have XP or another version of windows previously installed.

But everywhere I go, all they sell is the upgrade disc...

 

[Hellhammer]

Yes but it involves a little extra step (not hard)

See this (more)

 

[dudeofblokes]

i got a dell upgrade disk for windows 7 for a dell hybrid studio, it lets me install it on my mac with no differences at all which is great then i was able to buy licence through it once installed.

point is that the upgrade disk worked perfectly so cant see a problem as it was a dell specific disk yet works perfect for me and i had no previous installs at all which im happy for, so hopefully your will work .

 

[captainbeyond]

I used to have an hp pavillion that I downloaded the student upgrade version of Windows 7 on back in November 09. After that POS died, I found the Win7 iso at this site:http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/...links-ultimate-professional-and-home-premium/

I was able to use the upgrade code I received in the e-mail at the time of the original upgrade.

 

[PurpleShaman]

ive been thinkin about the same thing as well. Im planning on gettin a MBP very soon and I want to put win 7 on it. I have a student upgrade win7 ultimate in my hands right now. so, does that mean i need to get a rull version of xp installed on my mac before i can do the win7 upgrade. also, are the upgrade steps just like what the thing on sevenforums described?

 

[ashenfang]

cMBP crappy battery life

Im not sure if they work or not because I used the updates from the internet.

 

[hfg]

If you Google a bit, you will find methods for using the upgrade disks for a clean install. One method requires dual installs, first as a trial-demo, then upgrade from that. The other requires a simple registry edit after the first install.

You will, of course, require a valid activation code with either method.