Limit of Win7 upgrade ?

Hi everybody, my 1st post ... hoping my english will be correct, being french

I'm currently using my old XP genuine license (XP Home) on the desktop I bought 1 year ago. This PC (Acer, w/ Q6600) had a pre-installed Vista Home I downgraded because I don't want any Vista "s...p" on my PC (as a lot of us), and by changing my HDD for a bigger one (I just copied my "old" partition) ;

According this article : http://www.tomshardware.com/news/w [...] ,6965.html, MSoft offers the ability to upgrade an XP to 7 thru a clean install from an upgrade media ...

Will I be able to upgrade my XP Home to 7 Pro thru the "Win7 Pro upgrade" currently at 125CAD ? Or will I be limited to upgrade XP Home to 7 Home ?

Thanks for your answers



Adds :
I still have my pre-installed Vista on an unused HDD, use my XP since 2002 and I'm testing 2 OS :
- Ubuntu
- 7 Pro

I noticed that 7 32-bits and 64-bits will be on the same DVD ... I also read a few threads about 7 but I didn't find the answer .

Seven is obviously better than Vista : faster and easier essentially. My choice is :
a) I keep Windows as main OS if my XP can be upgraded to Win7Pro for a reasonable price ;
b) the price is not reasonable (200$+ is not, even for a full version), then Ubuntu will be my next OS ...

Thx Zoron, I also checked that point thru resellers and they confirmed too it'll be like Vista : upgrade "in-place" if you start from a Vista version, or full install from XP, w/o any limitation betw. Home and Pro.

I ordered the Pro version for its "XP comptatibility mode" + "Domain join" function.

Like you I prefer a clean install, followed by a clean image (True Image i.e) I can restore each 6-9 months to keep a clean registry.

I currently have 2 HDD (of 6 plugged) on the desktop I bought 1 year ago : 1 has Vista and clean (because I don't use it), and I installed 7 RC on the other one. Both HDD are 320Gb and 7200 rpm.
- Boot : Vista = 2mn10 (approx.), Seven 1mn15 ;
- Shut down : Vista =35-40", Seven = 15" ...

I clearly bypassed Vista and kept XP, but my next OS will be either Ubuntu, either Seven Pro : 7 gave me a good feeling, like a "fully" (what does it mean in IT ?) fixed and improved Vista ...