Win Media Center ypgrade to Vista

Hi all,

I am buying an HP Pavillion which runs on the "WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER".
Can I upgrade it to VISTA ( preferably "business" ) directly?

I know "WIN XP PRO" does allow for the upgrade, but I have been told the Win Med Cntr is not able.
And that I have to purchase a WIN XP PRO first, and then upgrade it to Vista !! ... which would mean even more money out of my pocket !!
Can we do the vista- Business upgrade with the XP HOME ED ?



Pleasee help me out.

 

You CANNOT upgrade from Media Center to Vista Business edition, only clean install (Probably has something to do with Vista Business missing some of the multimedia functionality media center has- MS never allows upgrades that cause you to lose features). You CAN upgrade from either XP Home or Professional to Business Edition, though. Note that if existing data is not an issue, you might as well just run the clean installs over Media Centre.

Full details here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradepaths.mspx

And always run the upgrade advisor on computers to check for incompatible software/hardware:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx

 

Thanks a bunch Gecks