Windows 8 upgrade paths

Windows 8 Review

Windows Developer Preview - Nothing, but if you do an install of Win8 without a format and you files will be located in a folder called Windows.old on the primary drive

Windows 7 Upgrade:

System settings, personal files, and applications intact will remain intact.

Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, or Home Premium can upgrade to Windows 8 (Standard).

Users running Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Professional

Customers running Windows 7 Pro or Enterprise editions can update to Windows 8 Enterprise

Vista users without SP1 can upgrade to Windows 8, but only personal files will be preserved. Customers that do have SP1 will have their system settings transferred as well.

So the best thing to do is upgrade to service pack 1 and then upgrade if you wish to: You can download Service Packs form here.

Windows XP Upgrade

XP users with SP3 can upgrade directly to Windows 8, but only personal files will be preserved (So its not really an upgrade).

So the best thing to do is upgrade to service pack 3 and then upgrade if you wish to: You can download Service Packs form here.

System Requirements

1 GHz processor

2 GB RAM

20 GB available hard disk space

1366 × 768 screen resolution

DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver

Additional Requirements to Use Certain Features

Internet access (fees may apply)

For touchscreen, you need a tablet or a monitor that supports multi-touch

Microsoft account required for some features

To access the Windows Store and to download and run apps, you need an active Internet connection and screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768

To snap apps, you need a screen resolution of at least 1366 x 768

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