Windows 8 Upgrade Paths from XP, Vista and Windows 7 are leaked

over at ZDNET has surprised us with the skinny on what the upgrade paths will be for Windows 8. From her contacts, here’s what the deal is:

• Users running Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, or Home Premium can upgrade to Windows 8 with their system settings, personal files, and applications in tact.
• Users running Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Professional will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro with system settings, personal files, and applications in tact.
• Customers running Windows 7 Pro or Enterprise editions can update to Windows 8 Enterprise with system settings, personal files, and applications in tact.
• 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.
• XP users with SP3 can upgrade directly to Windows 8, but only personal files will be preserved.
• Cross language upgrades will not be possible but cross language installs will.
• 32 bit to 64 bit upgrades (and vice versa) are out as well.

Windows 8 should hit RTM next month (July). This should be interesting.]]>