free upgrade on window vista?

The majority of computer manufacturers have been offering the free upgrade for a while now. You pay for the operating system and software installed on a computer as well as the hardware itself, so with Vista being so near to release the offer was introduced. Most companies provide a contact address to write to in order to claim the upgrade, and supply a CD in return. I would advise checking the documentation that came with your computer or contacting Dell direct for further details.

If it is free, it certainly is only a test or beta version for vista. I would not purchase anything labelled with "free included" etc. This means it is a consumer product and they want to test it on you. So really it will not be free but to your cost of testing it out for them. This may prove unwise as softwares do tend to have bugs with them, and if any security holes are exploited it could be you who is the victim in this 'free' version upgrade.