With all the talk of upgrades here is some of the fun stuff floating around the web:
Apple’s upgrade path from fake Steve:
From: The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs
Walt’s version from: Deciphering Windows 7 Upgrades: The Official Chart:
Windows 7 Upgrade paths that can kill!
The MS response by Ed Bott Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart:
The MS response
Just for fun here are some old charts on the web about upgrades
An old HP Unix upgrade chart HP Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1B-2 and Higher: Patch Kit Installation Instructions
HP Unit Chart
It is always easy to make fun of Vista!
Vista was no easy path
MS makes it interesting (or difficult):
What version of Vista can I upgrade to from XP?
From April Survey: 84% won’t upgrade to Windows 7 in the next year:
In addition to Mac OS X, enterprises are looking at a rainbow of Unix alternatives, as shown in the chart
From http://karchesky.com/comics/stochastic/operating-system-chart/
What is the best OS for you?(December 7th, 2008)
Other charts I found looking around:
The Joy of Tech! 2007
IT guys love flow charts – from Oracle
From the www.itjungle.com (love the name)
Doubling up the core counts to a maximum of 32 cores in the Power 570 did not change the upgrade paths, as you can see:
All in good fun!






