Installing Vista then upgrading to Windows 7

I just installed Lion and it seems to be doing fine. I wanted to install windows 7 with bootcamp, but I bought an upgrade version because I have my Vista disc. Then I wanted to upgrade since it saved me $70. Anyway, at this point bootcamp assistant is only asking me if I want to install windows 7. How do I go about installing Vista, then windows 7?

If you already owned Vista you CAN use the UPgrade version of Windows 7.
It'd of been a lot cheaper if you were to search a bit first?
Legally any ways, as long as it's the same "Version" as Vista. You can't upgrade from Vista Home (or whatever) to W7 Pro. In Lion you just install the W7 upgrade and authenticate afterwards, it won't ask for another OS like XP or Vista. Microsoft had to have some way for XP users to upgrade, tho via a clean install only. With a clean install of W7 you just install it once, don't update or authenticate yet, then just re-install over the new install then you can authenticate and update.
Apple doesn't authenticate for Microsoft so it doesn't know if you have a legal prior copy or a pirate copy. It normally wouldn't care what you had except Apple dropped support for XP and Vista with Lion and BC 4.0 and that's why BCAssistant will only look for a W7 OS.
Oh well, have fun.......

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