Objection! Why can't vista home basic be eligible for the free windows 7 upgrade?

It's not fair! If I know only vista home basic cannot be eligible for the free windows 7 upgrade when I bought my T400, I would rather pay more to have other OS. Lenovo have never mentioned this before. I think I should have the right to know my future benefit. Does anyone have the same question about that upgrade program? I feel terrible.

Microsoft has given all OEM's the requirments for the free upgrade to Win 7.
Lenovo is only following Microsoft's guidelines.
Terry
Lenovo Windows 7 beta test
Lenovo Enterprise Systems Expert

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