Upgrading Vista to Windows 7 problem

So, I know Apple hasn't officially supported installing 7 yet, but I've been trying to upgrade from Vista Business edition. It will get almost all the way through and then have some kind of issue and says it reverts back to Vista. Has anyone else had this issue? I'm guessing I can reinstall Vista and then upgrade it to 7, but I'd like to avoid that.

Hi Chris,
have a look here http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/review_upgrade.asp for upgrade possibilities or when you have to migrate.
Basically an upgrade from 32-bit Vista to 64-bit Windows 7 is not possible and an upgrade from a 'high-grade' Vista version to a 'lower-grade' Windows 7 version is also not possible.
This might be the cause of your trouble, depending on what Windows 7 version you have.
Hope it helps
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