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Ballmer touts Vista upgrades
Created: 10/25/2006
Video description: In a face-to-face meeting with CNET News.com, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks up the upcoming version of Windows and says any PCs that ship between now and launch of Vista will be able to upgrade.

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