Thursday, June 25th 2009

Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Retail Prices Ahead of General Availability

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Microsoft unveiled the retail pricing structure of its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, and its three important variants: Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate, elaborating on the pricing on both the upgrade and full versions. Microsoft also announced that customers buying PCs pre-installed with existing versions of Windows from select sources (retailers or OEMs), will be able to upgrade to Windows 7 at "little or no cost". The company also announced that select retailers in certain markets will be able to offer for a limited period of time, a pre-order discount scheme that can reduce the price by as much as 50 percent.

Here are the prices (in USD):
  • Windows 7 Home Premium - $199.99 (full version), $119.99 (upgrade)
  • Windows 7 Professional - $299.99 (full version), $199.99 (upgrade)
  • Windows 7 Ultimate - $319.99 (full version), $219.99 (upgrade)
Microsoft also detailed the global availability of the OS, and in different languages. The English version will launch on October 22. PC OEM vendors will be able to start shipping PCs pre-installed with the OS on the same day. Apart from the English version, Windows 7 in Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Chinese (Hong Kong), will be available on the same day. Windows 7 in Turkish, Czech, Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, Ukrainian, Romanian, Arabic, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Slovenian, Hebrew, Thai, Croatian, Serbian Latin, and Latvian, will be available on October 31.
Source: The Windows Blog

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244 Comments on Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Retail Prices Ahead of General Availability

#26
TurdFergasun
mdm-adphYep. I've never paid for a copy of Windows -- and now I never will.

(I'll never forgive them for the death of my boy.)
roFl!!

obscure st movie quotes ftmfw.





ms ftmfl
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#27
ShadowFold
I'll stick with Vista Sp2 until 7 gets a few SPs.
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#28
Ketxxx
Heedless Psychic
I bet those who cant be bothered with cracks will just download the latest available RC (which you can still install W7 updates on btw) prior to W7 going RTM, and just use one of the RC keys that are plentiful about the net.
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#29
WhiteLotus
can you upgrade the RC to the full version?
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#30
selway89
WhiteLotuscan you upgrade the RC to the full version?
If I remember correctly you can't. I know you couldn't upgrade from build 7000 to 7100, I think goes the same for RTM to Retail etc.
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#31
WhiteLotus
selway89If I remember correctly you can't. I know you couldn't upgrade from build 7000 to 7100, I think goes the same for RTM to Retail etc.
That's a tad annoying. I'll buy it when the RC licence runs out anyway.
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#32
Ketxxx
Heedless Psychic
I would guess yes as with any RC build I have used (7100, 7229) you could update with windows update or from a ISO burned to disc. So it would seem W7 is as good as finished and ready to ship now with MS already identifying and fixing other issues.
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#33
Scrizz
ima get maself pro upgrade same as ultimate mostly
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#35
Ketxxx
Heedless Psychic
Thats a bit retarded. Oh well, at least upgrades from one RC to another go smoothly.
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#36
BrooksyX
Sweet deal! but ill hold off as I can probably get a pretty sweet deal on Win7 from my school or I might even be able to get it for free from a friend.
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#37
Wile E
Power User
El FiendoWhat the hell did you expect? Leave Vista under the pillow and the OS fairy would make it Win7?
Sorry for the OT, but sigged.
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#38
Triprift
Hmmm just what i expected similar to Vista and yay Wile e finally changed his sig quote.
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#39
troyrae360
newtekie1So the same prices as Vista...not really a surprise...unless you were expecting it to be more expensive than Vista, in which case this would be a surprise to you...

Edit: Win 7 Home Premium is actually cheaper...
Its WAY more expencive that Vista!! Almost 2x the price!
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#40
Ketxxx
Heedless Psychic
W7 has had a LOT of internal changes. Visually W7 looks similar to Vista, but thats where the similarities end. Most Vista drivers won't even work on the latest build of W7.
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#41
t77snapshot
I'm still running Windows xp :o and I was going to buy Vista sp1 Home Prem. for $99, I decided to wait for Win7 Home Prem. But $199?!!!!:ohwell: I'm sure it is worth it. It is hard to save uo money so I think I will just get Vista sp2;)
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#42
Wile E
Power User
t77snapshotI'm still running Windows xp :o and I was going to buy Vista sp1 Home Prem. for $99, I decided to wait for Win7 Home Prem. But $199?!!!!:ohwell: I'm sure it is worth it. It is hard to save uo money so I think I will just get Vista sp2;)
Just buy the OEM version of Win 7 Home Premium. If it's priced like Vista on launch, it will be around $130.
Darknova12 Server 2008 licences....or $320 for Win7 Ultimate?

Screw it, I'm getting Technet...
Ditto
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#43
Ketxxx
Heedless Psychic
t77snapshotI'm still running Windows xp :o and I was going to buy Vista sp1 Home Prem. for $99, I decided to wait for Win7 Home Prem. But $199?!!!!:ohwell: I'm sure it is worth it. It is hard to save uo money so I think I will just get Vista sp2;)
Nuttin wrong with that. XP Pro is a solid OS still. Don't bother with Vista though. Why blow $100 on a outdated OS? May as well save a bit and get a OEM copy of W7.
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#44
Triprift
I still say it wont truelly shine till sp1 or 2 but then i might be proven wrong on that lol.
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#45
Kitkat
TripriftI still say it wont truelly shine till sp1 or 2 but then i might be proven wrong on that lol.
are you using it???? the next version has "sp 1" in it already. everything works for me UNLIKE my first xp or vista. I think it was perfeclty capible and was "shineing" back in beta lol and is even better now. I think previous ms releases have trained us that SP=go. I dont think thats the case with Windows 7
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#46
CrackerJack
IINexusII$320? no thanks, ill stick with pirates
don't get ultimate then
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#47
Batou1986
this is the first os since 98se that ima actually buy ive been running the beta/rc client since they have been available and it has far succeeded my expectations.
in fact it i get better performance on my rig with W7 ultimate than i did in xp
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#48
AsphyxiA
I go to college and am a compSci/MIS major. I'll pick this up for free. From both colleges I attend ;)
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#49
A Cheese Danish
$320 for Ultimate? Nah, I think I'll keep XP x64 and Server 2008, along with Ubuntu.
7 isn't too much different than vista...and it will probably be a while until DX11 is *FULLY* taken advantage of.
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#50
AsRock
TPU addict
HOLLY CRAP.. I know a place were the sun don't shine and they can put it there.
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