Wednesday, July 15th 2009
Run on Windows 7 Upgrade Deal in Europe
Today marked the first day of the Windows 7 upgrade deal for most european countries. Much like the US variant, customers in the EU were able to preorder Windows 7 Home Premium for 50 € or UK Pounds. According to the Hannoversche Allgemeine Newspaper the entire stock of the new operating system has been sold out within hours in the german speaking region. Large etailers like Amazon.de only had 1500 from the 10000 pieces of the german version - which sold out 7 minutes after the start at 9:00 AM - while others only managed to get 500 or less. Other german etailers like Alternate, OTTO, Neckermann managed to hold out a tad bit longer, but all of their servers - including the ones from Amazon Germany where brought to their knees so that many potential buyers missed out on the deal. Amazon UK on the other hand allowed pre-orders for about 6 hours until listing the item out of stock. Overall, most etailers all over Europe are sold out, while some traditional stores may have some left. It should be noted, that Microsoft actually planned to offer this deal from July 15th until August 9th.
Source:
HAZ - Hannoversche Allgemeine (German)
22 Comments on Run on Windows 7 Upgrade Deal in Europe
I was up at midnight frantically refreshing, and got myself a copy pre-ordered from play, within seconds of it going up :D
not like a new OS is actually needed is it,just makes things hard work getting apps/games to run on all the different OS's.
They should try fixing the existing ones rather than getting yet another one out.
People have rushed out for Win 7 E, due to the massive discount, its currently at a thrid of the full retail price which is said to take effect in January.
Could I just ask if you have tried windows 7 at all? Beta or RC?
This is how things evolve, there is only so much you can do to old software before its better to start again.
Its like saying you dont want the next game in the series. :ohwell:
And I dont think £49.99 is greedy at all from MS, its £10 more than a new 360 game, but you get ALOT more :D
And if this is the upgrade, is there any down points of upgrading as you are installing an operating system through an operating system...or is that wrong?
Read Windows 7 sold more pre-ordes in 8 hours than Vista did in 17 weeks. Probably why Microsoft planned this being open so long.
It would be just silly of them not to add more copies available. People are buying legit versions of their OS, can't be bad for business.
Price was tempting, once I figured out you could get it delivered here too. Good that they ran out, I have no need for update and I'd rather have an upgrade :)
As much as I want a new gfx card, I think it would make sense to buy W7 now, as it is a lot cheaper than later on when I know I wont be able to afford it.
another typo :D
i'm getting good at this game.
How i see it is so they can say we sold so many more millions than than we did vista and if it plays out right even win98 \ XP.
The bit what bothers me the most they say UPGRADE and over the years i learned to stay away from OS upgrades even more so of MS.
P.S Amazon have put the price up to £75!!!
Oh and Alex made a very good point, I mean it is very cheap for the initial launch. I would happily pay for Windows 7, and £49.99 is just a very acceptable deal.
To the person who said they should just fix Vista, is it even possible to strip the Kernal on Vista without effect any personal files?