Windows 7 Pre-Order & Launch Pricing

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MS has announced launch and pre-order pricing for Windows 7.

Vista and XP users, upgrades will cost $119.99, $199.99, or $219.99 for Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate respectively.

Full retail: $199.99, $299.99, or $319.99.

However, starting tomorrow, pre-orders upgrades will start @ $49.99 for Home Premium and $99.99 for Professional via https://windows7upgradeoption.com/ web page. A sub R500 cost for an upgrade to Home Premium was be sweet!!

No details on if this applies to SA and apparently pre-orders are limited in quantity.

Anyone have any info from local MS contacts?
 
Windows 7 Prices Announced by Microsoft, Hot Preorder Discounts.

http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+7+...Discounts+No+Upgrades+for+EU/article15524.htm

Prices have dropped since Windows Vista

At last Microsoft has answered the one major remaining question about Windows 7 -- what the price point will be. Today Microsoft unleashed a plethora of information, with Windows 7 retail pricing, upgrade information, launch details, and a preorder deal all disclosed.

Likely feeling the heat from competitor Apple's $29 price point for OS X Snow Leopard (set to release in September), Microsoft has reduced the price of its most popular edition -- Home Premium -- to $119.99 for upgrades and $199.99 for full retail copies. Both price points are $40 less than Vista's original Home Premium price.

Prices for Business and Ultimate version will stay in line with current Windows Vista prices, with the Ultimate price being $40 cheaper than Vista's orginal debut price. Please refer to the table below for easy retail and upgrade price comparisons.

With Windows 7 the version structure (follow the link for comparison of features) has been simplified slightly, which is part of why there's not more of a price drop for Business and Ultimate. Each version is now a superset of the lesser version(s) below it. With Windows Vista this was not the case. So while you may pay the same amount for Professional or Ultimate, Microsoft says you'll get more OS for your money.

Like with Vista, upgrade or purchasing the equivalent of the previous OS version don't require a clean install, while those downgrading does (so a Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional install would not require a clean install). All XP upgrades will require clean installs, and all 32-bit to 64-bit upgrades will require clean installs.

Microsoft has tried to extend an olive branch to the EU despite having been forced to exclude Internet Explorer from the OS due to antitrust accusations. It is not going to offer Windows 7 upgrades in Europe, but will instead offer the full retail version at prices equivalent to the American upgrade prices. Microsoft say that this was the best option, despite being less profitable, as it did not have time to test the functionality of upgrades without Internet Explorer.

From June 26 to July 11, while supplies last Microsoft will offer special preorder pricing. It will be offering in the U.S. Windows 7 Home Premium for $49.99 and Windows 7 Professional for $99.99, a savings of $20 and $100 respectively. Canada and Japan enjoy similar deals. Microsoft shows Europeans even more loving with Germany and France receiving Windows 7 Home Premium (€49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (€109.99) preorder prices. The UK, also part of the EU, receives Windows 7 Home Premium (£49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (£99.99) preorder prices.

Microsoft also announced back-to-school upgrade bundle deals. It will be working with OEMs to offer Vista PCs which come with a copy of Windows 7, ready to upgrade upon release. Details will be found here.

Windows 7 will be released in 14 languages -- 14 languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Chinese (Hong Kong).
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Microsoft Shows Off Windows 7 Packaging in More Detail

http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+Shows+Off+Windows+7+Packaging+in+More+Detail/article15529.htm

Microsoft's Windows 7 is the mostly highly anticipated software release of the year. Built on the solid underlying guts of Windows Vista, Windows 7 provides the graphical flash and trim performance that Vista somewhat lacked. The new OS has already seen millions of installs of its release candidate and is drawing comparisons to such beloved versions of Windows such as 98 SE and XP SP3.

The company had previously provided a peak at their box art. Now Microsoft Windows team member Brandon LeBlanc has posted a Windows blog about the packaging for the new OS.

He says the goal was to provide a "fresh" feel and emphasize simplicity. He states, "We approached the packaging for Windows 7 the same way we approached the product – by listening to what our customers told us they wanted: make it a simple clean design, easy to open, and reduce waste."

The packaging is now more standard opening like a standard DVD case, with a removable seal at the top. Inside the package are only two elements -- a paper sleeve and a "simple" Getting Started Guide.

The new packages weighs 37% less than Vista's packaging and is now recyclable.

The packaging is drawing relatively positive reviews from the blog's commenters. Writes one user, "Pretty neat looking, definately (sic) better than the retail Vista packaging, which I always thought was fancy but a bit unnecessary."

Windows 7 will go on sale October 22.
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Dropped buy as much as as $40! :eek:

lol snow leopard upgrade is still cheaper than that.
 
killadoob said:
Can we use snow leopard on our pc's?
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I do. You may want to consider your definition of a personal computer though. ;)

I thought they might do a dedicated netbook version . . . :(
 
What is the difference going to be between Home and Professional?
Also can we maybe have a merge of this and my thread please mods?
 
Thing is though - will we be able to purchase on the pre-order special?
Will they ship to us here or will we have to wait on Microsoft SA to get their act together?
The upgrade option seems really cheap.

EDIT: I mean the pre-order/upgrade option seems really cheap.
 
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killadoob said:
Can we use snow leopard on our pc's?
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Not readily, but factor that into the cost of a Mac and you'll see that you get a better machine, better OS and at a better price. Macs trounce non-Macs when you compare them feature for feature, to compare a MBP to a PC you need to buy a high end Sony Vaio. Subtract also cr@ppy Antivirus and bloatware firewall solution from the price and cost of removing pre-installed OEM malware.

A nice F-you from Microsoft to its fans! LOL. :)

So consider a Mac next time -- maybe?
 
PeterCH said:
Not readily, but factor that into the cost of a Mac and you'll see that you get a better machine, better OS and at a better price. Macs trounce non-Macs when you compare them feature for feature, to compare a MBP to a PC you need to buy a high end Sony Vaio. Subtract also cr@ppy Antivirus and bloatware firewall solution from the price and cost of removing pre-installed OEM malware.

A nice F-you from Microsoft to its fans! LOL. :)

So consider a Mac next time -- maybe?
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To build or to get a pre-built? That is the question (excludes net/notebooks).
 
Nerfherder said:
R 2000... hell no

Cracked version will suite me fine
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I'll wait for our russian&chinese cousins to deliver the "unrestricted" version :D

I will only use it for one game I play, rest of the time linux fits me like a glove.
 
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