News - Microsoft announces Windows 7 pricing

[HEXUS]

Upgrades start at $119.99.

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[Arthran]

Im not expecting to pay dollars for Win 7 thanks.

[GheeTsar]

Im not expecting to pay dollars for Win 7 thanks.

BBC News seem to have the UK pricing:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8118749.stm

In the UK the upgrade version of the Home Premium edition of Windows 7, available to those with an existing Windows license, will be £79.99.

By contrast buying this in a shop, and which can be installed on more than one machine, will cost £149.99.

[DeludedGuy]

Can we really take any of those prices as an indication to the EU price? Its never straight forward.

*edit*

If the BBC price is right, its what I imagined it would cost, but I was hoping it would be £50

[scaryjim]

I'm intrigued by the idea that a retail version "can be installed on more than one computer". How many, exactly?

I was discussing this with my wife last night, and we decided Microsoft should make Windows a subscription service, internet activiated and updated, with upgrade rights to new versions as they come out. So if you'd "subscribed" to Windows XP back in 2001, paying, say, £40 a year, you'd now be entitled to your free Windows 7 upgrade. In the meantime you'd've paid Microsoft £320, of course, but at £40 a year you might not even have noticed....

[Arthran]

We will offer people in select markets the opportunity to pre-order Windows 7 at a more than 50% discount

Customers in the UK, France and Germany, can pre-order their copy of Windows 7 starting July 15th and will run until August 14th (or supplies last) to ensure folks don’t miss out on this. Act fast if you want to be the first in line to get Windows 7 at this screaming deal! Note: The special low pre-order price will vary per country.

found here


Now all we need is comprehensive UK pricing

[borandi]

I thought the EU had crippled Win7 such that users in the EU couldn't upgrade?

[GheeTsar]

Apparently we can check on this web page tomorrow to get "at least half off":

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy...pre-order.aspx

[scaryjim]

It has also been confirmed that the "E" editions do not apply to the UK.

Who by? And where? And how, given that European law applies as much in the UK as it does in all other European countries, as far as I am aware...

[kalniel]

Apparently we can check on this web page tomorrow to get "at least half off":

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy...pre-order.aspx

If you mean 'we Americans' you're right.

It's later in July for us in the UK.

But I'm confused about this upgrade thing - MS say they're not selling the upgrade edition in the EEA, but they will be offering a half price upgrade deal? Does this mean the upgrade offer is actually for a full retail license when it comes here?

[borandi]

If you mean 'we Americans' you're right.

It's later in July for us in the UK.

But I'm confused about this upgrade thing - MS say they're not selling the upgrade edition in the EEA, but they will be offering a half price upgrade deal? Does this mean the upgrade offer is actually for a full retail license when it comes here?

I just read on teh BBC article - what they are calling upgrades are actually full versions and the same price. It's just that you can't upgrade a copy of Vista - has to be a fresh install

[lodore]

Is windows 7 really that much different from vista that it deserves £79 for the home version...
I paid less for vista oem..
lets all refuse to buy it to force MS to lower the cost.

It will be quite hard to convince me to upgrade to 7 at those prices tbh.

I love the new taskbar but its finding it hard to justify the price.
there is a few small features such as lowering all other devices volume by % when you ring or answer a voip phone and homegroup but its mostly proformance and under the hood changes.

[Arthran]

Is windows 7 really that much different from vista that it deserves £79 for the home version...

Yes put simply, anybody who's used 7RC will tell you the same.

as of the 15th of July we can pre-order and get a huge discount, so use that as your incentive

[kalniel]

I just read on teh BBC article - what they are calling upgrades are actually full versions and the same price. It's just that you can't upgrade a copy of Vista - has to be a fresh install

But the licensing between the two is very different. An upgrade carries over the license conditions from your previous version, a full version has its own conditions.

[MorrisR]

OK, so lets see if I've got this straight.

I want to upgrade Vista to Win7 Home Premium.
I can't upgrade, but I can buy a full retail version at the upgrade price of £80.
However, I don't know whether that is a single or multi-use licence (and I've no idea why it should be >1).
Because I'm in Europe, its likely to be an E version without IE, buts thats no problem because if I want IE I can download it on another machine, or get a free disk from somewhere.
However, there now appears to be some uncertainty regarding the E version in UK.
Not at all sure about Media player, but presumably just as easy to get as IE if I want to.

However, if I'm quick off the marks, I can pre-order for about £40?

My brain hurts.

[lodore]

Yes put simply, anybody who's used 7RC will tell you the same.

as of the 15th of July we can pre-order and get a huge discount, so use that as your incentive

If i can get it for £40 if i preorder it i will get it.
atm i have vista home premium. I assume I can get windows 7 pro at half price if I preorder it?

I will definatly be checking the hexus home page on july 15th to find out all the details for preordering.