windows 7 pre order

[Georgy291]

as the Ms released the prices, for uk users i noticed it said normal price £80. anyone who pre orders it before 22nd october gets it for £50

they said only participating outlets blah blah blah

where can i pre order home premium for £50 as it said?

[rich_jtg]

I don't think pre-orders start until July 15th

[Georgy291]

hmm?

but still where then?

[kalniel]

hmm?

but still where then?

MS will have a list of retailers.

[alex98uk]

All good retailers I suspect. I think there will be some e-tailers that will do pre-order schemes when you buy hardware at the same time, so look out for those!

[Piggie]

Glad you started this thread as I (in the UK) will definatly be going for this £49 offer.

I understand, due to the lack of testing of the new (without IE8 due to the EU rules) we will get the full version and not an upgrade version for this price, which is great.

My only question (and many others) seems to be right now, what about the 32bit / 64-bit question.

With Memory now very cheap, and installing a new OS, more and more are interested in the 64-bit version (I'm running the pre relase 64-bit version now)

But there is no mention made anywhere yet about 32bit / 64bit versions when it comes to pre-ordering?

Does anyone know how this is goingto work?

Thanks.

[kalniel]

Glad you started this thread as I (in the UK) will definatly be going for this £49 offer.

I understand, due to the lack of testing of the new (without IE8 due to the EU rules) we will get the full version and not an upgrade version for this price, which is great.

Just as long as it comes with a full license as well.

My only question (and many others) seems to be right now, what about the 32bit / 64-bit question.

With Memory now very cheap, and installing a new OS, more and more are interested in the 64-bit version (I'm running the pre relase 64-bit version now)

But there is no mention made anywhere yet about 32bit / 64bit versions when it comes to pre-ordering?

Does anyone know how this is goingto work?

Thanks.

You get both 32bit and 64bit versions in the same box.

[watercooled]

You get both 32bit and 64bit versions in the same box.

Great! But is this going to be like Vista - where you got 32bit in the box and had to send away for the 64bit media which cost yet more and took weeks to arrive?

[Georgy291]

so no? no info where to pre order from yet?

any chances off our favourite scan or ebuyer getting it?

[kalniel]

Great! But is this going to be like Vista - where you got 32bit in the box and had to send away for the 64bit media which cost yet more and took weeks to arrive?

MS say they contain both discs for the US offer, we'll have to see for the Europe one, but I expect it would.

[kalniel]

so no? no info where to pre order from yet?

Wait for the offer to start, then you can see where to pre-order on the MS website.

[Piggie]

Thanks for the confirmation.

I guess the query of the "you get 2 discs in the same box" is confusing as when you look at the new packaging, there seems to be only room for 1 disc inside.

[watercooled]

Don't be fooled by the size of the case though, I have a few older PC games consisting of 3 CDs and they all fit into one DVD-size case, stacked together.

[Agent]

Yeah, DVD's are only a few mm thick. It's impossible to say how many is in there until someone has the final release in their hands

[alex98uk]

Now to decide which version to get!

[Splash]

My only question (and many others) seems to be right now, what about the 32bit / 64-bit question.

My only question is would this be cost effective, or would it actually be cheaper for them to sell them seperately again, but make the alternative media a freebie and suck up the cost of delivery? Seriously - how many people will actually want/need the 32 bit version? My guess is that the vast majority of people going through the retail channel for their OS purchase (ie not the OEMs selling low end machines such as netbooks) would gain little by being able to pickup the 32 bit version at the same time.