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Fry’s Giving Away Software at its Windows 7 Midnight Release

Posted 10/21/09 at 06:59:25 PM  by Jason Barry

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The folks at Gizmodo got a great tip on some sweet deals at a few Fry’s Electronics stores participating in Windows 7 midnight opening.

Eight locations are making the offer and open at midnight tonight for the release of Windows 7. If you pop into your local Fry’s in: Downers Grove, IL, Plano, TX, South Houston, TX, Duluth, GA, Renton, WA, Fountain Valley, CA, San Diego, CA, or Sunnyvale, CA and pick up your copy of Windows 7, you can walk away with some free software too.

With mail-in-rebates, you can get your hands on a bunch of software for the low, low, price of…nothing. They are advertising the following software titles for free, after mail-in-rebate:

  •  Norton Antivirus 2010, Free
  •  Nero 9 Reloaded, Free
  •  Global Protection 2010, Free
  •  System Mechanic, Free
  •  Trend Micro Internet Security Pro, Free
  •  NTI Shadow 4, Free
  •  McAfee Internet Security 2010, Free
  •  NTI Media Maker 8 Suite, Free
  •  Fireman 3.0, Free
  •  Bitdefender 2010, Free
  •  AVG Antivirus & Antispyware, Free
  •  PC Tune-Up 2.0, Free
  •  Spysweeper 2010, Free
  •  Stuffit Deluxe 2009, Free
  •  Corel Family Pack 2009, Free

Granted, there are free counterparts to most of this software, but it’s a good deal for those who like to purchase off-the-rack.

Image Credit: Gizmodo

COMMENTS:6
TAGS: Software, free software, windows 7, mail-in-rebates, windows 7 week
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avatarI decided a long time ago I

Submitted by icebird on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 4:54am

I decided a long time ago I would never support the marketing gimmick of Mail-in Rebates.  Everybody knows it's just a way for them to get more of your money than you planned on up front.  Then the onus is on YOU to wrest it back from their clutches.

On top of that, they hide all sorts of caveats and exceptions in the fine print so that if you don't send everything in just so, NO REBATE FOR YOU.  I've had experiences where I meticulously prepared all materials and they deny it anyway just because they never intended to honor it.

Good luck, people who take this gamble.

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avatarI'm installing all them...

Submitted by ChuvelxD on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 6:29pm

I'm installing ALL of these programs and am gonna run them all at the same time!  Screw Prime95 for benching my OC'd i7.  THIS IS THE NEW STANDARD. lololol j/ks of course, I wouldn't touch Norton with a 10-foot pole.

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avatarNorton is fine

Submitted by bloodgain on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 9:40pm

Do you read the magazine and/or website?  Norton 2009 was considered one of the best (if not THE best) boxed Antivirus apps this year.

Granted, there are multiple antivirus and Internet security apps in that list, though, which is pretty useless.

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avatar Norton 2009 was considered

Submitted by mattman059 on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 5:05am

 Norton 2009 was considered one of the best (if not THE best) boxed Antivirus apps this year.

 

 

 

Norton = shit. 

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avatarEven if i had a Frys I

Submitted by mattman059 on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 6:07pm

Even if i had a Frys I wouldnt want any of that crap. period.

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avatarOnly one of those i could

Submitted by pellier on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 5:39pm

Only one of those i could use and that's norton but i still have a year left on my subscription to 2009. Downers Grove is only an hour and a half away, if i didn't have school tomorrow I would probably go down there.

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