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Windows 7 OEM Pricing Spotted at Newegg

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Even heavily discounted promotional pricing hasn't been enough to convince some would-be consumers to pick up an Upgrade copy of Windows 7, which requires a validated OS already be installed. You could suck it up and pay retail, or wait for OEM copies to emerge and save a bit of scratch, but until now, nobody knew exactly how much you could expect to pocket.

Newegg.com today listed prices for OEM versions of Windows 7, and as expected, the savings are failrly significant. Here's how it breaks down:

  • Windows 7 Home Premium Full OEM - $110
  • Windows 7 Professional - $140
  • Windows 7 Ultimate - $190

Compare those prices to $200 for the retail version of Home Premium, $300 for Professional, and $320 for Ultimate. And if you pre-order before October 20, Newegg's offering a further discount on OEM copies, with Home Premium priced at $100, Professional at $135, and Ultimate at $175.

Some caveats appl. Keep in mind that OEM copies are technically tied to the PC they were originally installed on, and while we've had some luck porting OEM installs from one machine (or mobo) to another with a quick call to Microsoft, nobody knows how this will shake out with Windows 7.

OEM copies also ship sans support, you won't get the shiny retail packaging, and you can only perform a clean install.

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avatarActually, the Home Premium

Actually, the Home Premium version is only $100, but whatever.

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avatarCheap

That's what I paid for an OEM copy of Win98 SRII back in the day.

 

As for Adobe, as long as there is GIMP there is no reason to complain about the pricing.  As long as there is Open Office, likewise.  Heck, as long as there is LINUX there is no reason to pay for an OS.  Support open source where you can I guess.  Look at niche market software companies that are still going strong-endnote?  Champion/Red Wing?  On and on.

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avatarWow!

"Failrly signifigant"?  Nice...  lol

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avatarnice

free retail legal version of pro for my big machine, cheap oem version for my laptop...i could use cracked but i rather not. to much of a hastle staying one step ahead of msft...fantastic!!

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avatarOR...

You can just download a cracked version on Bittorrent and not pay a penny!

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avatar Did you grow up under

 Did you grow up under power lines, or eat paint chips (leaded or unleaded) when you were a child?

 

-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-

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avatarsorry...

sorry, but no, not everyone is such a worthless sh!t

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avatarHey if MS didnt charge such

Hey if MS didnt charge such redicules prices for there software im sure there would be way less pirated OS's around.

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avatarYou call $110 for an OS

You call $110 for an OS rediculous? Hardly...

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avatar amen, thats what? 2

 amen, thats what? 2 games.

I think my OS is worth 2 games.

 

Now Adobe? That's over priced.

$600 bucks for a phot editing suit that only works on one OS, and you have to pay full price for the incremental upgrades?

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avatarIf you mean Photoshop,

If you mean Photoshop, there's nothing wrong with it's price point.

It's a professional tool (like a $600 hand drill) and if you can't afford it then you aren't a professional and it isn't aimed at you. You should stick to Elements.

Plus most Photoshop users have a long standing history of use and only pay upgrade pricing.

And if you think $600 for pro-level software is expensive, you don't want to start looking at 3DS or Maya anytime soon.

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avatar i know all that but i

 i know all that but i firmly belive no softwhere should cost more then the "best" version of the OS you need to run it. It seems crazy to me i'm paying twice what i would pay for Window Ultimate for just one program i need Windows to even run.

 

Edit: As for the upgrade plan that's new, when my company moved from cs2 to cs3 there was no such thing

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avatarupgrade pricing has been

upgrade pricing has been there since I've used Photoshop and that's been a long time. It's listed clearly on the Adobe site for $349 so you didn't look far.

Again your logic is flawed. This a pro tool. $600 is nothing. If you think that's too high, you shouldn't be looking at it.

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avatar ok then explain to me why

 ok then explain to me why a pro tool SHOULD cost more then the MANDATORY pro OS it's installed on?

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avatarwhy are you buying a

why are you buying a Pro-OS?

If you are then you must have some reason other than one piece of software which you don't seem to need.

That's like complaining that a Hasselblad lens costs more than your camera. If you don't need to spend $4000 on a lens then why buy a $3000 camera?

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avatarhit the nail on the head my

hit the nail on the head my friend...nail on the head.

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avatarhit the nail on the head my

hit the nail on the head my friend...nail on the head.

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avatarBecause everybody knows

Because everybody knows that's a great idea.

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avatarNewegg...cheap??

I love Newegg! I buy all my products from Newegg, not only because they are cheap and they have great shipping timing, but because of their customer service! I love their support that is included. 5 EGGS!!

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