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Microsoft yesterday announced retail pricing for Windows 7. The good news is it will be the same or cheaper than Windows Vista, however this only applies from Friday until July 11, less than a month from now. During that time, upgrade copies of Windows 7 Home Premium will run $49, while Windows 7 Professional will cost $99.
"That truly is a price that we have never even come close to in terms of an operating system release," Corporate Vice President Brad Brooks said. "We've still got a business to run."
When the OS ships in October, boxed copy prices will break down as follows:
That puts Home Premium at a lower price point than the Vista equivalent, which sells for $239, and both Ultimate and Professional on par with each one's Vista counterpart.
Getting back to the pre-release upgrade pricing, Microsoft will only be selling a limited number of copies, though that number is unknown. These will be available at Amazon, Best Buy, Microsoft's own store, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Costco, Staples, Wal-Mart, and a bunch of other retailers, CNet reports.
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medavid16
June 25, 2009 at 8:41am
This is really upsetting, esp for those who bought the Vista Ultimate. Does this mean going from Vista Ultimate --> Windows7 Premium is same as Vista Ultimate --> Windows7 Ultimate? That doesn't seem really fair to those who had an early investment. Business model or not, let's help out early adopters... they are usually the type of audience base you want to keep, no matter what the reason is. =P
dracx619
June 25, 2009 at 8:30am
all we need now is a family license pack...i still wish at least home premium would be around 130 since thats how much crapple sells the regular leopard for....ugh, i may have to stick with RC longer than i thought, what with a wedding destroying all my income
snapple00
June 25, 2009 at 9:59am
Uh.. Bro if you got a wedding coming up you got more problems than Windows pricing will ever give you..
nekollx
June 25, 2009 at 10:44am
*holds out ball and chain* He's gonna need this...
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dracx619
June 25, 2009 at 12:59pm
lol. thanks guys....should be fun though, caus having two incomes after that is gona be sweet for what i plan to do to our house tech wise ;)
nightkiller
June 25, 2009 at 5:16pm
the second income won't have any input? This is going to be interesting.
You choose a flightless bird as a mascot and wonder why it doesn't take off?
