Windows 7 UK pricing revealed
So long Vista, all is forgiven... now
Microsoft has announced the prices for Windows 7 in the UK. The new OS is currently being put through the beta paces and the final release is due on October 22nd – the "fastest global launch of a Windows Operating System ever,” according to John Curran, Microsoft's Windows Business Lead in the UK.
So how much will it set you back? Well if you start from nothing but a barebones machine and no previous version of Windows to upgrade, it’s £229.99 for the Ultimate edition. Business users can get the Professional edition for £219.99. Home Premium will cost £149.99 – that’s a full 12% discount on the Windows Vista equivalent as Microsoft is mindful of the economic slowdown on tech spending.
There are more savings to be made though. If you want to simply upgrade from an existing Windows Vista package, it’s £199.99, £189.99 and £79.99 for Ultimate, Professional and Home Premium respectively.
But there’s more: Microsoft is hosting a special preorder discount program. It’s available, while stocks last, to anyone who puts in an order between July 15th and August 14th. The pre-order price of Windows 7 Home Premium is a far more reasonable £49.99 while the Professional is £99.99. Orders are limited to 25 copies per customer.
If you’re just about to buy a Windows PC, you don’t need to delay – a free upgrade program is starting tomorrow, June 26th, that will mean anyone who buys a Windows Vista machine will get their upgrade to Windows 7 for free.
Windows 7 rolls out in 14 languages (including English) on October 22nd.
Link: Windows 7
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By osullivanj
26|06|2009 16:31
confusingly, according to this article http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1096 because MS are removing IE8 from the European version of Windows 7(ongoing court case with EU), they will not offer an upgrade option from Vista to Windows 7 in Europe. You can buy the full product for the price of the upgrade version, but you then have to do a clean install and pretty much set up your PC from scratch .
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25|06|2009 17:23
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