For those looking to buy a new computer and are wondering about the Windows 7 upgrade path, or for those who simply want to know what it is going to cost to get Windows 7, wonder no more.
Microsoft announced today the upgrade options and pricing details for Windows 7.
Of special note are the following 3 sections:
And we have the answer for people who need a new PC now but still want to get Windows 7 and that’s the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program, which kicks off tomorrow, June 26th! Anyone who buys a PC from a participating OEM or retailer with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate on it will all receive an upgrade to the corresponding version of Windows 7 at little or no cost to customers. The Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program will be available until January 31st, 2010 – and is global! For more information on taking advantage of the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program, visit www.windows.com/upgradeoffer.
So here’s the low-down on pricing for Windows 7. The estimated retail prices for upgrade packaged retail product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:
- Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99
- Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99
- Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99
And the estimated retail prices for full packaged retail product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:
- Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99
- Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99
- Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99
This means that Windows 7 Home Premium full retail product is $40.00 less than Windows Vista Home Premium today.
Finally, as a way of saying thank you to our loyal Windows customers, we are excited to introduce a special time limited offer! We will offer people in select markets the opportunity to pre-order Windows 7 at a more than 50% discount. In the US, this will mean you can pre-order Windows 7 Home Premium for USD $49.99 or Windows 7 Professional for USD $99.99. You can take advantage of this special offer online via select retail partners such as Best Buy or Amazon, or the online Microsoft Store (in participating markets).
This program begins tomorrow in the U.S., Canada and Japan. The offer ends July 11th in the U.S. and Canada and on July 5th for Japan or while supplies last. Customers in the UK, France and Germany, can pre-order their copy of Windows 7 starting July 15th and will run until August 14th (or supplies last) to ensure folks don’t miss out on this. Act fast if you want to be the first in line to get Windows 7 at this screaming deal! Note: The special low pre-order price will vary per country.
All that is good news for the consumer. For me, Vista has already been replaced by Window 7 RC. I personally never had many problems with Vista (except for my old Creative sound card), but I have found Windows 7 to include enhancements that are really quite nice compared to it’s predecessor.
25. June 2009 at 8:35 pm
Still quite pricy, but MS is getting there. Might buy retail after some dx11 GPUs are released.
25. June 2009 at 9:18 pm
I will be pre-ordering my copy here in the UK. This will be available between 15th july and 14th August. Details for the UK can be found at the below article.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/software/news/2009/...
25. June 2009 at 10:19 pm
running Windows 7 6.1.7260.0.win7 rtm.X86 right now I have not found any problems
no driver issues . core 2 duo e8400 3GHZ with 8 BG I will buy the OEM when released
26. June 2009 at 12:27 am
Hope they can fix the network card issues when returning from standby mode prior to release.
26. June 2009 at 12:53 am
I have vista Ultimate, Can I use windows 7 Pro?
26. June 2009 at 1:06 am
If you are talking the Upgrade price, that has normally been an upgrade price for any previous version of Windows. To a point. I am not sure, but I would guess that would be from any version of XP or Vista, "maybe" Windows 2000.
26. June 2009 at 9:41 am
Also worth noting that the UK pre-orders will be for the full version, not the upgrade. However, they will be the European 'E' version without Internet Explorer.
26. June 2009 at 4:21 pm
Best I can tell, the half off is for the upgrade only
26. June 2009 at 10:09 pm
Will Win7 backup on WHS??????
26. June 2009 at 10:25 pm
Yep
26. June 2009 at 10:19 pm
From what I understand reading the MS site is you can buy and upgrade version even if you have XP or Win2K. A clean install is required which is the way I would do it anyway. Upgrade saves 100$ to boot. So sweet deal two copies of Win7 Pro in the cart. Oh and it doesn't give you the option of 64 or 32 bit. I just called MS and they say both versions are on the same disc. Nice
I really dig 7 and switched all of my PCs that I'm going to switch to 7 already with the RC. Nice stuff. Now if WHS v2 would hurry up
Wondering why I can't log in here. Did my user get deleted?
fasthair
27. June 2009 at 6:37 am
Question. Does anyone know if Windows 7 Professional is going to include the remote RDP access? It seems that "Professional" is not as professional, since it will lack the disk encryption feature. Disappointing at best.
27. June 2009 at 8:58 pm
I believe Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise will all support RDP.
30. July 2009 at 8:10 am
the interface of Windows 7 is great but in my opinion Windows XP is still a very solid and stable operating system. Right now, I would never give up XP for Windows 7.