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General => Everything Else => Topic started by: Eerongal on June 25, 2009, 04:57:49 PM
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Windows 7 pricing (http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+7+Prices+Announced+by+Microsoft+Hot+Preorder+Discounts+Cheaper+Prices+for+EU/article15524.htm)
the important part:
From June 26 to July 11, while supplies last Microsoft will offer special preorder pricing. It will be offering in the U.S. Windows 7 Home Premium for $49.99 and Windows 7 Professional for $99.99, a savings of $150 and $200 respectively (over the full retail versions). Canada and Japan enjoy similar deals. Microsoft shows Europeans even more loving with Germany and France receiving Windows 7 Home Premium (€49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (€109.99) preorder prices. The UK, also part of the EU, receives Windows 7 Home Premium (£49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (£99.99) preorder prices.
Obviously a solid deal, to anyone who's looking to get windows 7. May as well take advantage of it while you can!
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Looks like the article was edited. It now says:
From June 26 to July 11, while supplies last Microsoft will offer special preorder pricing. It will be offering in the U.S. Windows 7 Home Premium for $49.99 and Windows 7 Professional for $99.99, a savings of $70 and $100 respectively (In the U.S. preorders are for upgrade versions). Canada and Japan enjoy similar deals.
Still is pretty awesome. This motivates me to preorder it, though I was planning on upgrading regardless. My desktop runs XP, but on an ancient 50GB hard drive. I'm going to get a new hard drive and just do a clean install.
Unfortunately, if I do that, I think I'll need the full versions of Windows 7, not the upgrade versions...
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Looks like the article was edited. It now says:
From June 26 to July 11, while supplies last Microsoft will offer special preorder pricing. It will be offering in the U.S. Windows 7 Home Premium for $49.99 and Windows 7 Professional for $99.99, a savings of $70 and $100 respectively (In the U.S. preorders are for upgrade versions). Canada and Japan enjoy similar deals.
Still is pretty awesome. This motivates me to preorder it, though I was planning on upgrading regardless. My desktop runs XP, but on an ancient 50GB hard drive. I'm going to get a new hard drive and just do a clean install.
Unfortunately, if I do that, I think I'll need the full versions of Windows 7, not the upgrade versions...
Windows 7 requires user to format if they're upgrading from XP, but i think you can still use the upgrade DISKS for it.
also: kinda sucks it wasnt really the full retail versions for that price
Edit: if i were you, i'd get your new hard drive, and ghost it using Clonezilla (http://clonezilla.org/), so that you have your current install, and can use the upgrade disk on your new hard drive.
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Yeah, that would be probably be easiest. Certainly better than paying for the full version.
Still, saving $70 for an upgrade Home Edition is quite a good deal.
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i just found an article from back in feb. that says that microsoft stated that upgrading from XP with upgrade media will be possible, but it will still require a format, so yeah, you should be good to rock with the upgrade versions
Found Here (http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/02/04/microsoft-windows-xp-to-windows-7-upgrade-possible)
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Yeah. Considering I expected to do a clean install anyways (the computer really needs it), that will work fantastically.