donizme Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Microsoft has today revealed how much Windows 7 will cost! It seems only the Windows 7 Home Premium Retail will be cheaper at £149.99 compared to Vista Home Premium Retail at £169.99. For the other editions the cost is the same as for Vista, that sounds disappointing to me. Oh and there will be no upgrades fom Vista to Win7 to European customers! Why you ask? Because Windows 7 E will be shipped in Europe without IE8, and upgrading from Vista would mean IE8 would also be transported to the Win7 E!Pricing. Windows 7 E Home Premium will retail for £149.99 (Vista Home Premium costs £169.99), while Pro and Ultimate stick to their Vista equivalents at £219.99 and £229.99 respectively. Where it gets complicated is because no upgrade editions of Windows 7 E will be sold in Europe. Microsoft says this is because it would port across Internet Explorer from the previous OS and put it on shaky ground with the European Commission. Frustrating yes, necessary? Let's not even go there. More importantly however Microsoft aims to counter this by selling the full edition of Windows 7 E Home Premium for £79.99 between 22 October and 31 December. This is the same cost as the upgrade edition of Vista Home Premium. It is still working on potential deals for Professional and Ultimate.Promotion. Perhaps most exciting however is Microsoft will reward early adopters who pre-order Windows 7 E Home Premium or Professional between 15 July and 14 August by selling them for just £49.99 and £79.99 respectively. No details of stock level have been locked down yet with Microsoft saying it will respond to demand, but this certainly represents good value for money. Again more details come tomorrow at microsoft.com/uk/win7preorder.Official Packaging:Windows 7 Pricing and Promotions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Lite Posted June 25, 2009 Administrator Share Posted June 25, 2009 & In USD (source):Upgrades:Home Premium - $ 119.99 (Vista Launch price of $159.99)Professional* - $ 199.99 (Vista launch price of $199.99)Ultimate - $ 259.99 (Vista launch price of $259.99)Pre-Order Upgrades:Home Premium - $49.99Professional - $99.99Full Retail:Home Premium - $ 199.99 (Vista launch price $239.99)Professional* - $ 299.99 (Vista launch price $299.99)Ultimate - $ 319.99 (Vista launch price $399.99* Windows Vista Business and Windows 7 Professional are used for comparable referencesI for one didn't know $1 = £1, but it looks very close to that :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoticxBloodxLust Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 sweet maybe the ms beta program will hook me up with ultimate for free like they did vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donizme Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 @ LiteI for one didn't know $1 = £1, but it looks very close to thatThe pound is currently: £1 = $1.6Why does everyone rip off me and my fellow brits all the time? I will be getting my revenge come end of july, then it will be £0 = $200...:s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donizme Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 sweet maybe the ms beta program will hook me up with ultimate for free like they did vistaMicrosoft confirmed that they won't be offering any free/discounts to beta testers...:s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumant30 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 We are going to get it free any way from torrents :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoticxBloodxLust Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 lol opps i beant the wfp winders feed me bullshit back program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 @ LiteI for one didn't know $1 = £1, but it looks very close to thatThe pound is currently: £1 = $1.6Why does everyone rip off me and my fellow brits all the time?It's because you deserve it! You drive on the wrong side of the road, use inches, foots and stuff like that and on top of all that you eat fish with chips, that combination just sucks :duh: I mean, seriously, fish and chips is like the combination of colors on this sweater:Hehe, just kidding :sI for one am not planning on buying Windows 7... Really, I don't have the money to spend € 600 on a PC and like another € 600 filling it up with software :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donizme Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 @ shoughtIt's because you deserve it! You drive on the wrong side of the road, use inches, foots and stuff like that and on top of all that you eat fish with chips, that combination just sucks tongue.gif I mean, seriously, fish and chips is like the combination of colors on this sweater:lol what? Do you know why the language your speaking is called English and not American? It's because we invented it, and so we use inches/foots etc... Americans take our language and start using whatever it is you guys use instead of inches. That's an infringement of our damn british heritage...lolOh and yeah me too I can't afford the £150 for Win7 Home Premium...although Microsoft offered me free Vista Server edition for being a student! Although I didn't take that option, I will jump at the chance for any Win7 version they offer me... :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Lee Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Ultimate - $ 319.99 (Vista launch price $399.99)* Windows Vista Business and Windows 7 Professional are used for comparable referencesI for one didn't know $1 = £1, but it looks very close to that :rofl:I guess I was being a bit too optimistic about pricing when I read a certain article. Over $300 for the full retail of ultimate? You gotta be frickin kidding me. I'm glad I didnt have to pay for that Vista garbage but I was planing on buying 7...til I saw this. Looks like I'll be one of the 10s of thousands of seeders to a torrent of 7 Ultimate :duh:----@ donizmeThe British called themselves the first "Americans" so technically we didnt take anything, you brought it here :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 320 $ dollars for a damn OS?they can kiss my ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBait Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Hmm, I'd like to know the price of Professional OEM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KotaXor Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I pay shit to get Vista, now they want me to pay some more to atone for their mistakes?WTF!They should offer free upgrade for Vista user!No wonder pirate lives :tease: As I have said, Windows Seven - Vista Finally Fixed, should be the original name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashad Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 MSDN subscription here, someone already paid for win 7 :tease: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 @ LiteI for one didn't know $1 = £1, but it looks very close to thatThe pound is currently: £1 = $1.6Why does everyone rip off me and my fellow brits all the time?It's because you deserve it! You drive on the wrong side of the road, use inches, foots and stuff like that and on top of all that you eat fish with chips, that combination just sucks :P I mean, seriously, fish and chips is like the combination of colors on this sweater:Hehe, just kidding :tease:I for one am not planning on buying Windows 7... Really, I don't have the money to spend € 600 on a PC and like another € 600 filling it up with software :blink:Glad to see that you still have the sweater I gave you last christmas. ;) I bet you wear it every day. I know I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalaffa Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Microsoft Store has the page for pre-orders of Windows 7 available now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donizme Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 I wish the media would stop saying there are 6/7 versions of Windows 7 and it's so confusing...a total exaggeration. :lol: There are 2 versions for UK Home Users1. Windows starter edition - missing many 'nice' features from UI, can't change desktop background, this is for people who have netbooks or are cheap...2. Windows 7 Home Premium - Has all the ;pretty' features but missing some business and encryption features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Glad to see that you still have the sweater I gave you last christmas. ;) I bet you wear it every day. I know I would.I still wear it at any special occasion :hi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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