• Windows 7 Upgrade, Pricing Announced

    Windows 7 Upgrade, Pricing Announced

    Techtree News Staff, Jun 26, 2009 1609 hrs IST

    Microsoft's Windows 7 Upgrade Option on select SKUs start today

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Microsoft has finally announced the pricing and upgrade option details of its next major operating system Windows 7. Brandon LeBlanc, Windows Product communication manager, posted on the Official Windows Team Blog, that Windows 7 is headed towards General Availability (GA) on Oct. 22 in 14 languages. Following that, on Oct. 31, Microsoft will offer Windows 7 in 21 other languages.

Earlier this month, Apple had surprised everybody with its recession friendly pricing of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system. On the other hand, Microsoft has announced Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program which you can check here - www.windows.com/upgradeoffer. Under this program, consumers buying a new PC today onwards from the participating PC makers or channel partners with specific Windows Vista SKUs will be eligible for Windows 7 upgrade option.

However, it should be noted that the term upgrade means that the buyer already owns a Windows copy on the new PC purchased from June 29 onwards. The Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program will be available till Jan. 31, 2010 globally. Consumers can redeem the program until the end February 2010.

For India, eight major OEMs that include HP, Dell, Sony, Lenovo, Acer, Toshiba, HCL and Wipro have participated in the Windows 7 Upgrade Option program. Under this Upgrade Program, anyone who buys a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate preloaded from any of these OEMs or channel partners will receive a free upgrade to Windows 7 from Microsoft. For rest of the users, the Windows 7 upgrade pricing will be announced after Windows 7 becomes generally available on Oct. 22.

Here's the estimated pricing for Windows 7:
Windows 7 Home Premium: $120 (Rs. 5,800 approx.) for upgrade; $200 (Rs. 9,600 approx.) for full version
Windows 7 Professional: $200 for upgrade; $300 (Rs. 14,400 approx.) for full version
Windows 7 Ultimate: $220 (Rs. 10,600 approx.) for upgrade; $320 (Rs. 15,400 approx.) for full version

The offer ends July 11 in the U.S. and Canada and on July 5 for Japan or while supplies last. Customers in the UK, France and Germany, can pre-order their copy of Windows 7 starting July 15 and will run until Aug. 14 (or supplies last) to ensure folks don't miss out on this. For those who want to pre-order their copy of Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional upgrade can visit here.

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(12) Comments
Vicky
,Mumbai, on Nov 27, 2011 11:11 AM
I like Windows 7 As Upgrraded
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Saikat
,Kol, on Aug 31, 2009 01:24 AM
What about Google crome os??? any idea???
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Naresh
,bangalore, on Nov 10, 2009 12:46 PM
Google chrome is for a light weight OS.Has no great features as win 7. Is mainly for NETBOOKS. ARM based procesors.
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premkc
,salyan, on Jun 28, 2009 07:24 AM
hi
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Hector Maquieir
,Queens, NY, on Jun 26, 2009 07:38 PM
Linux Ubuntu's price is ZERO DOLLARS... Maybe it's worth a free try?? Actually, I use Ubuntu and it's way faster than Windows, If Ubuntu cost 100 dollars and Windows was free, I'd pay to use Ubuntu... So please, do yourself a favor and try Ubuntu, you can even use the Wubi installer which leaves your windows installation completely untouched... If you don't like go and spend 120$ on windows 7, but there's a good chance you'll just stick to the free Ubuntu.
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Kris
,Mumbai, on Jun 26, 2009 11:25 PM
Is the User Interface of Ubuntu as friendly as that of Windows? If yes, I would give it a shot.
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John Gallet
,Detriot, on Jun 27, 2009 03:45 AM
I'm using Ubuntu and it was a little confusing to use at first but the wonder help I recieved at the Ubuntu forums got me on my feet very quickly. I would say you get use to it within a day or two. To be brutally honest I wouldn't pay to use Ubuntu, it doesn't support a lot of programs I would like to use. You can get your windows programs to eventually work on WINE, its not really an emulator... actually I don't really know what it is because I have never used it!
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Scott
,Atlanta, on Jun 26, 2009 09:25 PM
One would think it's worth pointing out snow leopard only costs $29 to upgrade.
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Kris
,Mumbai, on Jun 26, 2009 11:22 PM
Snow Leopard is just a Service Pack! Apple has charged it's customers for a Service Pack that MIcrosoft gives out for free.
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Jammit
,, on Jun 26, 2009 10:34 PM
Bah Humbug. MS's crapfest of crapware is the best REASON to dump the chump and go with linux.... Ubuntu = best move I ever made.
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Eddie
,Little Elm, on Jun 26, 2009 06:09 PM
$Soft is CRAZY with these prices in the current Obama Recession!!! Tell Balmer to take a Pay Cut...
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computerguy
,San Jose, CA, on Jun 26, 2009 05:17 PM
I think one of the first things people think is that the pricing seems high compared to Apple, but let's not forget that Apple isn't by any means being "nice" either. Their hardware costs quite a bit more than a PC and since they are making a killing on the hardware they can afford to sell software at a lower price. In the case of Windows, it is Dell, HP or whoever that is making money on the hardware, not Microsoft. Yes, this doesn't apply to upgrades but I'm guessing that Apple didn't magically come up with $29 and $49, but instead had some pretty smart people come up with an optimal price based on demand, their hardware business and the current economic situation. Microsoft too probably took a look at the big picture you always get a new PC for about half the price of a Mac (including the OS)... even if you built your own and bought Windows 7 separately. Given that the Windows 7 Eula is not yet released we need to wait and see what the Home EULA says. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/eula.aspx So with respect to multiple system installation we will need to wait and see. That being said, if you actually read these things (not many do), you'd notice that for Office 2007 Home and Student, for example, you can intall on 3 systems. Note that other versions of Office do NOT says this. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7467D5C4-FA3A-4F9F-82B6-CBCD6108A980&displaylang=en All being said, despite this price difference for an upgrade I doubt this will convert anyone to the Mac since the "Mac lifestyle" no matter how you calculate it is more expensive to purchase maintain or upgrade your system - while memory is cheap, ever compare the prices they charge at an Apple store to what they charge at your local Best Buy? Keep in mind that most Mac users get everything from the Apple store - they have no choice sometimes. I think given the quality of this version of Windows most people will shell out the cash and after we find out more about the EULA we'll know exactly how many systems we can install on. Saying "Windows 7 prices are too high" is like saying "BIOS chip prices are too high" - without thinking of the bigger picture that a PC is still cheap than an Apple no matter how you "slice" it. :)
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