Windows 7 Pricing and a 50% Discount For Pre-Orders!

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When it comes to Windows 7 one of the most hotly debated topics is of course, pricing. Most tech bloggers like myself have our own ideas of what we would like Windows 7 to sell for, but Microsoft is in this to make as much money as possible.

Today Microsoft officially released the pricing for Windows 7 and announced an excellent pre-order deal for consumers. These prices are for U.S. customers but we should see international prices soon:

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

These prices are about $40 less than the current Windows Vista prices which were much higher when it first came out more than 2 years ago. These prices are for when Windows 7 launches on October 22nd 2009 but it is not even close to the best news they released today.

Be First, Save Half… This is Microsoft’s pre-order plan is exactly as it sounds, a 50% discount. Tomorrow they will announce the retailers that you will be able to purchase it from but it is expected to be Best Buy and Amazon as well as others. The pre-orders will be available from June 26th until July 11th or as long as supplies last, so pretty much whenever they decide they have enough hype for it.

Check It Out> The Windows Blog, Microsoft, Technologizer

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yelsep87

Said,

I’m not good at math but those prices don’t entirely seem like 50% off.
I with they only had an ultimate version with the only choices of being 32bit or 64bit (and in the future only a 64bit). I can understand some features of ultimate may never be used for the average consumer but they can just be disabled by default. Maybe like an option to enable pro or ultimate. Simple is good.

The Geek

I think that with Windows 7 I am only going to buy the standard Home Premium. I was suckered last time into getting Vista Ultimate and the “Ultimate Extras” just ended up being crushed dreams.

One good thing is that some of the things that were previously being developed to be Ultimate Extras will actually see the light of day with Windows 7. The most known of them so far is the Windows Media Center sidebar gadget.

I find features like xp mode, language packs, and system backup images to be something that everyday users could benefit from. I dont think it makes sense to charge $400 extra for someone who speaks another language to buy ultimate, or if legacy software won’t install on vista or 64bit for clients to throw down more money, or something useful like system images that comes default in apple. But maybe its just me.

I look forward to the day where its just one version of ##bit windows XYZ.

The language packs issue in Windows Vista really sucked. Thankfully someone actually took the time to fix Microsoft’s blunder and make it so that languages could be installed regardless of the version.

XP mode is cool and I do understand Microsoft gearing it towards enterprises. I think the general publics usage of it would be more along the lines of a novelty and not something necessary.

Windows 7 Pricing and a 50% Discount For Pre-Orders!

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