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Windows 7 limited time upgrade discount starting tomorrow (June 26th)
Dormouse:
The trouble is that it is not a simple currency conversion for the UK.
MS aren't offering the upgrade versions at all, but are offering promo prices on the retail version.
For instance, Home Premium £50 = approx $83 at current rates. There are advantages for some people with this. Still have to see what sale prices will actually be. Compared to prices in the past, the pre-order pricing is very good and MS seem to have the marketing right on this to get W7 off to a good start, unlike Vista. Feel sorry for anyone who paid good money for Vista, but that's probably what has got the rest of us better prices now.
The long-term prices, like-for-like, are of course higher in the UK, but the % seems to vary a lot according to the version.
Not sure how easy it will be to access US versions, or how well they will install/activate. Will be watching out for any info on this.
Hirudin:
Does anyone know if Win7Pro media will have the 64-bit version as well , or its only 32-bit ?
MS seems to be silent about 64-bit Win7Pro in this promo.
SKA
-SKA (June 27, 2009, 03:06 AM)
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I don't know what was there before, but here's the Microsoft site now...
The trouble is that it is not a simple currency conversion for the UK.
MS aren't offering the upgrade versions at all, but are offering promo prices on the retail version.
For instance, Home Premium £50 = approx $83 at current rates. There are advantages for some people with this. Still have to see what sale prices will actually be. Compared to prices in the past, the pre-order pricing is very good and MS seem to have the marketing right on this to get W7 off to a good start, unlike Vista.
...-Dormouse (June 27, 2009, 07:27 AM)
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I wish I could order a full version at a discounted price! $83 is less than most of the copies of Vista I bought (I think I got one of them for like $35 though).
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Feel sorry for anyone who paid good money for Vista, but that's probably what has got the rest of us better prices now.
...-Dormouse (June 27, 2009, 07:27 AM)
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Yeah... I've got a full retail version of Vista Home Premium that I bought, but have never used. I wish I could "trade up" or something.
tomos:
MS aren't offering the upgrade versions at all, but are offering promo prices on the retail version.
For instance, Home Premium £50
-Dormouse (June 27, 2009, 07:27 AM)
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where did you see the prices for UK Carol ? and any idea of Euro prices?
Dormouse:
Euro prices are commonly reported as the same as £ prices, ... so much cheaper in euros.
We'll see what retailers actually do when it becomes available for pre-order.
Carol Haynes:
MS aren't offering the upgrade versions at all, but are offering promo prices on the retail version.
For instance, Home Premium £50
-Dormouse (June 27, 2009, 07:27 AM)
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where did you see the prices for UK Carol ? and any idea of Euro prices?
-tomos (June 27, 2009, 10:40 AM)
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I got an email from MS.
Yes they are offering promo pre-sale prices on the full version but only because they have to because the Euro version will not have a functioning version of Windows 7 that will upgrade anything.
OK it is a good idea to clean install but it is a big inconvenience for European Vista users that they can't use an upgrade even if they want to.
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