Windows 7 pricing and availability announced

Windows 7 pricing and availability announced

Windows 7 pricing and availability has just been announced, along with a couple nice benefits to help put you into Windows 7 at half the price. First, Windows 7 will be rolling out on new PCs starting October 22nd. But starting tomorrow if you buy a new PC from a participating retailer you'll be able to get Windows 7 for little or no cost at all. (See

www.windows.com/upgradeoffer

 
for more details)
As for pricing, the retail prices for full and upgrade versions of Windows 7 follow:

Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99

Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99

Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99

Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99

Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99

Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99

And if you want to skirt around paying full price - pre-order! From tomorrow until July 11th in the US and Canada (July 5th for Japan) you can pre-order Windows 7 Home and Professional from the

Microsoft Store, Best Buy, or Amazon and get more than 50% off! That means Home Premium version for under $50 and Windows 7 Professional for under $100. Click here

for more pre-order information.

You can also Pre-order from Tiger direct. Micro cener only ollows you to pre-order one copy and you must pick it up at the store when it is released. I have an order in for Professionall Upgrade at Tiger Direct and one it at Micro Center

Is the ultimate version actually worth the extra hundred bucks? What are the benefits of ultimate versus home premium?

Now to figure out what to get.

Well, I went ahead and did it, got Win7 Pro.

Well, I went ahead and did it, got Win7 Pro.

Must have bought 2 copies.