Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft
Only one more day to pre-order Windows 7 upgrades for half off
by Brad Linder Jul 10th 2009 at 1:00PM
That means you've got a little more than 24 hours to decide whether to pick up Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for $49.99 or Professional Upgrade for $99.99.
If you plan on buying a new computer in the next few months, odds are it will come with the option of a free or cheap upgrade to Windows 7 once the operating system is released in October. So you can probably afford to skip this offer (unless that computer you plan on buying is a netbook, which probably won't qualify). But if you think you might want to run Windows 7 on your existing PC, you might want to make a note that the prices are going to go up significantly on Sunday.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mike said 2:07PM on 7-10-2009
Does anyone know when will pre-orders be available for Europeans? I haven't seen the date anywhere...
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D said 3:08PM on 7-10-2009
when you stop placing crazy fines on Microsoft. No discounts for Europe.
hazard said 7:34AM on 7-12-2009
wrong. the UK is providing a pre-order from July 15th
The_Doc said 2:29PM on 7-10-2009
I'll be sticking with XP as long as possible, thank you very much...
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Franklin said 3:59PM on 7-10-2009
Microsoft can pull XP from my cold, dead hard drive.
Undrhil said 2:32PM on 7-10-2009
So ... uh ... how would this work if I am using Windows Vista Ultimate and I pre-order Windows 7 Home Premium, with the intent to upgrade it to Windows 7 Ultimate through the Upgrade anytime process?
I assume I can't upgrade from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Home Premium?
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emmzee said 2:57PM on 7-10-2009
@Undrhil
The chart here (bottom of page) indicates you can upgrade from anything to anything else (well, XP or Vista to Win7) but if you aren't upgrading from same to same (ex, Ultimate to Ultimate or Home to Home) you'll need to do a clean install:
http://www.futureshop.ca/popup/windows7_lightbox01.asp
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Jash Sayani said 5:40PM on 7-10-2009
POLL: Should I pre-order ?
Using MacBook with Win 7 as VM.
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Rocketboy said 8:35AM on 7-11-2009
Hell, even if you plan on buying a PC in the future, it's still nice to have a boxed copy of your OS.
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caseyandrews1981 said 8:36AM on 7-11-2009
re: Hell, even if you plan on buying a PC in the future, it's still nice to have a boxed copy of your OS
Well... most techies build their own systems, so very few techies actually have Windows pre-installed
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Rocketboy said 2:26PM on 7-14-2009
I did at one time, but for the cost of a decent PC, it's just not worth the time and effort anymore.
Isaiah said 8:36AM on 7-11-2009
Just out of curiosity, I put windows 7 RC on my desktop and my laptop... and my girlfriends netbook (each computer could be rolled back to vista/linux) does that mean I have to buy 3 versions of windows 7? Can i just buy one copy and install it on all three systems?
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risk said 8:36AM on 7-11-2009
technically yes, you can do it.
Legally no you cannot.
Up to you really, its not like they can "FIND OUT" that you have the same cd-key on 3 different pc's.
isaiah said 8:36AM on 7-11-2009
Okay cool, thanks a lot
Muffin_man said 7:40PM on 7-11-2009
Damn, it sucks us Europeans aren't getting a discounts as well. I'm quite happy to upgrade but I'm going to college soon and don't want to spend a lot of money on this new OS.
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