Windows 7 pre-order pricing (Full versions: Premium £/?49.99, Pro £/?99.99)

[Lonyo]

Tomorrow should be the start of Windows 7 pre orders for the full versions of Windows 7 Home Premium E and Business E (these versions don't come bundled with an internet browser).

Prices should be £49.99 for the UK and ?49.99 for the Eurozone for Home Premium, and £99.99 / ?99.99 for Business.

Places like Amazon will be offering the pre order versions and they should be up tomorrow for any Europeans who want copies.
If you are in the US you might want to try and find a European friend to order for you because these prices work out to be $70~$80 for a full copy of Windows 7 Home Premium!

 

[PJABBER]

That is really cheap. I wonder what the retail price will be after the promotion period?

Is the new Windows going to be significantly better at running the existing application base? Office 2007, games, Explorer, Firefox, for example. or will it break everything?

 

[imported_motodude]

Meet the new windows, same as the old windows.

 

[R Nilla]

Originally posted by: PJABBER
That is really cheap. I wonder what the retail price will be after the promotion period?

It's in the article:

Windows 7 Upgrade
$119.99 - Home Premium
$199.99 - Professional
$219.99 - Utlimate

Full retail products
$199.99 - Home Premium
$299.99 - Professional
$319.99 - Ultimate

 

[jjmIII]

$50....I'm in (tomorrow!).

 

[EQTitan]

Crap, You mean I have to go buy this now even though they extended the RC until next year in July?!?!

Bah $99.99 Professional I might be camping at BB tonight.

 

[PJABBER]

Originally posted by: R Nilla

Originally posted by: PJABBER
That is really cheap. I wonder what the retail price will be after the promotion period?

It's in the article:

Windows 7 Upgrade
$119.99 - Home Premium
$199.99 - Professional
$219.99 - Utlimate

Full retail products
$199.99 - Home Premium
$299.99 - Professional
$319.99 - Ultimate

Thanks! I was up late last night and am still working on my first cup of coffee, too lazy to click through.

 

[mshan]

Is the upgrade going to inactive the current XP Home / XP Pro key already installed on computer that is going to be upgraded to Windows 7?

 

[Lanyap]

The article has been updated to clarify the special preorder is the upgrade version.

 

[EQTitan]

With the upgrade disc is it possible to slipstream a disc so I don't have to install older OS then install UG

 

[compman25]

Originally posted by: EQTitan
Crap, You mean I have to go buy this now even though they extended the RC until next year in July?!?!

Bah $99.99 Professional I might be camping at BB tonight.

Why? Are you planning to camp there for a few months? Win7 isn't released yet.

 

[jjmIII]

Originally posted by: compman25

Originally posted by: EQTitan
Crap, You mean I have to go buy this now even though they extended the RC until next year in July?!?!

Bah $99.99 Professional I might be camping at BB tonight.

Why? Are you planning to camp there for a few months? Win7 isn't released yet.

"This program begins Friday, June 26 in the US, Canada, and Japan. It goes on while supplies last or until July 11 in the US and Canada..."

Ya, plus the deal isn't one do only or anything. I'm just gonna buy mine tomorrow from the Micro$oft site.

 

[Cabages]

Originally posted by: EQTitan
With the upgrade disc is it possible to slipstream a disc so I don't have to install older OS then install UG

Wondering this also. Just want to have it like XP upgrades and have it just verify I have the disc.

Any hope? Or will there be an upgrade trick where you upgrade from an unactivated version of Win7?

 

[Tullphan]

Originally posted by: mshan
Is the upgrade going to inactive the current XP Home / XP Pro key already installed on computer that is going to be upgraded to Windows 7?

I partitioned my main drive & set it up to dual boot between Vista & 7. After I got 7 installed, I had to reinstall my key for Vista.
Dunno if that's what you were asking or not, tho.

 

[ayabe]

Sucks there's no preorder deal for ultimate. I think if you're going from ultimate vista to win7 pro you have to do a fresh install.

 

[cubeless]

'while supplies last'???

they're going to run out of windows?

 

[yuchai]

I have Vista Home Premium OEM version. Can I use the $50 upgrade, or does that only work if you have retail Vista?

 

[teddyv]

Can you upgrade to (retail) Windows 7 from an OEM XP disk?

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Cabages

Originally posted by: EQTitan
With the upgrade disc is it possible to slipstream a disc so I don't have to install older OS then install UG

Wondering this also. Just want to have it like XP upgrades and have it just verify I have the disc.

Any hope? Or will there be an upgrade trick where you upgrade from an unactivated version of Win7?

Going from XP to Win7 is clean install only, so presumably you will just verify the disc like in the past.

 

[herkulease]

Originally posted by: teddyv
Can you upgrade to (retail) Windows 7 from an OEM XP disk?

I don't see why not. It would be dump of microsoft to block oem user from buying retail upgrade discs.

 

[Q]

For $50 I'll grab a copy or two. (probably limited to one I assume)

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: teddyv
Can you upgrade to (retail) Windows 7 from an OEM XP disk?

I would like to know this as well.

 

[abaez]

Originally posted by: cubeless
'while supplies last'???

they're going to run out of windows?

The discount codes are limited.

 

[Wag]

Originally posted by: teddyv
Can you upgrade to (retail) Windows 7 from an OEM XP disk?

How about an OEM Vista disc?

 

[jjmIII]

Answers to many of these questions are in the article the OP so kindly linked to .

Windows XP users need to know that regardless of which edition they currently have installed (Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP Media Center Edition) and regardless of which edition of Windows 7 they are moving to (Home Premium, Professional , or Ultimate), they will need to perform a clean install, whether they buy the upgrade or full version. The hassle of backing up applications and user data will fall on the user; a clean install will not back up anything. Using Windows Easy Transfer, users can copy their important files and settings to an external USB stick, external hard drive, or DVD, and then move the data back after the installation