heyholetsgogrant Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Microsoft to sell Windows 7 for $50The software giant will also let people who buy Vista machines starting this Friday upgrade for free by Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service Windows users in the U.S. will be able to preorder Windows 7 Home Premium for $50 starting Friday. That's less than half what people will pay if they wait until Oct. 22, the day it becomes available, to buy the operating system. Microsoft plans to reveal that special deal and other pricing details for its forthcoming operating system on Thursday. It will begin letting people who buy PCs with Windows Vista starting this Friday upgrade to Windows 7 for free, once it becomes available in October. Observers expected Microsoft to make such an offer, as it has made similar offers with other versions of Windows. But until now, it hasn't been clear when the deal would come into effect. The discounted preorder offer lasts from June 26 through July 11. People can choose from the discounted Home Premium offer or Windows 7 Professional, which will run for $100. In Canada the deal will last for the same time frame and cost C$65 (US$56.38) for Home Premium and C$125 for Professional. The low price seems aimed at trying to make it really easy for people to choose to move to Windows 7, said Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft. "It's to Microsoft's advantage to get as many people upgraded as they possibly can. So much of the Windows 7 work has been removing barriers to upgrading. So they're taking the steps with pricing to try to get people to think about not waiting," he said. Source: Macworld Full Article Click Here: http://www.macworld.com/article/141377/2009/06/vistacost.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I will be pre-ordering tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endzone_dave Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm always behind on these kinds of things. What will Windows 7 do for me, other than slow my computer down and make it more difficult to find things and more confusing to do the things I'm used to doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyholetsgogrant Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 I will be pre-ordering tomorrow I want the ultimate edition, because it allows you to back up the entire operating system. I checked the web and apparently it will be going for $219. I just hope the drivers work out for all my stuff... -Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm always behind on these kinds of things.What will Windows 7 do for me, other than slow my computer down and make it more difficult to find things and more confusing to do the things I'm used to doing? Windows 7 is supposed to faster and better than Vista and XP. Throughout all the beta testing, people have loved Windows 7 and said its the best Windows system in a while. I want the ultimate edition, because it allows you to back up the entire operating system. I checked the web and apparently it will be going for $219. I just hope the drivers work out for all my stuff...-Grant Wow that's steep. That seems like it would be really useful, but that's a little out of my range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte51Coleman Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Second prize- 2 for $50? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeysc23 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Ill take my OS Snow Leopard for $29 eat it windows haha. But seriously a good deal for Windows users. I didn't know many people that would've paid a high upgrade price but $50 seems a good offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokie4redskins Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Anybody know the ease of upgrading from Vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdskn4Lyf21 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm always behind on these kinds of things.What will Windows 7 do for me, other than slow my computer down and make it more difficult to find things and more confusing to do the things I'm used to doing? :rotflmao: You must have experience using Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuraitengai Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I want the ultimate edition, because it allows you to back up the entire operating system. I checked the web and apparently it will be going for $219. I just hope the drivers work out for all my stuff...-Grant or just get a friend who is a student or employee of a college to pick up a copy. thats how i got my xp and office xp. my cousin was at UMBC and through them winxp was free and office xp was $10. so thats how i got my copies. which are supposed to be different from the in store versions. something about the registering process. i know clemson has the same deal going on for students. or my computer guy is an authorized something or other for netgear and microsoft and all these other places and he gets the same products as the colleges. cuz he was saying he could get me the same free version of vista from microsoft if i wanted it then. but i didnt. and thats when he told me about win7, though it was by its original code name. cuz it was like two years ago, maybe longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibbsFactor Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I've been on 7 for close to a year in various release formats. You won't be disappointed. But NEVER EVER EVER buy home edition. Just don't do it. DO NOT DO IT!!!! That's an order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I've been on 7 for close to a year in various release formats. You won't be disappointed.But NEVER EVER EVER buy home edition. Just don't do it. DO NOT DO IT!!!! That's an order. You could be on to something. I had XP Professional and then switched to Vista Home, and Vista has given me a few problems and XP was perfect. I was thinking about getting 7 Professional. It will be 64-bit, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLongshot Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I've been on 7 for close to a year in various release formats. You won't be disappointed.But NEVER EVER EVER buy home edition. Just don't do it. DO NOT DO IT!!!! That's an order. I did buy Home XP for my wife's computer, because I don't think she needed any of the other stuff. No regrets there. I'll probably pick up a copy to put on her machine, once I figure out which version I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONAWARPATH Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Windows 7 sounds cool but I doubt it's really worth it for ME to upgrade from Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Windows 7 sounds cool but I doubt it's really worth it for ME to upgrade from Vista. I am. Lately I've been having problems with Vista and this is supposed to me much faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebornempowered Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Windows 7 is absolutely amazing. I am running the RC on two PC's. Just get it. My four year old notebook with crappy graphics runs it with all the eye candy on. It runs faster than a fresh install of XP or any Linux distro I have tried on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 that's right, microsoft. You're junkies are starting to lose their addiction. Quick, offer them a free hit to hook 'em again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I have a question that I'm sure someone on here can tell me. I downloaded the Windows 7 upgrade advisor. It told me my processor speed is 810MHz and is too slow to run Windows 7. When I look at my system properties, it says I have a 1.70MHz processor. Why is it only showing half my processor speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUSkinsFan Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Snow Leopard FTW!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Monarch 06 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 ThePirateBay to sell Windows 7 for $0 =p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opiate-Zeo Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I'm running the RC as well and yes, you should get it. I have it on my laptop and I'm very surprised at how much I like it. Definitely a superior OS to Vista in every way I have seen so far. I already picked up a the upgrade for my laptop and I'm debating getting it for my desktop as well. I support OS's for my job and I usually like to have a rig with every OS I support on it, so I may wait for my desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebornempowered Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I have a question that I'm sure someone on here can tell me. I downloaded the Windows 7 upgrade advisor. It told me my processor speed is 810MHz and is too slow to run Windows 7. When I look at my system properties, it says I have a 1.70MHz processor. Why is it only showing half my processor speed? Your processor may step down to conserve power. I would think that the Windows 7 upgrade check software would stress the processor enough that it would kick up. Were you running on battery power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnhay Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I'm running the RC as well and yes, you should get it. I have it on my laptop and I'm very surprised at how much I like it. Definitely a superior OS to Vista in every way I have seen so far. I already picked up a the upgrade for my laptop and I'm debating getting it for my desktop as well. I support OS's for my job and I usually like to have a rig with every OS I support on it, so I may wait for my desktop. In what ways specifically? This kinda sucks for me. I don't have any problem with Vista, but apparently they're already coming out with something better. Next time I'll have to remember the "Windows .5" strategy Microsoft says they use. Hopefully most people will do that from now on, so they'll start releasing real upgrades and not wasting people's money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I second the "never buy the home edition" thing. Never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Your processor may step down to conserve power. I would think that the Windows 7 upgrade check software would stress the processor enough that it would kick up.Were you running on battery power? Yeah I was. Do you think that was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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