Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Retail Prices Ahead of General Availability

btarunr · Jun 25, 2009, 08:45 PM

Microsoft unveiled the retail pricing structure of its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, and its three important variants: Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate, elaborating on the pricing on both the upgrade and full versions. Microsoft also announced that customers buying PCs pre-installed with existing versions of Windows from select sources (retailers or OEMs), will be able to upgrade to Windows 7 at "little or no cost". The company also announced that select retailers in certain markets will be able to offer for a limited period of time, a pre-order discount scheme that can reduce the price by as much as 50 percent.

Here are the prices (in USD):

Windows 7 Home Premium - $199.99 (full version), $119.99 (upgrade)
Windows 7 Professional - $299.99 (full version), $199.99 (upgrade)
Windows 7 Ultimate - $319.99 (full version), $219.99 (upgrade)

Microsoft also detailed the global availability of the OS, and in different languages. The English version will launch on October 22. PC OEM vendors will be able to start shipping PCs pre-installed with the OS on the same day. Apart from the English version, Windows 7 in Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Chinese (Hong Kong), will be available on the same day. Windows 7 in Turkish, Czech, Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, Ukrainian, Romanian, Arabic, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Slovenian, Hebrew, Thai, Croatian, Serbian Latin, and Latvian, will be available on October 31.

Source: The Windows Blog

Ketxxx · Jun 25, 2009, 08:49 PM

$320 for W7 Premium?

They better be joking about that.

aCid888* · Jun 25, 2009, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ketxxx

$320 for W7 Premium?

They better be joking about that.

I read it as $320 for W7 Ultimate.

IINexusII · Jun 25, 2009, 08:53 PM

$320? no thanks, ill stick with pirates

Cold Storm · Jun 25, 2009, 08:54 PM

Or do a Tech-net pro subscription for $249 and have the whole Microsoft Library for a year... Even Win 7

Salsoolo · Jun 25, 2009, 08:57 PM

i wonder when co's drop the $.99 price labels or $199 stuff
this is 2009 ffs

newtekie1 · Jun 25, 2009, 09:00 PM

So the same prices as Vista...not really a surprise...unless you were expecting it to be more expensive than Vista, in which case this would be a surprise to you...

Edit: Win 7 Home Premium is actually cheaper...

mdm-adph · Jun 25, 2009, 09:02 PM

Yep. I've never paid for a copy of Windows -- and now I never will.

(I'll never forgive them for the death of my boy.)

pentastar111 · Jun 25, 2009, 09:04 PM

320 bucks eh?

Whatever. (sighs)

crazy pyro · Jun 25, 2009, 09:05 PM

MS can bugger off, they're not getting my cash.

Ketxxx · Jun 25, 2009, 09:11 PM

I wouldn't mind paying like £120 for W7 Ultimate, but $320 works out around £200, and they can kiss my arse if they expect me to pay that.

alexp999 · Jun 25, 2009, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ketxxx

I wouldn't mind paying like £120 for W7 Ultimate, but $320 works out around £200, and they can kiss my arse if they expect me to pay that.

Just buy an OEM license, that'll be around £120 prob.

El Fiendo · Jun 25, 2009, 09:25 PM

There's a pre-order thing that's going to be happening in the next few days / weeks I saw. Drops the upgrade price to $50. Only problem is I'm pretty sure its 'upgrade' with all the drawbacks of an upgrade disc. I'd rather pay for the full version.

Let me see if I can find it.

Edit: http://www.computerworld.com/action/...leId=009134804

The Witcher · Jun 25, 2009, 09:31 PM

This is outrageous !!!

They want 320$ for an enhanced Vista O_O, they shouldn't have released Vista in the first place.

So here are my three options :

1. I can buy the OEM version.

2. I can download it from some pirates-cracks website.

3. I can buy the 320$ version and feel guilty for the next 2 years just like when I bought Vista Ultimate.

I guess I will go with #2

pentastar111 · Jun 25, 2009, 09:31 PM

In all fairness, if the damn program does what it is supposed to do and doesn't have the bugs that Vista did upon release, in other words a "smooth" transition, then sure it will probably be worth it. IF people have to wait for a first or second service pack for it to be a smooth running OS, then no.

crazy pyro · Jun 25, 2009, 09:33 PM

Bugger it, it's Vista SP2 with a different taskbar, I'm pirating this, I do after all own 2 vista licenses.

Kitkat · Jun 25, 2009, 09:36 PM

i dont understand again why builders are mad??? you all dont have HPs and Compaqs lol just buy the oem for 140 or whatever for ult. Why is this always new news everytime they do it?

El Fiendo · Jun 25, 2009, 09:39 PM

"Windows 7 is coming out."
- 'omg its the greatest'
- 'its like having sex whilst having sex'
- 'i want to gouge my eyes out at how sexy it is'
"Its going to cost you money."
- 'Microsoft is full of crooks!'
- 'How dare they do something like charge the public?'
- 'Get the EU out, we needs a witch hunt for their anti-consumer practices!'

What the hell did you expect? Leave Vista under the pillow and the OS fairy would make it Win7?

PCpraiser100 · Jun 25, 2009, 09:46 PM

Whew! I thought Microsoft was going to screw us with another $50 increase.

newtekie1 · Jun 25, 2009, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ketxxx

I wouldn't mind paying like £120 for W7 Ultimate, but $320 works out around £200, and they can kiss my arse if they expect me to pay that.

OEM and Upgrade versions will be a lot cheaper. Since the retail versions are the same price, I can only assume the OEM version will be also, so what does Vista Ultrimate run now?

Quote:

Originally Posted by PCpraiser100

Whew! I thought Microsoft was going to screw us with another $50 increase.

What $50 increase?

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Witcher

This is outrageous !!!

They want 320$ for an enhanced Vista O_O, they shouldn't have released Vista in the first place.

This is exactly why they offer upgrade editions for significantly reduced prices, so that people that bought Vista won't have to pay full price to move to Win7.

Sapientwolf · Jun 25, 2009, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Fiendo

There's a pre-order thing that's going to be happening in the next few days / weeks I saw. Drops the upgrade price to $50. Only problem is I'm pretty sure its 'upgrade' with all the drawbacks of an upgrade disc. I'd rather pay for the full version.

Let me see if I can find it.

Edit: http://www.computerworld.com/action/...leId=009134804

Sweet, $50 preorder upgrade price. Thanks for the link, I think I'll buy my copy tomorrow.

csendesmark · Jun 25, 2009, 09:57 PM

Windows Vista -> FULL FAIL
Windows7 -> Price FAIL

The Witcher · Jun 25, 2009, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newtekie1

This is exactly why they offer upgrade editions for significantly reduced prices, so that people that bought Vista won't have to pay full price to move to Win7.

En light me please :P, lets say if I wanted to format my Win7 computer I will have to format it then install vista then install the upgrade edition ???

newtekie1 · Jun 25, 2009, 10:14 PM

Well I'm not too sure about Win7's upgrade possibilities yet. However, I know an upgrade version will be available.

With Vista, there were work arounds that didn't require you to install a previous version first, but I don't know if they have removed those loopholes from Win7.

But yes, generally the legit way to do things would be to install Vista first then install the Win7 Upgrade. It is a little more time consuming, but you have to decide if that is worth the money saved(and it will probably save you $100+).

Kitkat · Jun 25, 2009, 10:17 PM

something else on the sales front HALF off 2 editions

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy...pre-order.aspx

just buy the oem when it comes out itll be 1XX USD for ult i love how everyones memories wipe clean EVERYTIME they do this lol. JUST GET OEM. Second u can use this RC your prolly on right now till blablabla 2010 Things like Xmas sales hapen.... and launch sales too. When vista ult came out it was OEM 180. I preordered from tiger direct and got it for 139. I REALLY dont see the problem. comon sence tends to leave ppl some times.

(sorry offtopic you here mj died ? wow)

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btarunr Editor & Senior Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 14,983 (7.30/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 12,899 Times in 5,650 Posts System Specs	Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Retail Prices Ahead of General Availability Microsoft unveiled the retail pricing structure of its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, and its three important variants: Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate, elaborating on the pricing on both the upgrade and full versions. Microsoft also announced that customers buying PCs pre-installed with existing versions of Windows from select sources (retailers or OEMs), will be able to upgrade to Windows 7 at "little or no cost". The company also announced that select retailers in certain markets will be able to offer for a limited period of time, a pre-order discount scheme that can reduce the price by as much as 50 percent. Here are the prices (in USD): Windows 7 Home Premium - $199.99 (full version), $119.99 (upgrade) Windows 7 Professional - $299.99 (full version), $199.99 (upgrade) Windows 7 Ultimate - $319.99 (full version), $219.99 (upgrade) Microsoft also detailed the global availability of the OS, and in different languages. The English version will launch on October 22. PC OEM vendors will be able to start shipping PCs pre-installed with the OS on the same day. Apart from the English version, Windows 7 in Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Chinese (Hong Kong), will be available on the same day. Windows 7 in Turkish, Czech, Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, Ukrainian, Romanian, Arabic, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Slovenian, Hebrew, Thai, Croatian, Serbian Latin, and Latvian, will be available on October 31. Source: The Windows Blog

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Jun 25, 2009, 09:25 PM	#13
El Fiendo Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 1,846 (1.06/day) Thanks: 363 Thanked 1,183 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	There's a pre-order thing that's going to be happening in the next few days / weeks I saw. Drops the upgrade price to $50. Only problem is I'm pretty sure its 'upgrade' with all the drawbacks of an upgrade disc. I'd rather pay for the full version. Let me see if I can find it. Edit: http://www.computerworld.com/action/...leId=009134804 __________________ “If you don't dip your words in sugar, rainbows and teddy bears people will think you wish to hunt them down to torture and eventually kill them.” -DanTheBanjoman

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Jun 25, 2009, 09:36 PM	#17
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Motherboard:	ASUS P6T
Cooling:	Stock
Memory:	6GB OCZ GOLD TC LV Kit 1866MHz@1.65V 9-9-9-24
Video Card:	Two Sapphire HD 5770 Vapor-X Xfire'd and OC'd (920/1330)
Hard Disk:	Seagate 7200.11 500GB 32MB
Optical Drive:	LG 22x DVD Burner
Case:	Antec Three Hundred
Sound Card:	ASUS Xonar D1 PCI Sound Card
PSU:	OCZ StealthXStream 500W
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Benchmarks:	16585 Performance Score on 3DMark Vantage

Processor:	Intel Core 2 Quad QX9770 Yorkfield 4.00GHz
Motherboard:	Asus P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP X38 Chipset Motherboard
Cooling:	Cooler Master Hyper 212 CPU Heatsink\| Fans: Intake 1x120mm and 2x140mm\| Exhaust 1x120mm and 2x140mm
Memory:	4GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600 7-7-7-26
Video Card:	2 x Diamond Multimedia HD 4870 512MB Graphics Cards in CrossfireX
Hard Disk:	2 Western Digital 500GB 32MB Cache Caviar Blacks in RAID 0\| 1 500GB 32MB Cache Seagate Barracuda.
Optical Drive:	2 x ASUS 20x DVD+/-R Lightscribe SATA HDDs
CRT/LCD Model:	Sceptre X24WG 24" 1920x1200 4000:1 2ms LCD Monitor
Case:	Cooler Master CM 690
Sound Card:	HT Omega HT Claro+
PSU:	Aerocool 750W Horsepower PSU
Software:	Windows Vista Home Premium x64

Jun 25, 2009, 09:57 PM	#22
csendesmark Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: EU/Hungary Posts: 330 (0.17/day) Thanks: 23 Thanked 23 Times in 17 Posts System Specs	Windows Vista -> FULL FAIL Windows7 -> Price FAIL __________________ Core i7 950 @ 4,2GHz \| Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME \| 3 × 2GB DDR3-1866 \| Sapphire Radeon HD 6970-2048 \| Corsair TX750 \| Sabayon Linux \| Opera \| TeamFortress 2 \| Left 4 Dead 2 \| StarCraft 2 \| $1 ≠ 1€ TECH-POWER-UP

System Name:	WarAdmiral
Processor:	Core i7 950
Motherboard:	GA-EX58-EXTREME
Cooling:	Scythe Mugen 2 @ 1000rpm
Memory:	OCZ 3x2GB DDR3-1866 kit
Video Card:	Sapphire HD6970-2048
Hard Disk:	96GB SSD +750+2000+1500
Optical Drive:	NEC
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 26" T260 + Dell 22" E228WFP
Case:	Cooler Master Centurion 590
Sound Card:	SB Audigy4 Box
PSU:	Corsair TX750
Software:	Windows7-64
Benchmarks:	http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1941120

Jun 25, 2009, 10:14 PM	#24
newtekie1 Semi-Retired Folder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 17,751 (6.48/day) Thanks: 780 Thanked 5,115 Times in 3,706 Posts System Specs	Well I'm not too sure about Win7's upgrade possibilities yet. However, I know an upgrade version will be available. With Vista, there were work arounds that didn't require you to install a previous version first, but I don't know if they have removed those loopholes from Win7. But yes, generally the legit way to do things would be to install Vista first then install the Win7 Upgrade. It is a little more time consuming, but you have to decide if that is worth the money saved(and it will probably save you $100+). __________________ Rig1: System Specs. Rig2: A8-5600K@4.4GHz / AsRock FM2A75 Pro4 / 8GB Corsair DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24 / HD7560D / Samsung DVD-Burner / 1.5TB WD Green + 3x3TB WD RED in RAID5 Rig3: Athlon X2 4200+ / M4A79 Deluxe / 4GB G.Skill Pi DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 / GT430 / Sony DVD-Burner / 500GB WD Rig4: Phenom II x6 1605T @ 3.6GHz / Asus M5A99X Evo / 8GB PNY DDR3-1600 9-9-9 / GTX470 & GTX470 / Samsung DVD-Burner / 1.5TB Seagate

Jun 25, 2009, 10:17 PM	#25
Kitkat Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 767 (0.52/day) Thanks: 44 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts	something else on the sales front HALF off 2 editions http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy...pre-order.aspx just buy the oem when it comes out itll be 1XX USD for ult i love how everyones memories wipe clean EVERYTIME they do this lol. JUST GET OEM. Second u can use this RC your prolly on right now till blablabla 2010 Things like Xmas sales hapen.... and launch sales too. When vista ult came out it was OEM 180. I preordered from tiger direct and got it for 139. I REALLY dont see the problem. comon sence tends to leave ppl some times. (sorry offtopic you here mj died ? wow) Last edited by Kitkat; Jun 25, 2009 at 10:24 PM.

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