Windows 7 Family Pack is Now Back for Sale
This thing should be a permanent offering.
If you cursed the day that you weren't able to pick up a trio of Windows 7 licenses to upgrade your home computers, then hopefully this news finds you at a better time.
Microsoft has now brought back the Windows 7 Family Pack back, once again only "while supplies last." We're not sure why Microsoft would want to put a cap on the number of people wanting to upgrade as many computers as possible to Windows 7, but that's the business plan for Microsoft.
Just like the offering last year the Windows 7 Family Pack contains three Windows 7 Home Premium upgrades for $149.99.
The new offer is now available in stores and from Microsoft online in the U.S. Other countries will get theirs starting October 22.
Countries where Family Pack will be available are:
United States, Canada, UK, France, Germany, China, Russia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Australia, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Romania, and Ukraine.
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Does anybody know if this "Upgrade" is from Vista only or do XP licences qualify?
And I bet in the UK Microsoft charge £149 (Or more!). An exchange rate of 1 to 1.
Stiffing people in the UK seems to be a Microsoft perogative!
Maybe so, but they didn't for the Windows 7 launch - they were actually rather nice to us.
And I bet in the UK Microsoft charge £149 (Or more!). An exchange rate of 1 to 1. Stiffing people in the UK seems to be a Microsoft perogative!
Well the UK market in general is a licence for companies to print money. Nearly everything you buy in the UK is horrendously overpriced compared to the rest of the world
Yep. Amazon.co.uk:
RRP: £149.99
Price: £120.99
The only thing to bear in mind (and it's a small consolation) is that the UK price INCLUDES VAT but the US price excludes sales tax. So in an apples-to-apples comparison, the UK price BEFORE TAX is about £127.50. Still way off the real exchange rate.