Windows 7 Pricing Announced, Cheaper Than Vista
We knew when (October 22) and now we know for how much.
Pricing on Windows 7 has been speculated for a while now to be even expensive than Windows Vista, but today Microsoft has revealed real dollar figures, showing a price break for the new operating system.
As listed by the Windows Team Blog, the estimated retail prices for upgrade packaged retail product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:
- Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99
- Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99
- Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99
And the estimated retail prices for full packaged retail product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:
- Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99
- Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99
- Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99
While the Professional and Ultimate prices aren’t any different than they what they were for Windows Vista, the price break comes in for the Home Premium edition – which will likely be the most popular version for mainstream computer users.
The Vista Home Premium upgrade is $129.95, so there’s a $10 drop in the upgrade to Windows 7. The full Vista Home Premium is $239.95, with the equivalent Windows 7 model going for $40 less.
European customers won’t be able to buy the upgrade SKUs at retail, at least not from point of general availability, but Microsoft said that it would offer upgrade pricing on the full licenses (for those who qualify).
Microsoft also said that Windows 7 upgrade licenses will be available at less than half price as a part of a special pre-order program. Stay tuned for more.
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Any news on OEM versions and their pricing??
And the EU and Britian in particular will get Shafted again!!!
Given how match the EU is costing Microsoft, why can’t Microsoft charge more in the EU? (It just pity that the UK is part of the EU, not the USA)
Waaaayyyy to pricey considering the recession!!
The cheapest version should be £19.99 and the dearest £99.99.
Windows is becoming so overpriced. Maybe MS wants it to fail?
Do OEM versions get released at the same time as the full retail product or will there be a delay?
@ringi: If the UK became a part of the USA I'd move out immedietely. Disgusting idea.
@TickleOnTheTum: No, it's not. It has always been this expensive.
I'll be buying the Ultimate OEM edition the day it comes out. Shame about the lack of pricing for those.
I've already re-packaged my copy of Vista ultimate and receipt in hand am eagerly awaiting the arrival of 7 and hope to get a straight swop on the pretext that Vista is faulty goods and unfit for purpose.
How far I will get is anyone's guess but if you dont try you dont get.
@Clintonio: Get bent. I bet you're one of the loud brash uncouth ones too...
I'm fed up of the EU. They've made a right mess of this whole anti-trust thing. Idiots.
there is no way on this planet that any desktop version of windows is worth $300! Windows should be $99. Period.
way too pricey in my opinion- they should follow apple mac's license structure by offering single licnese for £29.99 and 5 user home licnses (as most home users have small networks now) for £49.99. This would make it very competitive and piracy rates would drop over night.
@spyhunter and they have nailed you on charging double for the apple hardware that you are allowed to install on! who cares how much the osx licence costs when the 100% profit is in the hardware!
Way to expensive... perhaps they hope to sell bazilion copies of "7" due to vista being crap... maybe it's been a "plan" all along..?