Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade [Pre-order] for $50

[AndrewZorn]

New info
Micro-Center has this in-store for $40!
http://www.microcenter.com/storefron...rRc=1469371022

Microsoft seems to have one of the best purchase deals, because they let you download it (still on release day, though) and no shipping/tax cost.
http://www.microcenter.com/storefron...rRc=1469371022

You can also get 3.5% cash back from the MS store by using FatWallet
http://www.fatwallet.com/cash-back/Microsoft-Store/
read up on what this means on Google

Thats right, you can buy Windows 7 pre-orders tonight for the previously leaked prices. These will be Upgrade versions to windows 7 and they will be available on newegg tonight!

For more info about tonight's presale...
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...hit-today.aspx

http://www.reuters.com/article/techn...55O2YT20090625

from http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthr...readid=1419245

Starts tomorrow

The new operating system, which Microsoft hopes will be a bigger hit than the poorly received Vista, will be generally released on Oct. 22. It will be available on pre-order from U.S. stores such as Best Buy , online retailer Amazon.com and the company's own website from Friday.

Microsoft said it would sell the Home Premium upgrade version of Windows 7 -- which most non-business customers already using Windows will want -- for $49.99 from Friday until July 11 in the United States. The discs would be shipped after general release.

it's actually a price that seems fair, almost hard to justify pirating it here... though it IS only an 'upgrade' to Home Premium, $50 is pretty good.

Beware the nonsense that is Vista Ultimate cannot upgrade to 7 Home Premium, though... this seems to only be for Home Premium users (like me, who got it OEM with my laptop). I just hope you can do a clean install by only having to provide a Vista key.

[Smartidiot89]

So where can I pre-order it? Is it some US-deal only (like always) or can we europeans preorder aswell? Would be fun to have a legal Windows version, not saying that the one I have is pirated but still... And Windows 7 actually seems to be worth its price.

[zalbard]

Pretty cool, Home Premium for 50$ for me if MS didn't blacklist their keys from free TechNet subs. Or did they?

[Chickenfeed]

Not being able to upgrade to 7hp from Vista Ultimate is total crap. In the end, I didn't find any extra features of Ultimate to be worthwhile for my usage so I don't intent to touch Ultimate in 7. Given that logic current Ultimate users should get this upgrade free...

[Mats]

Smartidiot89: Europeans are more lucky, since there will be no upgrades here we'll get retail versions for upgrade prices instead. You can only order from UK, France and Gremany though. Preferrably UK if you want an English version.

Windows 7 E editions will be sold only in full versions: there will be no upgrade versions available in the European Union. The good news is that the full versions will be available at the upgrade price, though if history is any indication, they'll likely still be higher than the US upgrade prices shown above.

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, and until July 5 in Japan. For the UK, France, and Germany, the preorder starts July 15 and runs while supplies last or until August 14. Microsoft was not willing to discuss the limits of the supplies, but a spokesperson did confirm to Ars that the reduced prices for the European countries will simply apply to the full version (as noted above), as upgrade versions will not exist in Europe. In short, these preorders will allow those in the UK, Germany, and France to purchase full versions of Home Premium or Professional, except without IE8, for a very low price.

I've never understood why people complain about W7 being expensive, at least if you compare to WV.

[moiraesfate]

Seriously good price. I can't believe its going for so cheap. No problem upgrading that at all. Hope its ok for vista premium 64.

[ripken204]

can someone please explain to me how an upgrade works?
i have vista ultimate retail, if i got a win7 ultimate upgrade, what exactly would the process be?
and i would want a clean install.

[Smartidiot89]

Smartidiot89: Europeans are more lucky, since there will be no upgrades here we'll get retail versions for upgrade prices instead. You can only order from UK, France and Gremany though. Preferrably UK if you want an English version.

I've never understood why people complain about W7 being expensive, at least if you compare to WV.

That sounds ok, know any retailers which are selling Windows 7 right now?

[RaZz!]

i'm not quite happy with the features that home premium contains (read: which it doesn't contain), but for only 50€ i'm really tempted to pre-order it.

[Mats]

If you read my last post you saw that Eurpoe starts selling on July 15.

June 26 - July 11 Upgrade preorder:
* US: Windows 7 Home Premium ($49.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($99.99)
* Canada: Windows 7 Home Premium ($64.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($124.99)
* Japan: Windows 7 Home Premium (¥7,407) and Windows 7 Professional (¥14,073)

July 15 - August 14 Retail preorder:
* UK: Windows 7 Home Premium (£49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (£99.99)
* France and Germany: Windows 7 Home Premium (€49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (€109.99)

[SoulsCollective]

Any idea what Vista Business users can upgrade to?

[initialised]

If you read my last post you saw that Eurpoe starts selling on July 15.
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I've been promoting the June 25th date on our forums, it was going to be June 15th.

Any idea what Vista Business users can upgrade to?

Windows 7 Professional

can someone please explain to me how an upgrade works?
i have vista ultimate retail, if i got a win7 ultimate upgrade, what exactly would the process be?
and i would want a clean install.

Run setup from within a compatible OS. Unfortunately early testing with the RC (7100) has shown that upgrade editions may take a performance

That sounds ok, know any retailers which are selling Windows 7 right now?

HP and Cyberpower will sell 7 as a free upgrade from Vista with a new PC

[Russian]

Thats right, you can buy Windows 7 pre-orders tonight for the previously leaked prices. These will be Upgrade versions to windows 7 and they will be available on newegg tonight!

For more info about tonight's presale...
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...hit-today.aspx

[ripken204]

so its useless for me then if you need xp/vista already installed?

[Gautam]

Thats right, you can buy Windows 7 pre-orders tonight for the previously leaked prices. These will be Upgrade versions to windows 7 and they will be available on newegg tonight!

For more info about tonight's presale...
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...hit-today.aspx

Merged with this thread to reduce the clutter.

[perry_78]

Not being able to upgrade to 7hp from Vista Ultimate is total crap. In the end, I didn't find any extra features of Ultimate to be worthwhile for my usage so I don't intent to touch Ultimate in 7. Given that logic current Ultimate users should get this upgrade free...

Dunno where you're at, but win7 is pretty sleek, works pretty damn well and it enters the market at (dare I say it) fair price point. Win win here for the windows inclined. Though Ulitmate is still pretty pricey...

[ubuntu83]

Pretty cool, Home Premium for 50$ for me if MS didn't blacklist their keys from free TechNet subs. Or did they?

your free subscription is still active?

[Chickenfeed]

I think you misunderstood want I said. I was commenting on Andrew saying that Vista Ultimate can't be upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium through this offer ( thus I can't the upgrade for $49 after paying initial MSRP for Ultimate )
I don't feel like paying $300 for Ultimate again when Home Premium is likely to suffice ( I'm not aware of it lacking any features I'd use )

By the way I've been using 7 since the beta and am quite happy with it

[zalbard]

your free subscription is still active?

Nah, but I saved a few keys.

[AndrewZorn]

The thing that still bothers me is that I'm going to get a watered-down (Home Premium) 'upgrade' version of a successor to a failed operating system that I had no choice but to get with my new laptop for $50. It sounds good and is good compared to history, but still hard to justify spending ANY money on.

I'd be willing to throw the 'upgrade' part out the window if I could be certain of an easy clean install. As in, it just asks for a Vista Home Premium key. I'd hate to have to install Vista then install 7 right after. I can't provide a disc for Vista.

EDIT though after looking at this chart, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...mpare-editions
I suppose Home Premium isn't so bad except for missing out on XP compatability mode. Which, WOW, should be part of all versions. I mean look at the huge problem people had with Vista not running XP apps, and now it's going to happen ALL OVER AGAIN.
EDIT but again I speak too soon as Windows XP mode isn't as much a compatability mode as it is virtualization. Nevermind...

[ghost101]

Why is the UK getting ripped off compared to the rest of europe? We have the same taxes and yet it seems to microsoft 1£ = 1 EUR.

I can understand that pricing it as 1 EUR = $1 since with sales tax that is roughly correct.

[Mats]

Here's my source btw.

[RAW-Raptor22]

So does the upgrade only work with vista? Or is it like Vista upgrades where I can just plop in my 98SE disc and it will install?

Can I upgrade my XP64?

[Russian]

Merged with this thread to reduce the clutter.

Thanks,

Makes sense, and i was wondering where it went.

[Flinch]

So does the upgrade only work with vista? Or is it like Vista upgrades where I can just plop in my 98SE disc and it will install?

Can I upgrade my XP64?

That's the million dollar question. I always did a clean install with Vista 64 upgrade. it just takes two installs to get the clean install.