Windows 7 pricing released

[Kryten]

Thought about posting this in techy section but there seems enough interest to put it in general.

Upgrade from an existing licence (i.e. Vista) - £79.99.
Full licence, which can be installed on any computer - £149.99
If you buy a PC from mid July onwards with Vista, it entitles you to a free full upgrade to 7 on release.

Some hoo-haa though over the upgrades, about Microsoft not doing upgrades from previous OS's in Europe, but I don't understand why, if that's the case, they're releasing the above price to do just that.

 

[nath]

Its been a while since I've actually bought an OS by itself - are those RRP's and will actually be quite a bit cheaper, or is that just how much they'll cost fullstop?

 

[PLightstar]

Is that for Basic 7 or any version?

 

[Moriath]

hopefully we will be able to buy oem versions with a crappy piece of harware for less than that

 

[ECA]

Yay the paid vista rebranding that now has more drivers to retards wont be like lolomgvistalolol.

 

[Kryten]

Except it's not just like Vista is it
Vista, for a start, won't run on a P2 266 with 96mb of ram

 

[ECA]

You're right its vista SP2 w/ graphical reskin.

 

[PLightstar]

Bit more info knowing me I will want the Ultimate version, but i'll save up for a new PC by then.

 

[Tom]

XP does everything I want. Still. And my laptop runs Ubuntu, which is free so neh.

 

[Raven]

Never actually bought an OS (the shame I know!) Will be buying Windows 7 though, probably the Ultimate version.

 

[Furr]

erm apart from in Europe we won't be able to buy the upgrade editions....

BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows 7 pricing gets unveiled

I'll probably get Ultimate too, I'm using the RC version now, and it's very good!

 

[soze]

In other news after April next year there will no more XP downgrade route it will be 7 or Vista.

And 7 is nothing like Vista anyone who had run it they would see that it has improved lots.

 

[chipper]

not decided on this im not having problems with vista so i see no need to upgrade atm

 

[Bodhi]

I'm starting to really like Vista to be honest with you. Stable as fook, quick (on this machine anyway, C2D P7350, 4Gb RAM, laptop tho) and doesn't seem to degenerate over time like XP did.

 

[old.user4556]

I'm with Bodhi, I got into Vista quite late on (post SP1) and i'm finding it very, very good - leaps and bounds better than XP.

 

[Trem]

I'm starting to really like Vista to be honest with you. Stable as fook, quick (on this machine anyway, C2D P7350, 4Gb RAM, laptop tho) and doesn't seem to degenerate over time like XP did.

100% agree with Bodlar.

God the XP thing where it got worse over time, I forgot about that. I do like Vista, I have 32bit on the lappy and its spot on and I have 64bit on the main pc and it is also spot.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Who on earth pays for an O/S? Madness.

 

[Dark Orb Choir]

eah, flarez is teh way forward,............

 

[nath]

Who on earth pays for an O/S? Madness.

I thought you were one of these silly piracy is theft type chaps.

 

[Trem]

I thought you were one of these silly piracy is theft type chaps.

Only when its a game he's worked on

 

[Fweddy]

Or he could be a Linux user.

 

[Wij]

Paying for an OS ?

This XP installation (actually I'm on Eeebuntu live CD on my desktop atm but nvm) happened when piracy was easy and I've not touched it since. To be honest it's a broken install that barely recognises USB now. I could do with a new OS but #150 ? I'm not in the market for a new PC to get OEM install.

 

[nath]

Or he could be a Linux user.

Well I dismissed that given that this is a gaming forum and he's a games software programmer. Linux isn't the most efficient choice for gaming by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[Moriath]

Paying for an OS ?

This XP installation (actually I'm on Eeebuntu live CD on my desktop atm but nvm) happened when piracy was easy and I've not touched it since. To be honest it's a broken install that barely recognises USB now. I could do with a new OS but #150 ? I'm not in the market for a new PC to get OEM install.

usually you dont have to buy a whole pc for oem .. can buy a ten quid cd player with it and get the oem

 

[Wij]

usually you dont have to buy a whole pc for oem .. can buy a ten quid cd player with it and get the oem

Explain ?!?

 

[soze]

Explain ?!?

Shops like ebuyer will sell you a OEM licences with most bits of hardware a £10 stick of ram ect.

 

[Wij]

But you still have to pay for the OEM software. I could just get it from eBay. I meant if I purchased a new PC I'd get the OS for 'free'.

 

[ford prefect]

I think the prices are quite reasonable.

 

[Jupitus]

Vista 64 is the first OS I have bought and since it's been fine for me so far I doubt I'll shell out on 7 at all.

 

[Ch3tan]

As I only paid for vista under 2 years ago and it works, I doubt I will pay anything over £30 for win 7. If I still used XP I would have paid more.