Microsoft Pulls Plug on Windows 7 Family Pack

[Marcus Yam]

Looks like there won't be a focus on family throughout this holiday season.

Microsoft Pulls Plug on Windows 7 Family Pack : Read more

 

[toorudez]

Big deal. Why wasn't a family pack of standard installs offered? That I would've gladly bought. With this family pack, I'd have to buy Vista, then upgrade to Win7? End up costing around $1100 to use all 3 licenses.

 

[randerson]

figures

 

[thomaseron]

Goodbye family pack, hello piracy...

 

[randerson]

Figures

 

[aznguy0028]

i knew it was too good to last long! >_>

 

[mr_tuel]

Ok, so I will use bittorrent then. Good job.

 

[NapoleonDK]

This is disappointing to say the least. I just finished a build for my parents, and I'm planning a new one for myself in January. I even had everything on a wishlist... What an utter fail this is.

 

[Regulas]

Let me see, not enough profit or is it fear of piracy with the licensing scheme? My guess, a little of both.

 

[bison88]

If 80% of my business came from 90%+ consumers who use my operating system, I would want to capitalize on profits too! lol

 

[hannibal]

Too good deal to customers I supose... This is the worst part of having monopoly in OS front...
I really hope that they would not cut this family pack deal. It was a good option to any family with many computers.

 

[AdamB5000]

I was looking forward to purchasing a Win7 family pack for my main pc and a couple older pcs. Blah.

 

[Regulas]

Apple still and will keep OS X Family packs. I do not have a Apple computer right now but did have one for years, wrote my second book on a old Powerbook G4, use Linux now.
OS X is the best consumer OS out there. The ease of use, better than Windows. Then you have the safety and security of Unix/Linux.
Now flame me MS Fanboys, I can take it for I speak truth.

 

[p05esto]

My advice, don't be too hasty. Who knows what's cooking, maybe MS just lowers the price all together? I have 5 PCs, and would like to upgrade them all. Or maybe just 2 PCs. Or, how about an increasing percentage discount for each additional license sold? That would even make more sense.

The news graps for stories and the reporting is like tabloids these days. All sensational rap really.

 

[paesan]

Sold out............lol.

 

[sunflier]

Sadly, for reasons that still confuse, Microsoft didn't pull the plug on Windows Vista when release.

 

[Jenoin]

You don't have the safety or security of Unix/Linux... are you quoting some other idiot, or did you make that up yourself?

 

[ssalim]

Looks like Balmer wants a new car...

 

[soo-nah-mee]

I'm glad I jumped on it when I did; this really sucks though. I knew a few people that were going to buy the family pack per my advice, and now they are S.O.L.
It was the same thing with the $49.99 home premium upgrade preorder sale that lasted, what, a week? B.S.

 

[dark_lord69]

AWE!!! THAT SUCKS I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWEN THAT!!!#@$%^*(*&^@%#$%@%^@

 

[cruiseoveride]

Weird move. If its selling, why did they stop supplying.

 

[bourgeoisdude]

Tom's is always just a little behind on reporting in software news: http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft-Windows-7-Family-Pack-wasnt-pulled-it-just-sold-out/1260214876

On that note, Betanews is behind in their hardware reporting regarding Larabee. I guess it makes sense for hardware and software sites to work that way though...

 

[Honis]

This was an UPGRADE Pack. Meaning you HAD TO HAVE VISTA for it to work.

Bad move by MS? Not really considering people are desperate to jump off Vista anyway.

 

[lumpy]

what about full version 3 pack, is that still out there?

 

[dark_lord69]

[citation][nom]cruiseoveride[/nom]Weird move. If its selling, why did they stop supplying.[/citation]
Greed.