This is the Windows 7 Family Pack Box

[sublifer]

Thats an UPGRADE box... They said the family pack was going to be 3 FULL licenses of Home Premium.... where is that box and why did you use the pricing ($149.99) for the full family pack with the picture for the Upgrade family pack?

Didn't even know there was going to be an upgrade family pack....

 

[sublifer]

[citation][nom]ie49589[/nom]I cannot afford a Ferrari yet I wont go out and steal one just because is way too expensive and then excuse myself by saying that if Ferrari just reduced the price of their cars it wont be necessary for me to steal.[/citation]
Theres a difference between luxury items and commodity items. I would hardly call on OS (or upgrade) a luxury item. If you couldn't afford new clothes what would you do?

 

[Guest]

dont compare software to cars please.

say your friend has a game, and he burns you a copy. is it theft? no its copyright infringement.

say your friend has a ferrari, well he cant burn you a copy because thats just stupid.

bad analogy.

 

[elbert]

So its $149.99 for 3 upgrades of what? Is this price for a 32bit only upgrade? Can I upgrade XP 32bit to Home premium 64bit with this Family pack? I don't think this is a good deal. I don't because its going to stick us with 32bit. How much is the win7 32 to 64bit upgrade?

How much is the full version 3x family pack? Will there be a full version 3x family pack? Is M$ doing a hyped bait and swap?

 

[belardo]

How much is the full version 3x family pack? Will there be a full version 3x family pack? Is M$ doing a hyped bait and swap?

Ah... see how much SIMPLER and EASIER it would be if Microsoft only had a RETAIL version of their OS that does upgrades. $150, Home edition 64 or 32bit install - clean or upgrade. No questions or confusion. And maybe the pirates will buy it too.

I was considering upgrading. But this is really $150 for 3 service packs. thats all 7 is over Vista.

Windows7 is more than Vista with Service Paks. Sp2 Vista is no Windows7. Memory management is different, it installs in about 10~15minutes. Not the BS that is vista.

 

[RazberyBandit]

Upgrade?! WTF?! I expected fully-licensed, independent 32-bit/64-bit (choice being user's discretion) software... not upgrade versions.

Didn't everyone else???

I'll stick with Vista-64 and XP on all my machines if this is the only legitimate "Pack" offered.

 

[anamaniac]

A single license is good for 3 computers anyways isn't it?

 

[Regulas]

@elbert
"So its $149.99 for 3 upgrades of what? Is this price for a 32bit only upgrade? Can I upgrade XP 32bit to Home premium 64bit with this Family pack? I don't think this is a good deal. I don't because its going to stick us with 32bit. How much is the win7 32 to 64bit upgrade?"
I have a fix for this, get a MAC, that's what I am going to do, full 64 bit and backwards compatible. There is no 32 bit or stupid amount or flavours to worry about.

 

[bildo123]

[citation][nom]scook9[/nom]PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE call it the Family Pack UPGRADE and stop this confusion[/citation]

Good point, correct me if I'm wrong but in order for the upgrade to work don't you already need Windows Vista installed on the machines?

 

[bcgmoney]

All Microsoft OS upgrades have the ability to install to a blank hard disk. Just have a previous windows OS cd/dvd ready to putinto the drive when it asks for the qualifying upgarde media, and it will go right in.