Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade Cheaper for New PCs

[Marcus Yam]

Picking up that netbook but not wanting to deal with that Starter Edition of Windows 7? Read this.

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[mister g]

My question, why won't it end on July 4th? Something special about that day? Other than the fact that it's a national holiday?

 

[tpi2007]

Hmmm... but considering what you normally do on a netbook, I'd say paying to get a few features you actually will benefit and a lot of others that you won't, does not male financial sense.

There are already free programs that allow you to change the desktop wallpaper, on of those programs even allows the same effect of changing it once in a while; there is alos a free Aero enabler, and for your DVD needs, just download the free VLC media player. There you have it.

Windows Home Premium to Professional discounts though is a welcome addition, although it's just 10$. But hey, better than nothing, and comes with a XP license. I bet that is the main reason for the discount to be so little; and again, the reason for the Starter to Premium being so much bigger is probably because they realized they are not getting so many people upgrading as they thought, and probably becausue of all those free utilities that I talked about above.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

I would have preferred free upgrades for one year!

 

[velocityg4]

It's still too much. The difference in Win 7 Home Premium OEM and Professional OEM is $40.

 

[Regulas]

Windows 7 64bit Home Premium is what I will pick up (OEM) for my gaming rig, no need for professional at all. Dual boot it with my XP and I should nbe good to go for a while. That is until one day I am forced into buying a DX 11 card. By then I am hoping Open GL is back and I can just say no to the proprietary Direct X.

 

[Guest]

it was nice when they had the student special for $29, you didn't even have to be a student and still got the rate.

 

[Gandalf]

Why can't a new computer come with the Home Premium version?

 

[Tindytim]

[quote*]Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional ERP $79.99 (versus everyday price of $89.99)[/quote]
Home Premium OEM is 100$
Ultimate OEM is 175$
The difference being 75$, less than even the discounted price, and it's based on an even higher tier operating system.

Thanks for the discount Microsoft!

 

[pojih]

student pricing is where its at

40 for pro @ michigan state ,most big schools - same thing

 

[The_Prophecy]

Glad I have a TechNet subscription already, but nice to see them offering discounts like this, regardless.

 

[sheath]

Got Ultimate 64 bit for $15 at Texas A&M