Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Pricing; Snow Leopard Way Cheaper

Microsoft has officially announced the initial pricing for Windows 7, and full retail Home Premium version will be $200, or $40 less than the initial and today’s pricing of Windows Vista. Upgrade to Home Premium will be $120. But those who where hoping for something sweet considering the state of the US and world economies will be disappointed, especially considering that an upgrade to Snow Leopard will only cost $30.

So here’s the low-down on pricing for Windows 7. The estimated retail prices for upgrade packaged retail product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:

• Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99
  
• Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99
  
• Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99
  

And the estimated retail prices for full packaged retail product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:

• Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99
  
• Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99
  
• Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99
  

It is also possible to pre-order Windows 7 with a 50% discount. In the US, this will mean you can pre-order Windows 7 Home Premium for USD $49.99 or Windows 7 Professional for USD $99.99. You can take advantage of this special offer online via selected retail partners such as Best Buy or Amazon, or the online Microsoft Store (in participating markets).

Canadian and Japanese customers can first pre-order Windows 7 on the same date as United States users, although those countries’ offers will also end on the same time as the US (except for Japan, in which the offers will end on July 5th). The UK, France, and Germany will get the opportunity from July 15th through August 14th (while supplies last).

You can get Windows 7 on a new PC in all language versions on October 22nd. The retail version of Windows 7 will also be available on the same date in the following 14 languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Chinese (Hong Kong).

Then on October 31st, the remaining 21 languages will become available: Turkish, Czech, Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, Ukrainian, Romanian, Arabic, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Slovenian, Hebrew, Thai, Croatian, Serbian Latin, and Latvian.

Related links:

Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Pricing | Windows 7 News

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