Windows 7 Half-Price Sale Starts Today

**koala** · 06-27-2009, 06:09 AM

http://hothardware.com/News/Windows%...tarts%2DToday/

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If you’re thinking of upgrading to Windows 7 when it comes out, now might be a good time to preorder. Today, Microsoft said customers who pre-order a copy of Windows 7 will receive more than 50% off the retail price for a limited time. Here’s a look at how the discounts break down:

To take advantage of the offer, customers can preorder at various retailers such as Best Buy and NewEgg as well as through Microsoft's online store.

The discounted pricing applies to customers in the U.S., Canada, and Japan. The offer ends July 11 in the U.S. and Canada and on July 5th for Japan or while supplies last. Microsoft plans to offer a similar program in the UK, France, and Germany from July 15 through August 14.

**simpswr** · 06-27-2009, 06:21 AM

Amazon is also selling the preorder

**sobeit** · 06-27-2009, 07:07 AM

and lets not forget walmart :-)

I wonder why the ultimate version is not on sale.

**Done_Fishin** · 06-27-2009, 07:49 AM

I was hoping to go for the download upgrade from the Microsoft Store site but trying to give my address (which is outside the States) is a problem.
Anyone know of a workaround to get a cheap pre-ordered copy (download or otherwise) outside of the USA or Canada ??

Edit .. I want it Legit !! Just in case anyone is wondering

**sobeit** · 06-27-2009, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Done_Fishin

I was hoping to go for the download upgrade from the Microsoft Store site but trying to give my address (which is outside the States) is a problem.
Anyone know of a workaround to get a cheap pre-ordered copy (download or otherwise) outside of the USA or Canada ??

Edit .. I want it Legit !! Just in case anyone is wondering

now you are trying to bypass security preventing it from being sold outside of the legal areas. aint this against the rules of tsf.

**koala** · 06-27-2009, 08:01 AM

Wait til July 15 and pre-order from the UK Microsoft site.

**kodi** · 06-27-2009, 12:30 PM

Subscribe to Technet with a discount coupon and get all the O'Ss you want.XP, Vista, Win 7,office 2010 for free.

**Done_Fishin** · 06-27-2009, 02:56 PM

The company I work for are Microsoft Certified, I'll see if I can get a reduced price copy via their dealer.

As for Technet, seemed like a good idea til I saw the price TAG ..

**kodi** · 06-27-2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Done_Fishin

As for Technet, seemed like a good idea til I saw the price TAG ..

Australian subscription is $AU 500 plus with the coupon $AU307
So far I have downloaded and installed Vista ultimate x 2, Office 2007 ultimate x 3, XP x 2 and will get Windows 7 x 3 and Office 2010 x 3 when they are released.
One copy of Vista ultimate costs $375 in Australia so the price is very very cheap.

**Done_Fishin** · 06-27-2009, 04:23 PM

If I was doing what you appear to be doing it would indeed be a good idea, but most of my work involves a repair or install with Disks that are either supplied or I have and use in conjunction with legal keys pasted to the PC's. Nice idea though ..

thanks for the suggestion and the explanation

BoT · 06-27-2009, 04:29 PM

TechNet subscription does not seem so bad .. really. considering that the win 7 ultimate version will be $320.- bucks. technet subscription is about the same and you get access to a whole lot more then just win 7 ultimate.

i think the $320 price tag is way too high thou. it's more then vista was and is barely more then a major SP upgrade

**Done_Fishin** · 06-28-2009, 03:24 AM

If I preorder the upgrade version its only $49

I already have and use the beta and the RC versions which I downloaded for Microsoft, however I think a cheap upgrade version of Home would help me where I don't have that much free cash to play around with. I don't need any fancy Disks so just an officially registered and downloaded version is fine for me. Additionally I also have an Amazon Gift Voucher I can use to put towards the cost of purchase but I couldn't find a way to use that either. I really don't want to have a disk posted to me, not because of any other reason than I have purchased stuff before in the States only to have it go missing before it arrives. We live in a block of flats and our neighbours are not particularly friendly resulting in frequent loss of mail. You have to live here to believe it!!

I can, I suppose, order it and have it delivered to my place of work, but my boss frowns upon that since we are an IT company and the Taxman might confuse my purchases with company purchases & attempts at possible tax evasion. I have already had several packages delivered to me there this year and thought I saw strange looks from his direction.

sinclair_tm · 07-01-2009, 06:55 PM

That's lame, the fresh install price is still too much, and there is no way I'll ever do an OS upgrade install, way too many bad experiences. If the full version of Win 7 Pro was $99 preorder, I would so get it. When will MS learn to stop pricing themselves into piracy? Looks like I'm sticking with XP Pro.

**koala** · 07-01-2009, 07:00 PM

Yeah, I agree. I'll be sticking with XP and the RC version of 7 until it expires. Hopefully, MS will have reduced the price by then if sales are lower than expected.

06-27-2009, 06:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
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06-27-2009, 07:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
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06-27-2009, 07:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
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06-27-2009, 08:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
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06-27-2009, 12:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 7,370 OS: Windows 7-Ultimate 64 Bit My System	Re: Windows 7 Half-Price Sale Starts Today Subscribe to Technet with a discount coupon and get all the O'Ss you want.XP, Vista, Win 7,office 2010 for free. __________________ Brian

06-27-2009, 02:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
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06-27-2009, 04:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
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06-27-2009, 04:29 PM	#11 (permalink)
BoT Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: earth Posts: 447 OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 My System	Re: Windows 7 Half-Price Sale Starts Today TechNet subscription does not seem so bad .. really. considering that the win 7 ultimate version will be $320.- bucks. technet subscription is about the same and you get access to a whole lot more then just win 7 ultimate. i think the $320 price tag is way too high thou. it's more then vista was and is barely more then a major SP upgrade __________________ MainStation: Q9450@3.6 \| ASUS P5Q-E \| OCZ Platinum 4x2Gb PC8500 \| eVGA GTX260 \| WD VRaptor

06-28-2009, 03:24 AM	#12 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,250 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Windows 7 Half-Price Sale Starts Today If I preorder the upgrade version its only $49 I already have and use the beta and the RC versions which I downloaded for Microsoft, however I think a cheap upgrade version of Home would help me where I don't have that much free cash to play around with. I don't need any fancy Disks so just an officially registered and downloaded version is fine for me. Additionally I also have an Amazon Gift Voucher I can use to put towards the cost of purchase but I couldn't find a way to use that either. I really don't want to have a disk posted to me, not because of any other reason than I have purchased stuff before in the States only to have it go missing before it arrives. We live in a block of flats and our neighbours are not particularly friendly resulting in frequent loss of mail. You have to live here to believe it!! I can, I suppose, order it and have it delivered to my place of work, but my boss frowns upon that since we are an IT company and the Taxman might confuse my purchases with company purchases & attempts at possible tax evasion. I have already had several packages delivered to me there this year and thought I saw strange looks from his direction. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

07-01-2009, 07:00 PM	#14 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,147 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: Windows 7 Half-Price Sale Starts Today Yeah, I agree. I'll be sticking with XP and the RC version of 7 until it expires. Hopefully, MS will have reduced the price by then if sales are lower than expected. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here