Windows 70 sells for a minimum of 199.99 dollars

June 26 Microsoft News, Windows 7 selling price will be roughly flat with http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/15470.html ">vista, and in October windows 7 pre-IPO purchase of new users pre-installed Vista computer, you can enjoy the free upgrade services.

Microsoft says upgrading the existing system to the Windows 7 Home Premium will cost US $119.99, 10 dollars cheaper than the same version of Vista. The Vista Home Premium version is now priced at $129.99, at $159.99 a 2007. To upgrade to the Windows 7 Professional and flagship version will cost 199.99 dollars and 219.99 dollars, respectively, with the same version of Vista flat. Regardless of whether the user is using Windows XP or Windows Vista, the upgrade fee is exactly the same.

The following are the prices for Windows XP, Windows Vista upgrade to Windows 7:

Upgrade to Windows 7 Home Advanced Edition 119.99 USD
Upgrade to Windows 7 Professional Edition 199.99 USD
Upgrade to Windows 7 flagship 219.99 USD

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To attract users who are not ready to buy a new PC, Microsoft says it will take a limited, inexpensive booking policy for Windows 7, and some users can buy the new operating system at a minimum of 49.99 dollars. Since Friday, anyone who buys a Windows Vista Home Premium, commercial, and flagship computer can contact the computer manufacturer to get a free upgrade on October 22 when Windows 7 is officially on the market.

In the case of a bare-metal installation of the Windows 7 operating system, the full version of the Home Premium, professional and flagship editions cost 199.99 U.S. dollars, 299.99 dollars and 319.99 dollars respectively. Apple, by contrast, said in early June that the cost of upgrading to its new operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, was only $30 trillion.

The following is the retail price of Windows 7:

Windows 7 Home Advanced edition 199.99 USD
Windows 7 Professional Edition 299.99 USD
Windows 7 flagship 319.99 USD

And in order to get sales early and build momentum, Microsoft this time to upgrade the software to a predetermined price cut by half, that is, the family advanced version of 49.99 U.S. dollars, Professional edition of 99.99 U.S. dollars. However, to enjoy this preferential price, the United States users need to be scheduled between June 26 and July 11, the CD will be sent after the official release.

The pre-sale will commence in the United States, Canada and Japan starting in Friday. July 15 will be in Britain, France and Germany. The pre-sale will last about 2 weeks, and the sale is complete.

Microsoft did not disclose the specific cost of upgrading from a lower version of Windows 7 to a higher version. Microsoft also declined to comment on how the price of Windows 7 would affect netbooks. Netbooks can keep their prices low, in part because they use Windows XP, which is older and cheaper.

In addition, Microsoft said that the new operating system of CD-ROM packaging will be reduced and the use of recyclable plastic made.