Engadget's recession antidote: win one of 100 Microsoft Windows 7 pre-order discount codes!

So now that you've got all the details on Windows 7 pricing, you ready to try and nab a guaranteed pre-order sport? Microsoft's hooked us up with 100 special pre-order codes for Windows 7, which are good for a 48-hour period starting tomorrow, June 26th, 2009. These codes (only available to U.S. residents) will guarantee you a pre-order of Windows 7 at the discounted prices of $49.99 for Home Premium and $99.99 for Professional, even if it sells out -- and it might, as it's a limited run! Each code is good for three purchases, so if you win, you'll also be able to share the ability to pre-order via the MS Store with two friends -- or just go crazy with power and credit card numbers all by yourself.

We're choosing the 100 winners at 5:00PM EST today, so get to work! Read the rules below (no skimming -- we're omniscient and can tell when you've skimmed) and get commenting! Hooray for discounted stuff!

Big thanks to Microsoft for providing the gear!

The rules:

• Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but if you want to share your proposal for "fixing" the world economy, that'd be sweet too.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.)
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you'll be fine.
  
• Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don't make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
  
• Winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive one (1) pre-order code for Microsoft Windows 7.
  
• If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond by 10:00 PM EST on June 25th. If you don't respond by 10:00 PM, another winner will be chosen.
• Entries can be submitted until Thursday, June, 25th, at 5:00PM ET. Good luck!
• Full rules can be found here.

[RobL Posted Jun 26th 2009 5:39PM]

Win Win Win!

[BBob Posted Jun 26th 2009 5:40PM]

Would be a nice jump from xp.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 5:40PM]

Great Promotion.

[saajisan Posted Jun 26th 2009 6:03PM]

NICE I WANT ONE

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 6:21PM]

Live Long and Prosper MS!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 6:06PM]

Live Long and Prosper MS!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 6:15PM]

discount code = ftw : ) thanks engadget

[theduck Posted Jun 26th 2009 6:48PM]

Even with the code, i'm not sure if i can afford to upgrade after spending so much on Vista Ultimate =*(

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 6:59PM]

I like stuff!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 7:17PM]

Grape damn popsicle.....

[leowhiterussian Posted Jun 26th 2009 7:30PM]

this would be amazing! I already bought 1 but could use a lot more.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 7:48PM]

I could use this for my new HTPC build! Please!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 8:02PM]

windows 7 is the lucky windows!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 8:12PM]

I would like a code, please!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 9:12PM]

gimme plz.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 9:47PM]

Hey why not.

[keeweemanape Posted Jun 26th 2009 10:35PM]

YES!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 10:52PM]

I need an upgrade!

[Down8 Posted Jun 26th 2009 11:11PM]

OK.

-bZj

[thethirdmoose Posted Jun 26th 2009 11:30PM]

asdf

[TenaciousJ728 Posted Jun 26th 2009 11:34PM]

It can't get any better than this!

[Friend Posted Jun 26th 2009 11:41PM]

I want it

[obisgadgeter Posted Jun 26th 2009 11:45PM]

will I like this better than snow leopard? maybe with incentive.

[jhawkins Posted Jun 27th 2009 9:30AM]

awesome!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 27th 2009 10:07AM]

I would like a copy.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 27th 2009 10:53AM]

Hell Yeah!!! Win7 is the closest thing to a real OS from M$ in decades!!!

[blustrkr Posted Jun 27th 2009 1:09PM]

Green jobs & energy.

[ahmadshafeek Posted Jun 27th 2009 2:03PM]

Windows 7 is really Awesome!!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 27th 2009 3:52PM]

Looking forward to Windows 7 improvements from Vista.

BTW, love the engadget podcasts!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 27th 2009 5:24PM]

WINDOWS ROCKS! (PICK ME I'M KISSING @SS.)

[muzzymate Posted Jun 27th 2009 10:58PM]

I like 7!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 30th 2009 3:36AM]

W7, TOO SWEET!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 28th 2009 4:52AM]

ill take one pls!

[LegoGuy23 Posted Jun 28th 2009 1:05PM]

Pick Me!

[jardaan Posted Jun 28th 2009 4:03PM]

me please.

I don't understand though. Isn't the pre-order open to anyone now?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 28th 2009 11:24PM]

Woo hoo!

[mdesign Posted Jun 29th 2009 3:19AM]

yeah i want... big woop wanna fight about it?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2009 7:59AM]

Do want!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2009 12:35PM]

:( too late

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2009 3:03PM]

sure why not.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 30th 2009 3:03PM]

I'm in and want

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 1st 2009 10:03AM]

This is great, I've heard some great things about Windows 7 from some people who have downloaded the free version. Hope I win!

[Dpmt Posted Jul 1st 2009 3:33PM]

Win!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 2nd 2009 5:47AM]

Woot, Win7!

[Wevenhuis Posted Jul 2nd 2009 2:36PM]

There is a great sense of inequality in this competion as people on the european (and other continents) cannot share in the possibility of this great discount offer. In Europe the price is always much higher. If the product range for and upgrade is 99, 199 and 299 US dollars, this will be 99, 199 and 299 euros! (139, 279 and 419 US dollars!!!). No wonder europeans always argue on the US prices and software piracy is still present. This intercontinental price difference is not a symbol of global unity but in a sense corporate piracy. And then windows does not always provide an adequate language pack!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 6th 2009 11:07AM]

hook me up

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 7th 2009 7:10PM]

Rebuild our aging infrastructure. Shovel ready stuff is a good start, but nowhere near enough.

[Bordigous Posted Jul 25th 2009 6:20PM]

OS X still beats it, but I have to Boot Camp to something!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 31st 2009 5:42AM]

Wow! I would love a good discount on windows 7! :)