Happy news for our British readers today -- Microsoft is selling
Windows 7 Home Premium in the UK at the bargain price of £65 for the full (non-upgrade) version. Converted to $107, that's less than Americans have to shell out just for an upgrade ($120) and about half the price of the full thing ($200). The Professional and Ultimate varieties are also cheaper by about $40 each. With Windows 7 E now
out of the picture (though seemingly still available for pre-order from the MS online store), it looks like Microsoft has chosen to match its lower price (listed with an £80 MSRP) with the new SKUs that will actually see retail shelves -- a price online retailers are now undercutting. Jolly good.
CNET was first to the story and was told by an Amazon UK rep that the current pricing is expected to be indefinite, but previous intel on the matter has indicated that Microsoft will be
hiking UK prices from January 1, 2010. So if you wanna be safe, better get that brand spanking new OS before Christmas rolls around.
[Via
Pocket lint]
Read - CNET article
Read - Microsoft UK online store
Read - Windows 7 Home Premium at Amazon UK for £65
posted August 19th 2009 6:28AM
What about Australia?
"God save the Queen"
Holy crap, the UK get a good deal for once?
Im all in
Oh that's bollocks!
believe you me, i guarantee you to prevent someone here from buying it from abroad, it'll be area locked-as soon as you connect to the internet, it'll check your local against the install dissk
they will raise the price on the 360 and yet lower the cost of windows 7.... anyone else smell bullshit?
Bloody brilliant I say!
Good, now will all our UK readers stop bitching about the pricing on the new PS3?
Whoop de doo, all hail free educational offers
Who cares, you can download the Ultimate version from anywhere, and with an activation crack get it, and use it, for free :)
Has been this way since Win2000 to Win XP Pro to Win XP x64 to Win Vista Ultimate x86 to Win Vista Ultimate x64 ...
I know I saw this about a month ago it doesn’t come with a web browser (ie8) so the slash the prices.
But when it first came out the prices were going up and down all the time and I managed to grab a copy from pc world. co . uk for £45 which is dirt cheap for the new os
and now the price is around £70
:)
My upgrade only cost me $77 CAD, with shipping and taxes.
Is that the revenge for the European PS3 Slim costing 90€ more than the US version?
I guess this is good news for those who plan on paying for it. Microsoft must realize that Europeans are, for the most part, just a bunch of pirates. Kinda like how China (who is much more into blatant piracy) gets Microsoft's stuff legit for like $10.
Either way, good deal for those paying for it. I'll still be using it for free, however.
Nice to hear as we usually get screwed by apple. They charge about 30% more for an ipod over here.
Excellent news for a change. Still glad I got my £45 pre-order in though.
If it were that price in the US/Canada, I might actually pay for it!
For the first time amazon.co.uk. will sell outside the UK too.Check the list if your country is so lucky.