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December 7th, 2009, 15:19 GMT · By

Windows 7 Family Pack Is Dead in the US

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If you waited this long to buy three licenses of Windows 7 RTM in the same package via a Microsoft special offering aimed at customers with multiple computers in a single household, then you waited too long. As of last week, the Windows 7 Family Pack deal is no longer available to customers in the United States, at just a few weeks after the first month since the latest Windows client hit store shelves. Noting that what was essentially a limited time offer had expired, the software giant pulled the Windows 7 Family Pack offering from its Microsoft Store.

As of the end of last week, customers visiting the Windows 7 Family Pack webpage were greeted with the following message: “Thank you for your interest in Windows 7. The Windows 7 Family Pack offer has ended. Please check our other offers.”

Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009 and was launched officially around the world on October 22nd. It was on October 22nd that the Windows 7 Family Pack special deals went live, along with the rest of offerings built around the latest iteration of Windows. Specifically, Microsoft was providing customers with a way to acquire Windows 7 for the entire family, no less than three licenses of the Home Premium SKU, at $149.99. This in the context in which a standalone upgrade license of the Windows 7 Home Premium edition comes with a price tag of just $119.99.

“The Windows 7 Family Pack is a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium that you can install on up to three PCs in your home. It includes both 32-bit and 64-bit installation discs,” Microsoft noted. “The Windows 7 Family Pack is available from October 22nd until supplies last in the US and other select markets. The estimated retail price in the US is $149.99. Actual price may vary. You can activate Windows 7 Home Premium on up to three PC’s in a household (single residential address) with the Family Pack.”

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Comment #1 by: se7en horrors on 07 Dec 2009, 16:17 UTC reply to this comment

shisters at MS have always been vague on purpose. as crazy "christmas" shopping nears, they jack up the prices

Comment #1.1 by: Brent C. P on 08 Dec 2009, 21:25 GMT

So true! I'm forced to dual-boot my comp. because stupid MS is trying to take over the world! I'm a Linux kind of guy and it bothers me that i spend a lot of my time frustrated because internet sites and programs are denied by Linux, they spend all there money on contracts just so there programs come first! I'm sure if they spent more time bettering there company and the products it makes they would do a lot better, but until that happens... GOSH MS JUST ROLL OVER AND DIE SO THE WORLD CAN MOVE ON!

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