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Windows 7 Discounts Go Live - $149.99 Family Pack Available

 With the one year anniversary of Windows 7 just around the corner, Microsoft has kicked off the celebration by bringing back one of the special offerings which accompanied the launch of the operating system in 2009. With the Family Pack package, customers can upgrade no less than three computers in their househ...

4 October 2010
03:02 GMT

Win a Free Windows 7 RTM Upgrade from Microsoft

Microsoft is offering users a chance to win a free Windows 7 RTM upgrade. No less than six copies of Windows Anytime Upgrade from Windows 7 Starter to Windows 7 Home Premium are up for grabs via the Microsoft Sweepstakes for Windows 7 WAU (Windows Anytime Upgrade) Product. Brandon LeBlanc, Windows communications mana...

15 April 2010
09:11 GMT

Windows 7 Family Pack Is Dead in the US

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 j...

7 December 2009
10:19 GMT

Buy Windows 7 for 35€, Just for French and German Students

Microsoft has lined up some pretty sweet deals with its latest iteration of the Windows client at the core, beating hands-down the special offerings it made available for Windows Vista, when it debuted in January 2007. The special discounts offered for students fall without a doubt in the “pretty sweet deals&rd...

29 October 2009
15:51 GMT

£30 Windows 7, the Ultimate Steal

It’s not piracy! At least this is the message accompanying the dead cheap Windows 7 editions offered by Microsoft to students in the UK. Microsoft has already confirmed that it will be offering Windows 7 for as little as £29.99 to students in the UK in mid-September 2009. The special offering has now been...

6 October 2009
12:31 GMT

Windows 7, Just $29.99 – Buy and Download - Students Only

Microsoft has confirmed officially that it is offering Windows 7 for as little as $29.99. The Redmond company emphasized that the offer is available only to eligible students, and it involves the upgrade flavor of Windows 7 Home Premium. In this context, the software giant is offering a considerable discount, as the ...

18 September 2009
02:29 GMT

Buy Windows 7 RTM for Just £30 Come October 1, 2009

Microsoft is rolling out a new special offering with its latest iteration of the Windows client at the core. Dubbed the Windows 7 UK Student Offer, the special offering allows students in the United Kingdom to purchase Windows 7 for as little as £30. Microsoft revealed that students had a choice between Windows...

17 September 2009
10:56 GMT

Windows 7 RTM Home Premium 120-Screenshot Gallery

Home Premium is one Windows 7 edition that more than makes justice to the “next iteration of Windows” label, unlike the Starter and Home Basic SKUs. When it announced the official Windows 7 edition line-up and stock-keeping unit strategy at the start of this year, Microsoft pointed out that it would focus...

29 August 2009
07:51 GMT

Windows 7 Family Pack Available on 10 Markets Worldwide

Microsoft plans to extend the availability of the Family Pack edition of Windows 7 come the official launch of the operating system, scheduled for October 22nd, 2009. Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack will no longer be limited to the United States and Canada. In fact, the Redmond company confirmed plans to offer the...

25 August 2009
04:47 GMT

Windows 7 Home Premium Half Priced for UK Customers

Windows 7 is barely at its first month since it was released to manufacturing, two months away from general availability, but this detail is not stopping Microsoft or its retail partners from already selling the operating system. The Redmond company debuted a range of discounts associated with Windows 7 in select mar...

20 August 2009
06:23 GMT

Windows 7 Family Pack Officially Confirmed

Microsoft is cooking a new round of Windows 7 special offerings, this time orbiting around the Home Premium edition of the operating system. Following information leaked in the wild, the Redmond-based company has now officially confirmed the Family Pack for Windows 7. Under this label, the software giant prepares to ...

22 July 2009
12:25 GMT

New Windows 7 Discounts Available but Microsoft Store Is Down

A new round of special offerings involving Windows 7 went live today across the United Kingdom, France and Germany. However, customers won't be able to take advantage of the consistent discounts for the Home Premium and Professional editions of Windows 7 directly from Microsoft. This because the Microsoft Store ...

15 July 2009
08:15 GMT

Windows 7 Family Pack Leaked Details

Microsoft is gearing up to introduce the evolution of the Windows Vista Family Pack, but this time around with Windows 7 as “la piece de resistance.” The Redmond company is completely mum on the subject, but Microsoft is notorious for managing to find a way to shoot itself in the foot. And the details on ...

2 July 2009
10:11 GMT

Windows 7: Home Premium vs. Professional vs. Ultimate

It was bound that with Microsoft having made public the pricing details on the next iteration of the Windows client, the company would also introduce initiatives designed to help consumers decide on the Windows 7 edition best suited for them. And what better way than an operating system editions measuring contest? Th...

26 June 2009
03:12 GMT

Windows 7 (8 Editions): Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Home Premium, Home Basic, Starter

The Windows 7 apple will fall close to the Windows Vista tree, at least in one aspect. The next iteration of the Windows client, will, just as its precursor, come in a plethora of editions, in fact, no less than six SKUs (Stock Keeping Unit) that Microsoft has confirmed officially. Windows General Manager Mike Ybarra...

4 February 2009
02:54 GMT

Download Windows 7 Home Premium Beta

Just as it was the case with Windows Vista, Windows 7 will come in a variety of flavors, with Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate already officially confirmed. In this context, in addition to the Ultimate edition of Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 available as a public download since January 10, 2009, ...

15 January 2009
03:05 GMT

Vista SP1 RTM Confirmed for March 18, 2008 - Introducing the New Vista SP1 Boxes

The saga of the general availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM nears its end. Microsoft will drop Vista SP1 on March 18, 2008. Having been released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, along with Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1 did not ship immediately to end users as expected. Instead, Microsoft postponed ...

14 March 2008
15:47 GMT

Windows Media Center Ultimate Install

With the advent of Windows Vista, Microsoft made Windows Media Center available integrated by default into two of the SKUs of the latest Windows client: Home Premium and Ultimate. And based on just these two editions of Vista, Microsoft has called on custom installers to produce the ultimate integration of Windows M...

13 March 2008
09:40 GMT

Microsoft Slashes Prices for Windows Vista SP1

Service Pack 1 is not the only evolution of Windows Vista on the immediate horizon, that has been cooking over in Redmond. Microsoft announced that it had been baking a price cut for the retail stand-alone versions of the Windows operating system. Throughout 2007, Microsoft has been testing the waters across various ...

29 February 2008
04:25 GMT

The Windows Vista Virtualization Doors Are Wide Opened

With the advent of Windows Vista, Microsoft also addressed the issue of the integration of its latest Windows client with virtualization solutions. But from the get-go, the Redmond company took the decision to impose restrictions on the utilization of Vista with emulated hardware systems. In this context, while users...

22 January 2008
12:12 GMT

Windows Media Center Makes the Best Out of a "Plain Vanilla" Windows Vista

Well, this is not the first time that I've said this, but Microsoft should increase its focus on Windows Vista features, capabilities, functionality, etc., that do, without a doubt, deliver a superior user experience. To accomplish this, the company needs to scrap the pragmatic approach to marketing the operatin...

4 December 2007
07:30 GMT

Download Windows Vista Media Center

Microsoft has updated the Windows Media Center Software Development Kit, and now version 5.3 is available for download. The SDK is a collection of documentation, tools, and sample code put together and offered to developers building content for the Windows Media Center integrated into Windows Vista. Out of the Vista ...

20 November 2007
08:42 GMT

Microsoft: 60 Million Windows Vista Media Center PCs in Use Worldwide

According to Microsoft there are now no less than 60 million Windows Vista Media Center PCs in use worldwide. This number comes just a week after the operating system's first seven months of consumer availability. Vista shipped to corporate users in November 2006 and to the general public in January 2007 and at ...

6 September 2007
03:58 GMT

Windows Vista Home Basic vs. Home Premium vs. Business vs. Ultimate

Microsoft applauded shipping in excess of 60 million Windows Vista licenses in the operating system's first six months of general availability. However, the Redmond company is right on track to correct this little slip up. Windows Vista will not continue to sell this well, at least not if Microsoft can help it. ...

20 August 2007
12:42 GMT


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