Windows 7 E UK Pre-Order 50% OFF
posted by Mark @ 12:28pm, Tuesday 21 July 2009.
I know this will come a little late for some, but as the offer doesnt expire until August 9th 2009 I thought I'd mention it as it is a pretty fantastic offer.
In short Microsoft have decided to 'be nice' and offer the Home Premium and Professional editions of Windows 7 at upgrade prices, if you pre order it between July 15th 2009 and Aug 9th 2009.
Pre-Order Prices:
- Windows 7 E Professional - £89.97
- Windows 7 E Home Premium - £44.97
The reason for this offer is that European customers can only have the 'E' version which does not come bundled with a browser (no Internet Explorer) in an effort to comply with European Competition rules. This basically means there is no upgrade option for EU customers.
You can still download IE free of charge of course and the recommendation is to do it before you do a clean install fo Win7. You could of course take this opportunity to try one of the many free browsers like Firefox.
Dont miss out on this great offer of a cheap Full Retail version of Windows 7.
More info here: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx
UPDATE:
The Offer is no longer available and Microsoft have now changed there stance on the Windows 7 'E' versions. As per the link above Europe will now get the same version as other countries, including Internet Explorer.
This also allows for Upgrade versions to be sold.
For those of us lucky enough to get in on it, our pre-orders still stand and we will now recieve full versions of the non 'E' version just like everyone else.
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