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Windows 7 officially launched

Postby Antony » Wed 21 Oct, 2009 9:11 pm

Microsoft has officially launched Windows 7.

First copy of Windows 7 sold in Australia

Microsoft Windows 7 will be available in similar complicated editions as Windows Vista. Editions from Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate and in 32-bit and 64-bit versions (except Starter which is only in 32-bit). In most countries, only Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate are available for retail sale.

And the price tags of Window 7, starting at US$199.99 for Home Premium, US$299.99 for Professional and US$319.99 for Ultimate.

Aside, many Apple bashers complain that Apple 'tax' users US$129 every year, which has been demonstrated a complete false. The most recent Mac OS X upgrade costs only US$29. Of course, some Microsoft devotees would even state that Mac OS X upgrade should only be something called 'Service Packs', whereas the upgrade to newer version of Windows is needed.
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Postby Antony » Thu 22 Oct, 2009 4:33 am

Microsoft is also over charging Australians.

Windows 7 Ultimate is $319.99 (USD) or $219.99 for the upgrade version which is about $345 (AUD) and $236 (AUD) respectively. The same Windows 7 Ultimate would cost $469 or $429 (AUD).

Which means, the same Windows 7 Ultimate (upgrade) would cost Australian almost $200 more.

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Postby Mandrake » Thu 22 Oct, 2009 8:11 am

A far cheaper way to buy Windows is with the OEM versions. Win7 Home Premium for $122 AUD, Win7 Professional for $177 AUD, Win7 Ultimate (who would bother?) for $255 AUD.

I plan on getting my copy in early December. For now the RC works very well and I'm in no rush to upgrade. :)
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Postby beanboy89 » Thu 22 Oct, 2009 9:57 am

Mandrake wrote:A far cheaper way to buy Windows is with the OEM versions. Win7 Home Premium for $122 AUD, Win7 Professional for $177 AUD, Win7 Ultimate (who would bother?) for $255 AUD.

I plan on getting my copy in early December. For now the RC works very well and I'm in no rush to upgrade. :)


Indeed. The OEM versions are much less expensive than the retail boxed copies. I also plan on purchasing an OEM copy of Windows 7 sometime in the next few months.
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Postby Don_HH2K » Thu 22 Oct, 2009 10:04 am

I got a copy of Windows 7 Professional (to Antony: free) through MSDNAA back in September. The RC has been running pretty well, though, so I'm going to wait until winter break in December to make a full backup of my laptop, then do a clean install instead of an upgrade.
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Postby beanboy89 » Thu 22 Oct, 2009 3:49 pm

It's also worth noting that Windows Server 2008 R2, which is based upon Windows 7, was released today.
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Postby richard mitnick » Fri 23 Oct, 2009 6:29 pm

When you guys talk about buying an OEM copy, does that mean you are buying it w/o a new computer?

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Postby iJohnE » Fri 23 Oct, 2009 9:01 pm

It's a copy of windows designed for people who build custom systems and sell them. It's a copy of windows that is locked to the first computer it's installed on.
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Postby richard mitnick » Fri 23 Oct, 2009 9:30 pm

Thanks, John.

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Postby iJohnE » Fri 23 Oct, 2009 9:36 pm

Welcome. I'd buy one, but it's cheaper for me to buy retail, as I get three licenses, which I need because I am installing on three systems.
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Postby Antony » Fri 23 Oct, 2009 10:09 pm

In reality, there are some retailers selling OEM version of Windows at a much cheaper price than the retail package. Some retailers will bundle with a piece of hardware (as the agreement required), some might just let go.

OEM version usually just come with a DVD and a printed booklet.
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Postby Antony » Sat 24 Oct, 2009 5:30 pm

According to Apple Support Article HT3920, Apple will officially support Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate) under Boot Camp later this year. Which will be a software update to Boot Camp.

However, some earlier models will not be supported for using Windows 7 with Boot Camp:
iMac (17-inch, Early 2006)
iMac (17-inch, Late 2006)
iMac (20-inch, Early 2006)
iMac (20-inch, Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2006)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2006)
Mac Pro (Mid 2006, Intel Xeon Dual-core 2.66GHz or 3GHz)

Although the 'official' support is not yet available, there are reports of users running Windows 7 successfully under Boot Camp on an Intel-based Mac!
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Postby iJohnE » Thu 29 Oct, 2009 6:28 pm

For student and Faculty members interesting in getting Windows 7 Ultimate:

99$ for the upgrade.

http://www.academicsuperstore.com/produ ... /Windows+7
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Postby Antony » Thu 29 Oct, 2009 9:34 pm

Sounds like a good deal.

You can get a better deal if you are (or your faculty is) with Microsoft's MSDN and you can get legit copy of Windows 7 Professional for free.
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Postby James » Thu 29 Oct, 2009 11:16 pm

Antony wrote:Sounds like a good deal.

You can get a better deal if you are (or your faculty is) with Microsoft's MSDN and you can get legit copy of Windows 7 Professional for free.


Hey, Antony... my wife and I are getting a "better deal". Lin's son works for Microsoft and on Thanksgiving he's loading up three copies of Windows 7: her desktop, mine and her lap top... for free. Can't beat that. :)
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