On July 31,
Windows 7 Serial, Microsoft went public with two key pieces of Windows 7 pricing specifics it had been holding back again: The cost of its Family Pack and Whenever Upgrade licenses.My blogging colleague Ed Bott has all the gory details on each, so I won;t try to repeat all of the specifics right here. (The Cliff Notes version: Family members Pack is $150 for three PCs. Whenever Upgrades are roughly the exact same price because they were with Vista — with the notable exception of the upgrade to Windows seven Ultimate.) What I will repeat,
Office Professional Plus 2010 Key, however,
Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2010, are a couple of gotchas that are part of Bott;s post.Bott said:“Overall,
Office 2007, I think Microsoft has blown a couple of excellent opportunities with today’s announcements. The Family Pack offer is an excellent deal and reflects today’s consumer landscape: people have multiple PCs in their households. So why make this a limited-quantity offer? The Family members Pack should be a permanent addition to the Windows consumer lineup.”Regarding the At any time Upgrades — via which users can move up to a more feature-rich, pricier version of Windows 7 after they bought an intial license — Bott also had some critical words regarding Microsoft;s new listings:“The upgrade prices from consumer (Windows 7) editions are reasonable; the prices for Ultimate edition are not.”(Neowin notes things are even worse if you;re in the European Union/UK,
Microsoft Office Pro 2010, where Microsoft;s announced At any time Upgrade prices are double what they are for the U.S. users.)TechNet and MSDN users are on tap to get the official final Windows 7 bits next week. I;d think Microsoft must be close to done trickling out its Windows 7 news. But it;s still a long way until October 22….