MS announced the Windows 7 pricing for the USA market:
| Home Premium | Professional | Ultimate | |
| Full | $199.99 | $300 | $320 |
| Upgrade | $119.99 | $200 | $220 |
Remember that European customers will get a version of Windows 7 with no IE in it? That means we can’t do an upgrade so there won’t be an upgrade edition. MS are promising us Full installation media at upgrade prices. I’ve got to think they will check for a pre-existing license some how.
European prices? I’ve no idea. I guess the price will be similar to above but will swap the $ for a €. That’s what they did with Vista with the reason being “exchange rates”. It made no sense to us because the price was way higher for us, e.g. back then €1 = $1.25. Now it’s bouncing around €1=$1.35. Hopefully they won’t make that mistake again. I’ve read the prices are around 10% less than the original Vista pricing. That’s good.
PC’s bought from June 26th get a free upgrade. There’s also an early adopter price for upgrades. That looks to be around half price and start on June 15th.
Well naturally prices in Europe will be higher than in the US. That is the end result of all these staggering fines and legal actions brought by the EU against MS. Ultimately, the consumer pays.
~tb