Microsoft unveils local Windows 7 pricing, upgrade program

From today customers can take advantage of Microsoft's Windows 7 upgrade offer

Microsoft Australia today released details of the Windows 7 upgrade program and its anticipated prices for Windows 7, for when it hits shelves on October 22.

Beginning today, the "Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program," lets customers who purchase a new Windows Vista PC between now and January 31 2010, upgrade to Windows 7 “for little or no cost.”

Buying a PC with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate from a participating retailer will get an upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate, when Microsoft ships the new OS.

Vice president for Windows consumer marketing, Brad Brooks, said on Microsoft’s Web site: "The Windows upgrade option for Windows 7 is something that we're bringing back from the Windows Vista era," in reference to the company’s 2006 offer to keep Windows XP sales going.

Windows 7 upgrade pricing:

  • Home Premium: $199

  • Professional: $399

  • Ultimate: $429 (Vista costs $399)

Windows 7 pricing:

  • Home Premium: $299

  • Professional: $449

  • Ultimate: $429

PC manufacturer Hewlett-Packard announced today that it will provide the Windows 7 upgrade to eligible customers free of charge.

Other PC manufacturers, including Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba, are listed on Microsoft's upgrade Web site with laptops available that qualify for a free or discounted Windows 7 upgrade.

Microsoft are also touting the Windows 7 upgrade offer in combination with the federal government’s Education Tax Refund (ETR), which allows eligible parents of school children to claim up to 50 percent back on education expenses, including PCs.

The upgrade offer can be redeemed up until the end of February 2010.

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Daryl Williams

Wed 24/02/2010 - 20:08

My Wife and I purchased a samsung notebook R519 from JB Hifi in Fyswich, ACT Austalia 12th November 2009. They were promoting the laptop saying you will get a free windows 7 upgrade from samsung and this is why we choose to buy the notebooks. I registered both notebooks with samsung and was refered to a form to apply for the windows 7 upgrade which is located in Korea. The form asks for your notebooks serial number and yet it doesn't allow you to enter a serial number. When you fill in the other details, it rejects your application because you can't enter the serial number. I rang Samsung and they said the upgrade is through Microsoft. The microsoft.au windows 7 upgrade page has logos of computer manufacturers. I clicked the samsung link and it takes me to the samsung windows 7 upgrade page. So the windows 7 upgrade cycle starts again. What a joke. This means we were decieved by JB Hifi, Samsung and Microsoft. What a joke.

It doesn't stop there, I am also a University of Canberra ACT Australia student. Microsoft offered a student promotional sale, where Australian university students can buy windows 7 at a reduced cost (this is for my pc). Nada, zip nothing.

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