Windows 7 OEM Prices Revealed

[PeterStoba]

Prices of OEM copies of the upcoming operating system have been published in the USA.

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[Jeddy]

Wow, OEM is looking very tempting given the fact that I dont see the difference between OEM and Retail with my copy of XP.

Though windows 7 might be a different story.

Now to decide which is more deserving, my main pc or netbook...

 

[VonBlade]

But retail can only be installed on a single PC anyway??

Else I'll rush out right now and pre-order Win7 64 for my and MrsVBs PCs.

 

[PeterStoba]

But retail can only be installed on a single PC anyway??

Else I'll rush out right now and pre-order Win7 64 for my and MrsVBs PCs.

Retail allows for reinstalls on different hardware.

 

[steve30x]

I,m buying OEM home premium.

 

[VonBlade]

Yeah that's what I thought. Damn cheeky that I need to buy two copies of a hideously expensive OS just to run them legally on two PCs in the same house that are three feet apart.

 

[lasher]

Suggesting there is a way to bypass windows licencing ( whatever individuals views are ) OC3D forums is not such a place.

Views on windows policy may be discussed but ways to circumvent them can't.

A seperate thread and a new server to handle the slagging of microsoft may or may not recieve may be a better place to air views.

There's also some more info regards the family pack offering three licences to be found here

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/08/24/update-on-windows-7-in-europe.aspx

User of win7 RC ( soon to be signature edition64 ), Vista home premium64, Win XP and Ubuntu ( hardy heron )

 

[VonBlade]

Huh. I didn't? Or did we have a subtle thread clean?

 

[lasher]

No fear von wasn't aimed at you.

will be interesting to see the pricing on the family pack ( 3 license ) version. Does say on Microsoft that it will be available for a limited time only for some reason though?

 

[VonBlade]

US prices, as best as I can find, are $99 for Home and $160 for a 3 license Home.

Hmmm. Kinda cheap, but not. I imagine that the Pro and Ultimate version will be arse-clenchingly expensive. Although they are already.

 

[Rastalovich]

U could also buy their Vista OEM with free Win7 upgrade for around the same prices.

Way I figure, u *could* oem 2 machines from that

 

[painejake]

In all honesty i think i'll be buying the retail copy. Don't fancy buying multiple copies of Win 7 for the different PC's