Windows 7 OEM Pricing - Anybody know of anything official?

[damunzy]

I have seen different sites speculating about the OEM pricing of Windows 7 but I haven't seen any (American) sites stating official prices. I know that there is a 3 pack Windows 7 Home Professional upgrade for about $150, which isn't a bad deal, but I am wondering about official OEM software for small OEM shops.

tl;dr: W7 OEM official pricing?

 

[ainwood]

I haven't seen anything, but I have seen a resurgence of people trying to flog windows SP3, and vista with reduced windows 7 upgrades.

I like it as an OS (if they would just move the "show desktop" button back the to teh LHS).

 

[Zelig]

I like it as an OS (if they would just move the "show desktop" button back the to teh LHS).

You can do that.

 

[ainwood]

You can do that.

Yes, and I could do all sorts of other customisations as well. But its hardly the point is it? I would like the most useful features to have in-built settings, rather than have to do frigs like that one.

 

[IamJohn]

Just hit the windows button + D, it's faster then looking for the button on the taskbar anyway.

 

[damunzy]

Yes, and I could do all sorts of other customisations as well. But its hardly the point is it? I would like the most useful features to have in-built settings, rather than have to do frigs like that one.

I used to feel that way about it but now I am used to going to the extreme right and bottom- just jamming the cursor all the way down there. I don't have to worry about accidentally relaunching Firefox (which doesn't happen in Windows 7 since it docks the application with the shortcut- I like!) or any other program.

 

[damunzy]

I haven't seen anything, but I have seen a resurgence of people trying to flog windows SP3, and vista with reduced windows 7 upgrades.

Flog?

I like it as an OS (if they would just move the "show desktop" button back the to teh LHS).

I am loving it so far. I hated Vista with a passion but I feel like a W2K fan boi all over again with 7...well, the name could have been better cause Google searches suck- Windows 7 picks up all kinds of previous Windows crap. Maybe I need to double quote it: "Windows 7".

Edit: The double quoting seems to work great: "Windows 7"

 

[Genocidicbunny]

I used to feel that way about it but now I am used to going to the extreme right and bottom- just jamming the cursor all the way down there. I don't have to worry about accidentally relaunching Firefox (which doesn't happen in Windows 7 since it docks the application with the shortcut- I like!) or any other program.

For folding at home, I have to have my desktop extended to a nonexistant monitor, so therefore, I cant just stick my mouse button in the bottom right corner, it ends up going offscreen. Generally, desktops extend to the right, so a button like this would have made more sense in the bottom left corner

 

[ainwood]

Flog?

A New Zealandism, apparently.

1. flog

A brilliant multi-purpose word:

1. (verb) to sell something. Generally the price is low or the goods are dodgy.

But anyway - I do like Windows 7. Very stable, seems a lot faster than XP, even (although I am sure that I am actually comparing a weighed-down tired install of XP with a fresh install of Windows 7.)

I have never actually used Vista. But my work is apparently migrating to Vista soon. :snicker:

 

[J-man]

I have never actually used Vista. But my work is apparently migrating to Vista soon. :snicker:

Why not directly to 7

I guess we in Europe have to pay a lot more then the Americans. Happened before with Microsoft.

Btw, upgrading from Vista to 7 with medium hardware (32 bit OS, 2g RAM, 2.4 GHz QUAD) and as a 'super user' (650 GB and 40 installed aps) is going to take a bit less the 21 hours

Edit: sourece: http://blogs.technet.com/chris_hernandez/archive/2009/09/02/windows-7-upgrade-performance.aspx

 

[ainwood]

Why not directly to 7

Becauce we've got quite a lot of internal applications (database, customised software etc) that we've tested or modified to work on vista. They haven't tested them on windows 7, so are reluctant. I expect we'll move to windows 7 fairly quickly though.

 

[J-man]

Still, seems kinda weird to upgrade to Vista when 7 is (almost) around and then quickly move to windows 7...

 

[ainwood]

Still, seems kinda weird to upgrade to Vista when 7 is (almost) around and then quickly move to windows 7...

I didn't say I agree with it!

 

[GravityWave]

I guess we in Europe have to pay a lot more then the Americans. Happened before with Microsoft.

It's a rip off, unless you bought it from England when it was on offer for half price - I did . I only wish I had had more dosh so I could of got hundreds of copies and made a mint by flogging them at full price come October .

P.S. we use flog in England as well.

 

[IamJohn]

For those with .edu email addresses you can get win7 for $30 from MS

http://www.win741.com/

 

[GravityWave]

And members of the Microsoft Academic Alliance have already received their copies of Win7 .