Windows 7 Home £50

[MBK]

Just seen that Windows 7 Home has been released and is available for £50 thats a good price for an OS in my opinion.

K

 

[HughJarse]

Thats the pre release price - it will go up after.
Not a bad price though. The pros £90.

 

[Baron_Samedi]

£90 for pro is still good mind.... compare that to Vista 64 ultimate... for which I paid about £200!

 

[Dryce]

Just seen that Windows 7 Home has been released and is available for £50 thats a good price for an OS in my opinion.

But what if it's an upgrade? Is it worth £50 squid more than what you have on your PC.

Looks like a neat marketing scam. Times are hard and MS figures it can stiff the gullible for money now. And generate some associated sales buzz by controlling stock levels such that they can artificially sell out of something that they can't actually deliver.Of course the fact that features and minimum system spec can change between now and October doesn't necessarily imply that features won't be added and that spec will be more conservative.

There was a MS guy punting it on an online video. The only feature I could see that was worth anything was XP mode. Sad. Pay £50 to pre-order XP. Why don't they just sell you XP for £50 now.

 

[davidjpowell]

I doubt it is an Upgrade. I think that Microsoft has said that they will not do upgrade in Europe as EU is making them not include an Internet Browswer.

 

[MBK]

Its not an upgrade, Microsoft say you must complete delete the previous OS before installing. so £50 is awesome value and the Professional is £100. and yes this is for the limited pre order.

K

 

[HughJarse]

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[wallingd]

Windows 7 requires clean-install only.

 

[Dryce]

Its not an upgrade, Microsoft say you must complete delete the previous OS before installing. so £50 is awesome value and the Professional is £100. and yes this is for the limited pre order.

How is £50 awesome value for something that may bring you *no tangible benefit*.

What does it do that is *tangibly* better on a given system that any other OS you might already have will do without you spending that £50?

Seriously.

 

[Koolvin]

I managed to place my pre-order yesterday. I have been beta testing this OS at work - At home the latest release works flawlessly for on Media Centre PC

http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=7F8F93F4-1A64-67EA-E4380DD0B8B094B6

 

[MBK]

How is £50 awesome value for something that may bring you *no tangible benefit*.

What does it do that is *tangibly* better on a given system that any other OS you might already have will do without you spending that £50?

Seriously.

1> £50 for W7 Home is cheaper than £169.99 for Vista Home basic

2> With W7 you dont have to fork out for a new PC because the minimum system requirements are so high.

This is just my opinion im not saying "you should go out and buy this right now" all im saying is to "me" this is an awesome price compared to what else is on the market. I currently run XP and ubuntu (tried Vista but it was too power hungry). And i've been using the Beta for Windows 7 on a laptop and it has been as stable as XP.

K

 

[MikeL]

Amazon £45.00

As the title says and of course free shipping.

Been running RC for a number of weeks now (64 bit) only problem has been with Nero 7 Vision, but no real surprise there!

Mike

 

[MikeL]

How is £50 awesome value for something that may bring you *no tangible benefit*.

What does it do that is *tangibly* better on a given system that any other OS you might already have will do without you spending that £50?

Seriously.

Well tests have been run and Windows 7 opens Word, Excel, PDFs quicker, Installs faster, transfers large files quicker, compresses and de-compresses faster and network transfers faster.

I would call that worthwhile?

Mike

 

[WLeg]

Will Microsoft Release Windows 7 Family Deal For Europe? - ITProPortal.com

Might be worth waiting for........

 

[Dryce]

Well tests have been run and Windows 7 opens Word, Excel, PDFs quicker, Installs faster, transfers large files quicker, compresses and de-compresses faster and network transfers faster.

I would call that worthwhile?

Times?

I've seen a report by Microsoft shill Ziff Davis and they don't report times just placings.

 

[HughJarse]

Times?

I've seen a report by Microsoft shill Ziff Davis and they don't report times just placings.

Forgive me if I'm wrong here, but "times" weren't mentioned.
Surely places gives an indication of which is quicker.

 

[crockers]

Is Pro worth the extra over Home?

And if it comes on a dvd - can it be put on more than one machine?

 

[HughJarse]

Is Pro worth the extra over Home?

And if it comes on a dvd - can it be put on more than one machine?

Depends - Id say yes

It does this more

Run many existing Windows XP productivity applications in Windows 7.²
• Connect to company networks easily and more securely with Domain Join.
• Recover your data easily with automatic back-up to your home or business network.
•




And no to second question as it checks online.

 

[crockers]

Depends - Id say yes

It does this more

Run many existing Windows XP productivity applications in Windows 7.²
• Connect to company networks easily and more securely with Domain Join.
• Recover your data easily with automatic back-up to your home or business network.
•




And no to second question as it checks online.

Sorry to show my lack of knowledge -- but how does it do this?

 

[Dryce]

Forgive me if I'm wrong here, but "times" weren't mentioned.

It's an odd way of reporting.

So you have a dozen tests? OS A is a fraction of a second behind in 11 of them and OS B is a disaster on the 12th. Reality is OS B is a disaster but comes first overall? So which is tangibly quicker?

Surely places gives an indication of which is quicker.

Not unless they're qualified with some underlying times.