Yes, the special pre-order pricing Microsoft made available through Amazon, Best Buy, Office Depot and a few other major retailers ended July 11th. But there are still ways to get Microsoft software at up to 75% ! Academic Superstore offers special prices for students and teachers. You may not be in school or a teacher, but if you have school age children K-12, or college students, you may still have access to these special prices. If you do not have children and are not a student, then your best bet is still Amazon, pre-order today, and you’ll be charged on Oct 22, when the software is released. If the price goes down anytime between now and then – you’ll get the lowest price. It works, I pre-ordered the blu-ray or “The Watchmen” about two months ago, and I got it for $4.50 less than it’s list price when I ordered it, and cheaper than it sells for now, because the price dipped sometime between my pre-order and the day it shipped. So I got the blu-ray for less than the DVD costs today.
Scour the web and drive all over town, or you can visit this site and find the lowest price on the New Window 7 Operating System. The bottom line is this
Until July 11th, 2009 selected merchants are offering pre-order prices on Windows 7 of up to 58% off. My recommendation is Amazon for several reasons.
- No sales tax – that’s a 6-8.5% savings right there.
- If for any reason the price goes down between the time you pre-order and they actually ship your Windows 7, they will charge you the lowest price guaranteed and automatically. I’ve pre-ordered many items with them before, and they always credit my account to the lowest price.
- If you are an Amazon Prime member, you get free 2-day shipping.
Costco has slashed their price by $5, that means that a $99.99 upgrade costs $95 at Costco. If you figure in the cost of gas, sales tax and time – I would still order through Amazon, but if you are one of those people who prefer going to a bricks and mortar building – Costco is the choice for you. Costco Has Discontinued this offer.
If you are not an early adopter and would like to wait a while but still want to save on Windows 7, no worries, buy Vista. Microsoft will upgrade you to Windows 7 for $9.99, for more details check out Window 7 Upgrade Offers on Amazon. Best Buy is offering the same upgrade offer, and I expect most merchants with pre-orders will soon follow suit.
The lowest price on Windows 7 expires tommorrow July 11th. This is your last chance to save over 50%
on the latest Windows OS. If you buy on Amazon (my preference) you get a low price guarantee, which means if the price goes down between the day you order and the day your copy of Windows 7 ships (release date is 22 Oct), you will automatically be charged the lowest price. They won’t charge you until the package ships, which means if you order today – you won’t actually be charged until October.
Besides finding your the lowest price windows 7, I would like to talk about what is important to me in an operating system. Microsoft keeps adding neat little frills, such as jumplists in windows 7. Jump lists are supposed to make finding your files quickly and easily. Now has anyone been clamoring about lost files? Is the current file system so complicated??
How about giving us virus protection? Linux and Macs do not have the virus issue Windows does, its pretty much a Windows problem, so why don’t they build in a solution? Why do I have to buy a third party solution. The security of my files I think should be a priority to Microsoft. Albeit MS security gets a little better with each OS, but I would like to see MS really tighten it down and offer automatic ant-virus and anti-spyware updates with their OS, I see that as standing behind your product.
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Windows Vista Home Premium -> Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows Vista Business -> Windows 7 Professional
Windows Vista Ultimate -> Windows 7 Ultimate