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Microsoft to charge Europeans double for Windows 7
Computerworld - European customers will pay up to twice as much for Windows 7 compared to U.S. users, even though the new operating system will ship without a browser in Europe, according to Microsoft. When the company launches Windows 7 on Oct. 22, it will price Windows 7 Home Premium, likely ...
Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium
blogs.zdnet.com — Every time the subject of OS licensing comes up, Apple's defenders point to the OS X Family... Pack as one of the biggest differentiators between their favorite OS and Windows. But it looks like that difference is likely to go away when Windows 7 is ... (more) Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium
Check out the New Windows 7 Packaging
Check out the New Windows 7 Packaging
windowsteamblog.com — Simple, Clean and Easy To Open… We approached the packaging for Windows 7 the same way we... approached the product – by listening to what our customers told us they wanted: make it a simple clean design, easy to open, and reduce waste.  ... (more) Check out the New Windows 7 Packaging
Confirmed: Windows 7 set to RTM on July 13
neowin.net — Earlier today the guys over at GeekSmack.net "confirmed" that Windows 7 was set to RTM (release to... manufacturing) on July 13, which also coincides with Wzor's unconfirmed rumor last month . A few minutes ago sources close to the company, who wish to ... (more) Confirmed: Windows 7 set to RTM on July 13
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Windows 7 much more expensive in EU
DV Hardware — ... ComputerWorld reports Microsoft will charge Europeans up to 100 percent more than in the U.S. for its upcoming Windows 7 operating system. Europeans pay about 41 percent more for the Home Premium edition, 91 percent more for Ultimate, and about double as much for the Professional edition: ...

Taking a beating with Windows 7 pricing
Computerworld Blogs - Hardware — When you buy a PC what do you think the single most expensive part? Is it the CPU? Nope. The hard drive? No way. It's long been Windows, and, with the coming of Windows 7 on netbooks and lower-priced PCs, Windows may not only be the priciest part, it may cost you more than everything else in the PC combined. Now, that's real value for your money! Windows 7 Starter Edition is expected to cost netbook vendors $50. That's not much, but it's a good deal more than the $15, and less, it currently costs them to put Windows XP Home on their machines. Adding insult to injury, Microsoft has decided that Starter Edition can only go on a netbooks with a 10.2-in. Or smaller screen , with no ...

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