Windows 7 Lineup Offers Clear Choice for Consumers and Businesses

NICK ADSL UK · Feb 3, 2009

Windows 7 Lineup Offers Clear Choice for Consumers and Businesses

Windows 7 Lineup Offers Clear Choice for Consumers and Businesses
Q&A: Windows General Manager Mike Ybarra discusses how Windows 7 editions are being designed to make buying simple, while serving the needs of more than 1 billion customers worldwide.
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REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 3, 2009 — Last month Microsoft delivered the beta version of Windows 7 for public testing. Today the company announced its plans for Windows 7 SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) strategy, explaining that Microsoft expects that a majority of customers will be best served by two primary editions of Windows 7: Windows 7 Home Premium for consumers, and Windows 7 Professional for businesses.

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http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/feb09/02-03Win7SKU-QA.mspx

sikvik · Feb 3, 2009

This is a good read aswell
http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_skus.asp

Cheers... :wave

QBERT · Jun 15, 2009

I am a PC tech at staples just got word the release date is gonna be October 22 2009... Just thought I would share the news.

DOA · Jun 18, 2009

Not to be confused with
"Offers a Clear Solution for Consumers and Business".

From my beta testing of Windows 7 power users will be learning a LOT MORE to do the same things they did in XP. Simple things like :
the date of last hard disk defrag (time someone finding this that has never done it in Vista);
user permissions and groups (if sorting your music is easier than sorting your users there is something wrong);
file sharing (related to users and permissions, but why does Windows Media Player ignore my permissions and share on its own?).
View settings in Explorer cannot be locked, one accidental click changes them.
These and many more are still obtuse.
Each of these still need to be in one window with hierarchical menus in a logical fashion. Instead they require multiple windows and a bit of research to configure successfully.
At least the casual users will have a better "user experience".

NICK ADSL UK · Jul 14, 2009

The Windows 7 Beta and RC versions have been very well received by consumers and media alike, and both have been downloaded by millions of people worldwide. To pre-order a discounted copy of the final version of Windows 7 you need to contact our selected retail partners listed below or go

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx

Finally, a quick reminder for our UK customers: if you are replacing an older version of Windows with Windows 7 once it arrives on 22 October, a clean install of the operating system and the installation of an internet browser will be required. For more information on how to do this go

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx

Partner list:

Retailer Link
Microsoft Store http://emea.microsoftstore.com/UK/Microsoft/Windows/Windows-Vista/Windows-7-Preview

Amazon.co.uk http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&rh=i:aps,k:B002DUCMT2|B002DUCMTC|B001XCWGII

Comet http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/advice/758/Windows-7

Currys www.currys.co.uk/preorder

Ebuyer.com TBC
Play.com http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/3-/379971/2-/Promo.html

Littlewoods TBC
Micro Anvika www.anvika.com/windows7preorder

PCWorld www.pcworld.co.uk/preorder

Staples http://www.staples.co.uk/ENG/static...me=Microsoft_Windows_7&ns_fees=0&sec_type=ext

Argos www.argos.co.uk

John Lewis http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk/

Tesco http://direct.tesco.com/p/inc/specials/windows7/

Dixons www.dixons.co.uk/preorder

natedigity · Oct 17, 2009

I got 7 ultimate, pro 32 and 64-bit for free from school. I set up a partition to check it out. now it's installed as main os. i recommend it to anyone.

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