London, June 26: Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, has announced pricing for Windows 7, the long awaited replacement for the much disliked Windows Vista operating system.
Starting Friday consumers can pre-order Windows 7 for the next two weeks at discounts of more than 50 percent, while buyers of new computers running Windows Vista will be entitled to a free upgrade once the new operating system is released.
Windows 7 prices will be some 10 percent lower than prices for Windows Vista, with an upgrade packages for Windows 7 Home Premium costing $US119, $US199.99 for Windows 7 Professional, $US219.99 for Windows 7 Professional, and $US319.99 for Windows 7 Ultimate.
The much anticipated release will be available on October 22, with Brad Brooks, corporate vice president, Windows consumer marketing at Microsoft claiming, “there is a lot of excitement for Windows 7 in the marketplace today”.
At its release Windows 7 will be available in English, Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Chinese (Hong Kong).
On October 31, a further 21 languages will become available: Turkish, Czech, Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, Ukrainian, Romanian, Arabic, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Slovenian, Hebrew, Thai, Croatian, Serbian Latin and Latvian.
–Agencies–