Windows 7 Home Premium E *Preorder*[£53.56(VAT+deliver incl.)@Amazon]

Ruu_Old

Sorry if posted already. Link here.

Windows 7 Pre-Order offer starts at 00:00 BST on 15 July 2009 and ends at 23:59 BST on 9 August. Offer is subject to promotional stock availability and may be changed or withdrawn without notice by Amazon.co.uk.

Ebuyer have Home Premium also, for £69.98

heebusjeebus

Do amazon have restrictions on Software as they do for hardware?
If not then I'm getting this!

Good find Ruu.

duffman85

just ordered my copy there. It was a total of £53.56 inc Postage & Packaging and VAT.

Karoma

heebusjeebus wrote: »

Do amazon have restrictions on Software as they do for hardware?
If not then I'm getting this!

Good find Ruu.

No, and they ship most hardware these days.

alanucc

Does this package contain the 64bit version, or do you use the product key and download it from microsoft?

cahirhennessy

alanucc wrote: »

Does this package contain the 64bit version, or do you use the product key and download it from microsoft?

To the best of my knowledge it contains both 32 and 64 bit versions.

I bought 2 copies from Amazon. I'll probably sell one and hopefully cover the cost of my total outlay.

Mr E

Thats a great deal. Anyone know if MS are really strict on activation for W7?
Could I install it on my desktop and laptop without penalty?

grizzly

Showing out of stock now, the offer runs until August 8th, so they'll probably restock before then.

coldfire1x

Missed that

Good find Ruu. Hope they will be back in stock soon.

Do-more

duffman85 wrote: »

just ordered my copy there. It was a total of £53.56 inc Postage & Packaging and VAT.

Play.com have it for £49.99 inc. delivery.

heebusjeebus

I've checked Komplett and Dabs and neither have Win 7 for pre-sale yet.

Basq

Do-more wrote: »

Play.com have it for £49.99 inc. delivery.

It's €64.99 (with their exchange rate), and they won't ship it over here.

Do-more

basquille wrote: »

It's €64.99 (with their exchange rate), and they won't ship it over here.

My bad.

darc

This was promotional deal until last Saturday in the US. Obviously different dates for UK.



Microsoft's program for preordering Windows 7 at a discount is proving quite popular, at least at Amazon.com.

The program, which kicked off on Friday, allows people to order an upgrade version of Windows 7 Home Premium for $49, more than half off its $119 suggested price, or Windows 7 Professional for $99, half of its suggested price.

Both options run only until July 11 and are also limited in terms of the number of copies Microsoft will sell at those prices, though the software maker won't clarify what the limits are. (Users will get their copy of the operating system after it is made broadly available on October 22.)

The two offers have proven exceptionally popular on Amazon. The Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade package vaulted to No. 1, not just in Amazon's software store, but among all electronics products on the site. Meanwhile, the Windows 7 Professional upgrade was No. 2 among software products. Amazon also has a lot of Windows 7 info on its site, as well as a paid delivery option that guarantees that the product will arrive on October 22.

I'm checking into how the preorder program is doing at other stores. It is also being offered at the brick-and-mortar and/or online outlets Best Buy, Costco, Newegg, Office Depot, Office Max, Sam's Club, Staples, Tiger Direct, Wal-Mart, as well as at a few regional spots, such as Fry's Electronics and Nebraska Furniture Mart.

Best Buy, for its part, said preorders of Windows 7 immediately took off on Friday--faster than with previous preorder programs. Overall, though, it said sales are in line with its projections.

Microsoft is also running similar programs in a few other countries. Reports from Engadget and elsewhere suggest that the program is already sold out in Japan. A Microsoft representative was not immediately able to confirm this.

Also kicking off this past weekend was a separate program in which those who buy certain PCs with Windows Vista can get a free (or nearly free) copy of Windows 7, once the new operating system is available.

podge3

Looks like its available again now for pre-order?

Total price about £53.

Thanks OP

Psygnosis

Just bought it from Amazon Thanks lads

grizzly

I got it through play.com (€64.99, free shipping), had to use a UK address.

the groutch

if it's being released in late october, will we see it replacing vista as the pre-installed system on laptops straight away?

death1234567

the groutch wrote: »

if it's being released in late october, will we see it replacing vista as the pre-installed system on laptops straight away?

I'd say so, they'll want it in for the XMAS market.

heebusjeebus

the groutch wrote: »

if it's being released in late october, will we see it replacing vista as the pre-installed system on laptops straight away?

If you buy a new system/laptop now you'll get a free or nearly free upgrade to Win 7 in October.

I've the Win 7 RC on a netbook and it runs just as fast as xp. Wouldnt dream of putting Vista on it.

the groutch

death1234567 wrote: »

I'd say so, they'll want it in for the XMAS market.

sounds good, I have my birthday very close to crimbo, so may well be getting a laptop then

heebusjeebus wrote: »

Wouldnt dream of putting Vista on it.

that's why I've held back on buying one

dubmick

If you pre-order on Amazon does the money come off your card straight away?

Kotek Besar

I ordered three. Keep 1, sell 2.

kendragon

Wouldn't let me pre-order it. Gave some weird message about it no longer being available from that seller even though I'm using amazon's own button.

Ah well.. I doubt its the last pre-order offer we'll see for it. From what I hear Microsoft is going to have to push this hard to make up for the disaster that vista was.



EDIT: Well that explains it.. people are ordering it in bulk

dubmick

many a good bargain alert has been ruined by greedy people

Kotek Besar

kendragon wrote: »

EDIT: Well that explains it.. people are ordering it in bulk

You can't order in bulk - Amazon have limited it to three units per person.

nowuckenfurries

Cheers Ruu Another good spot!! Have ordered A copy for myself

madhatter76

This offer seems to apply only for the upgrade version.

Anyone got an idea if this will later work on a new build system without the needs to install first a xp or search for my old XP CD?

If Its like Vista then it wont.

dave13

it will. Its the special EU E edition so its a full install. Upgrade version is not available.

the groutch

professional version still available

Kotek Besar

madhatter76 wrote: »

This offer seems to apply only for the upgrade version.

I don't think it's the upgrade version - doesn't say it is anyway. I would hope it's the full version!

Showing out of stock on Amazon and Ebuyer.

Staples, Comet, PC World and Play.com still have it available.

the groutch

benifa wrote: »

Staples, Comet, PC World and Play.com still have it available.

all of these are uk delivery only

kendragon

dubmick wrote: »

many a good bargain alert has been ruined by greedy people

Hopefully amazon will make more available. It says 'Windows 7 Pre-Order offer starts at 00:00 BST on 15 July 2009 and ends at 23:59 BST on 9 August.' underneath so the demand must have been extreme. They may supplement a quota per day.

Kotek Besar

the groutch wrote: »

all of these are uk delivery only

Ah, but free UK delivery though. I'm getting mine from Amazon delivered free to someone in the UK, and have them forward it on.

savemejebus

grizzly wrote: »

I got it through play.com (€64.99, free shipping), had to use a UK address.

If you were getting it to a UK address why did you pay in Euros?
Are you aware that play rip you off with their version of the exchange rate.

the groutch

how much do we reckon we could sell these for on ebay when it comes out?
£70? £80?

btw, professional out of stock now too

The_Conductor

If it pops up again- could someone please PM me- I'm going to need to get two copies, and £50 is a good price point. If it were more expensive- I guess Ubuntu would be my next port of call.........

savemejebus

the groutch wrote: »

how much do we reckon we could sell these for on ebay when it comes out?
£70? £80?

I reckon that wouldn't be discussed as something like that would be against the ethos of bargain alerts.

The_Conductor

the groutch wrote: »

how much do we reckon we could sell these for on ebay when it comes out?
£70? £80?

btw, professional out of stock now too

The E version has geographic restrictions associated with it- aka you may not be able to activate it in the US etc. This limits its appeal to the EU market. Also- despite it being an upgrade version- it insists on wiping your hard-drive when installing (check it out)- which will limit its appeal to anyone other than a techie. Any home user buying a PC from now on gets a free upgrade voucher anyhow.

The resale market on this may not be what you're imagining.......

Kotek Besar

smccarrick wrote: »

Also- despite it being an upgrade version-

Where does it say it's an upgrade version, rather than full retail?

Niska

From the official Microsoft announcment:

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

Anvika may ship to Ireland, and have it in stock (never used 'em):

http://www.anvika.com/windows7preorder/

Kotek Besar

Niska wrote: »

From the official Microsoft announcment:

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

Still can't see where it says it's the upgrade version only..

the groutch

Niska wrote: »

Anvika may ship to Ireland, and have it in stock (never used 'em):

http://www.anvika.com/windows7preorder/

they do ship to Eire, but only accept bank transfer as payment, seems a bit dodgy

mgadget

On offer in the EU is the FULL version of Windows 7, not an upgrade but this full version does not include the web browser Internet Explorer.

My understanding is that we are getting a better deal for once on this side of the pond. What should be on offer is a full standalone version of Win7, due in part to the EU requirement that the Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser be no longer bundled with the operating system.

Some caveats as per smccarrick's post above. Link to the Windows 7E FAQ.

Basq

mgadget wrote: »

On offer in the EU is the FULL version of Windows 7, not an upgrade but this full version does not include the web browser Internet Explorer.

My understanding is that we are getting a better deal for once on this side of the pond. What should be on offer is a full standalone version of Win7, due in part to the EU requirement that the Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser be no longer bundled with the operating system.

Devastated....! :rolleyes:

Kotek Besar

mgadget wrote: »

On offer in the EU is the FULL version of Windows 7, not an upgrade but this full version does not include the web browser Internet Explorer.

My understanding is that we are getting a better deal for once on this side of the pond. What should be on offer is a full standalone version of Win7, due in part to the EU requirement that the Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser be no longer bundled with the operating system.

I agree, we are getting a better deal. I think I've also read that the "E" edition in the EU is to come only as a "full" retail version (no "upgrade" versions).

Not having IE preinstalled is perfectly fine with me. Better in fact.

Kotek Besar

Does anyone know why .ie retailers seem not to be offering it yet?

kendragon

Make sure to put your browser of choice installation files onto a disk or memory stick before you install it.

borug

Amazon.co.uk well ship to ireland by air mail
i just ordered it every thing went ok

the groutch

borug wrote: »

Amazon.co.uk well ship to ireland by air mail

REALLY??? :rolleyes:



btw, back available again, but now £44.97, and under their price guarantee everyoen has to get it at this price

Kotek Besar

borug wrote: »

i just ordered it every thing went ok

Yup, it's available to purchase at Amazon UK again.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Windows-Home-Premium-PC/dp/B002DUCMT2/