Microsoft Announces Windows 8 Preorder Availability
Two weeks before the official launch of the new operating system, Microsoft today announced the pre-order availability of Windows 8 Pro upgrade.
The offer is now posted on the websites of numerous retailers and is priced at $69.99. This price applies to the actual physical upgrade package, including the Windows 8 product box that now comes in five different designs, as well as the upgrade DVD.
Keep in mind that this will be an "introductory" offer and prices may end up at the official list price of $199.99. The Windows 8 Pro upgrade also does not include the "Pro Pack", priced at $69.99, which comes with Bit Locker data encryption, the Smart Screen filter for web browsing, VPN connection technology DirectAccess as well as the Media Center extensions, which you will need if you want to play DVDs on your PC.
If you can wait until October 26, you can upgrade your PC via Windows.com and pay $39.99 for the online upgrade, if you are running Windows XP, Vista or 7. Microsoft reminded us that those PC buyers who have bought or will buy a Windows 7 PC between June 2, 2012 and January 31, 2013, there will be an offer to upgrade for $14.99 beginning on October 26.
The full, standard version of Windows 8 will be priced at $99.99, while the Pro version will cost $139.99.
People also said Vista sucks...I don't see the problem after service pack 1 update.
Sorry but Windows 8 belongs on touchscreen devices, not desktops.
Gonna stick to Windows 7 for as long as possible and then switch to Linux when Steam has a good amount of games on there.
Totally saves me $100's when building new systems!
Sorry but Windows 8 belongs on touchscreen devices, not desktops.
Gonna stick to Windows 7 for as long as possible and then switch to Linux when Steam has a good amount of games on there.
Totally saves me $100's when building new systems!
...so says Anandtech!!!
People also said Vista sucks...I don't see the problem after service pack 1 update.
As the windows phone user base is not very large app developers are reluctant to invest so if metro apps are also available desktop developers will have huge user base and many good apps will come for windows 8. which will result in success of windows 8 tabs and phones.
If it works as expected, then great. If it falls on it's face, then I will be moving to an Android/Linux platform next time. I would try the android/linux platform now except that I still have too much software that is OS dependent, but as more and more programs have web and open platform solutions I find that my older software suites are slowly being replaced, and once they all are then I will be a little more free to change platforms at will.
I hear this argument a lot, and then I hear the same people talk about how win7 is 'all a person could ever need'.
So... if win7 is all you need... then why not just buy a few retail copies that you can install on future machines and be done with it?
Besides, win8 is a much better desktop platform than win7. Better hardware use, better task manager, better/simpler UI (though I do miss Aero a little), and better multi-screen support. I pretty much never see the metro interface in my use (when you go to sleep from desktop, then when you log in it starts you on desktop). But maybe it is just me?
My fear is that they screw up WP8 somehow. If WP8 ends up sucking, then I will stick with win7 and get an Android.
$70, $140 or $200?
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how dumb, isn't that why you buy a "pro" version in the first place?
People lining up for blocks the day before launch to get the last remaining retail copies of Windows 7 off the shelves...
thumb me down if you like, but remember....
Haters gonna hate.
I will not depend on anything that doesn't run Crysis. A phone won't run Crysis. Desktops FTW!