Microsoft Shows Official Windows 7 Box Art
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Simple and clean.
Last month, Polish website CentrumXP posted several box shots of Windows 7. We weren’t sure if they were just mockups or just very exclusive and early leaks – but it turns out that they were on the money.
On Microsoft’s Store is a preview page for Windows 7. While pricing remains a mystery, it seems that the boxes will look something like this:
What do you think of Microsoft's multiple SKUs of Windows 7? Do you think Microsoft should just sell one consumer version of Windows for one flat price?
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i don't mind different versions for business, home use, and premium...
but when there are 32 different versions, then it's just sad....
You know you'll probably be able to buy an upgrade version of Windows 7 for a fairly reduced price. Probably be less than $100.
Vista isn't that bad anyways, at least not now.
Absolutely not. At least this constitutes a minimum freedom of choice.
How many people here got frustrated trying to figure that dang thing out?
i don't mind different versions for business, home use, and premium...
but when there are 32 different versions, then it's just sad....
I'll be getting the Ultimate 64 - but I get legit copies free from MS, so I don't care how much they may cost =)
You know you'll probably be able to buy an upgrade version of Windows 7 for a fairly reduced price. Probably be less than $100.
Vista isn't that bad anyways, at least not now.
yeah but if I recall, OEM are only supposed to be installed on new boxes
More versions, People, keep upgrading and upgrading!
MS is searching for more ways to empty your pockets gradually,
so you won't notice, isn' t this great?
Now, there will be not only Software versions but also flavours of the same software versions.
MS shut up and make a single package with everything in it.
It's impossible to know what kind of users will need what kind of features exactly.
There will always be cases that don't match.
Hopefully we don't go to a system of paying for every little feature you need! That would be really costly in the long run, sick and time consuming.
Can you imagine.
Want to use Paint and stuff?, pay 10$ more.
Want to show hidden files?, pay 6$ for more windows explorer features.
Now windows 8 will have even more ways to empty your pockets!
Gradually!
Great freedom of choice there is then.
Real freedom of choice is being able to choose DIFFERENT OS's like Mac or Linux!
I can definately tell that the average user will be happy without all the features XP Pro offers over Home. And the average user will also like the fact that Home is 100$ less.
One single package with everything in it would be great, but not for the money.
Yea - they said the same about XP and Vista too, yet they are all readily available in OEM form. I guess they get stripped from unsold Pre-built PCs? I don't know for sure, but I sure do like the reduced price! Hopefully they'll come out in OEM form before the Release Candidate Expires.
Ultimate for everyone.
And I won't be jumping on the Win7 Bandwagon. Great OS, sure, but I love my Vista, and the usability for standard creation (beyond the eye-candy) is only marginally better. Until I get a compelling must-have feature (Like WinFS? Where'd you go?!) I'm stickin' to my tried and true guns.
I miss the XP days.... you had home and pro. then you had 64 bit later on. and server 2003. simple , not tons of special different copy's.
I thank each of the -1's I got from my original post. I'm sure M$ paid very well.