The current half price upgrade deal in the US runs out on July 11, but Microsoft has promised more deals to come, while licensing terms indicate a 3 user license “family pack” for Win 7 is coming at last – but as always, is it enough?!
With Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade (US $49.99) still No.1 in Software at Amazon’s “
Bestsellers in Software” category, and Windows 7 Professional Upgrade (US $99.99) in the No.2 spot, demand for these two Windows 7 upgrade versions, at the current half price special, is proving very popular - especially as the deal is ending soon.
The more expensive Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade edition (US $219.99), which isn’t on a “half-price” sales special, clocks in at No.15 on the list, while what looks like a full edition of Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard ($129.99 but on sale at $108.99) is listed at No.21.
Seeing as Mac OS X 10.5 has come with Macs for at least a year now, and as OS X always comes with a Mac, buyers are presumably from a base of OS X 10.4 or earlier upgraders who can’t wait for the attractively priced OS X 10.6 $29 upgrade in a few months time (or due to PowerPC architecture, can’t run it), and perhaps also some of those creating “Hackintoshes”, running OS X on non-Apple hardware, who at least want a genuine copy of the OS over a pirated one.
It will be very interesting to see what the levels of Windows 7 sales change to once the July 11 specials are over and Win 7 upgrade prices are doubled back to recommended retail pricing, but Microsoft’s sales specials will continue.
July 11’s price reversals will possibly be overshadowed by the fact Windows 7 goes RTM on July 13, but perhaps a new Microsoft sales special will quickly emerge.
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