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Windows 7 Family Pack + Anytime Upgrade = BARGAIN?
http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/01/windows-7-family-pack-and-anytime-upgrade-pricing/
It's shown there everything you actualy need to know in order to understand what I am talking about.
If you're looking for Windows 7 Ultimate for more than ten computers like I am, this might be your big break.
The Family Pack pricing is $149.99 in the US.
The Anytime Upgrades are as follows:
Windows 7 Starter to Windows 7 Home Premium: $79.99(marked red as it is unimportant in this thread)
Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional: $89.99
Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate: $139.99
Does this click... at all to you?
So let's put this into a scenario.
Jill buys the Windows 7 Family Pack and pays $149.99. She understands she can install Windows 7 Home Premium onto the three computers in her household as the family pack allows her to do so.
She then finds that she wants more out of Windows 7: Home Premium and buys herself the Windows Anytime Upgrade. With this she can upgrade all three of her Home Premium's to Ultimate, without paying extra!
Windows 7 Family Pack($149.99) + Windows Anytime Ultimate Upgrade($139.99) = $289.98
So altogether she's paying a maximum of $300 for three Windows 7 Ultimate's, where she'd normally pay $600 for it.
So let's put this into a worse scenario and say that Windows Anytime Upgrade uses Activation Keys that are only able to be used once.
So now she'd have to buy three Windows Anytime Upgrades at $139.99 per copy.
3 * Windows Anytime Ultimate Upgrade($139.99) = $419.97
Windows 7 Family Pack($149.99) + Windows Anytime Ultimate Upgrades($419.97) = $559.96
The price of three Windows 7 Ultimates is $659.97.
How does it sound?