Someone leaked some 7 Retail Prices?! Real or Fake?

[Night Hawk]

While keeping a watch for things other then BestBuy or retail chain specials one article came out on the supposed lower retail prices to be seen with 7 when out later on 10/22/2009. Note the following:

Microsoft has just announced the editions or SKUs that will be available for sales and purchase for Windows 7, without any official pricing details yet. But, a German website has leaked the non-binding Windows 7 price recommendations for dealers and OEMs. Note that the news is not verified, and from the many wrong information about features for each editions of Windows 7 presented in the article, it’s likely that the Windows 7 price list is fake or wrong too.

The Microsoft recommended retail price for various editions of Windows 7:

Windows 7 Starter Edition: USD $199.95
Windows 7 Home Premium Edition: USD $259.95
Windows 7 Professional Edition: USD $299.95
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition: USD $319.95

Lacking is the pricing details for version of Windows 7 where Microsoft is expected to even allow Windows XP to upgrade to Windows 7, and price for Windows 7 sold via OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) or System Builder, which meant for new PC but has considerably lower price tag.
If the pricing of Windows 7 is valid as above, Windows 7 will have the similar price with Windows Vista after its price drop after a year into launching. However, it’s still considerably cheaper when comparing with price of Windows Vista on initial launch time."
Windows 7 Pricing Details (Price for Various Editions) Leaked » My Digital Life

Lately the retail price for Vista Ultimate was found to be $319.95 when priced at Microsoft's online store. But it wouldn't be any great surprize to see 7 also lowered to that same price range according to one article earlier this month.

"Analysis: Microsoft could cut Windows 7 list price to $100
Calculations based on Feb. 2008 Vista price cuts

Gregg Keizer 09 June, 2009 10:26
Tags: Windows 7, Microsoft

Microsoft could drop the price of Windows 7 to around US$100 when it announces retail prices later this month, according to calculations based on an earlier Vista cost-cutting move.
Although Microsoft is not expected to go public with Windows 7 retail prices until next week, if it drops them by the same percentages it did in February 2008 when it cut U.S. prices for three editions of Vista, the upgrade to Windows 7 Home Vista could be $106.
If it does cut prices, Microsoft's motivations could range from a recognition of the recession's impact on consumers to a desire to move as many users as possible to Windows 7 -- which has been generally praised by reviewers -- to stem defections to other platforms, such as Apple's Mac OS X.
In that Vista price cut, Microsoft dropped the list prices of Vista Home Premium Upgrade, Vista Ultimate and Vista Ultimate Upgrade in the U.S. by 18.8%, 20% and 15.4%, respectively.
Vista Home Premium Upgrade, which had been priced at $159, fell to $129 in February 2008. Vista Ultimate Upgrade, meanwhile, dropped from $260 to $220. In other markets, such as the U.K. and the European Union, prices fell even more: Home Premium Upgrade was slashed by 46% in the EU.
Using the 2008 percentage price cuts for Ultimate as the basis for further reductions would put Windows 7 Ultimate at $256 and Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade at $186.
Those calculations, however, present problems with the pricing of Windows 7's other edition, dubbed Professional, the replacement for Vista Business in the line-up. Microsoft has been adamant that each version of Windows 7 will be a superset of the one immediately lower on the price/feature ladder. Such a strategy would hint at prices set accordingly; in other words, Business would be priced higher than Home Premium but lower than Ultimate. Because Microsoft declined to cut the U.S. prices of Vista Business or Vista Business Upgrade, however, relying on the 2008 decreases means that, by Computerworld's calculations, Windows 7 Professional would remain at $300 and Windows 7 Professional Upgrade at $200. That's unlikely, given that those numbers would price Professional higher than Ultimate."
Analysis: Microsoft could cut Windows 7 list price to $100 - Microsoft, Windows 7 - Computerworld

 

[holo88]

Windows 7 Ultimate Edition: USD $319.95

that's not funny :shock: i HOPE that it's fake.

 

[Night Hawk]

When checking up on the latest Vista retail price for the Ultimate edition that was found with the $80 price drop from the original $399.95. Generally MS keeps their present versions for sale at the same price which is good for 7 instead of seeing the $400 tag being new.

The thing to know about retail over oem purchases is seeing both the 32bit and 64bit disks included together in one retail box compared to buying oem for a single disk. The two disks of the same edition share the same product key.

When you go out and price the Vista Ultimate retail edition for example you'll find the prices a bit lower then the suggested retail price for the same. While the suggested is seen for $319.95 for Vista Ultimate with SP1 have a look at the $249.99 tag seen at Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 - Operating Systems

 

[Lebon14]

Windows 7 Starter Edition: USD $199.95
Windows 7 Home Premium Edition: USD $259.95
Windows 7 Professional Edition: USD $299.95
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition: USD $319.95

Those prices were already proven fake.

106$ for Home Premium? Damn cheap! Hell yeah. I hope it's true!

 

[holo88]

106$ for Home Premium?

where you see that? Night Hawk says $260 ... where'd $106 come from?

 

[poin2]

The pricing thing from the German website appears to have been dated February 7 (or earlier) and was since supposedly proven incorrect and retracted.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/...ng-details-price-for-various-editions-leaked/http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/...ng-details-price-for-various-editions-leaked/

I'd be much more likely to trust the recent supposed Best Buy upgrade pricing leak, also keeping in mind it's a pre-sale so likely discounted a bit from full retail expected at October release.

 

[Night Hawk]

Nothing is written in stone until you see the prices actually listed at MS like those for Vista are now.

Vista's current suggested retail seen at MS:

Ultimate Full version $319.95/Upgrade $219.95 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/ultimate.aspx

Business Full version $299.95/Upgrade $199.95 Windows Vista Business with Encrypting File System

Home Premium Full version $259.95/Upgrade $129.95 Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Photo Gallery

Basic Full version $199.95/Upgrade $99.95 Compare Editions Windows Vista Home Basic

If MS matches 7 to Vista's that's what you have to expect for the full retail prices seen on the shelves of retail outlets with the exceptions of promotional offers like BestBuy for drawing in business which in turn sells the premade systems and accessories they carry.

As you known online vendors usually price things a bit lower once something has been out for some time.

 

[Lebon14]

where you see that? Night Hawk says $260 ... where'd $106 come from?

Misread. 106$ for home premium upgrade.

 

[swarfega]

this isnt news. It has already been discussed here: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...g-buy-win7-these-prices.html?highlight=prices

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Those prices make me sad. Hope Microsoft considers the price of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and drops their price severely.

Holo88, lovin' the Gundam picture =D (0079 ftw)

 

[Night Hawk]

I hear a volume of complaints on prices no one looks back at Vista's original pricing having seen a drop. If the final pricing is where Vista is now it will be even more of a bargain not only pricewise for what was first seen for Vista but the better version.

Adding to that you also have to consider the edition that will best suit your own specific needs since the SKUs are known. http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=619&pgno=5#pricing

 

[holo88]

I have never seen the words 'bargain' and 'vista' in the same sentence before :shock:
with the loaf of dog s*#t, that vista is, MS should just 'area51' it, and denounce it's existence. sorry, i just really hate vista.

hopefully upgrading with the rtm wont have all those nasty bugs, cause $300+ is a little out f my price range.

 

[Night Hawk]

I have never seen the words 'bargain' and 'vista' in the same sentence before :shock:
with the loaf of dog s*#t, that vista is, MS should just 'area51' it, and denounce it's existence. sorry, i just really hate vista.

hopefully upgrading with the rtm wont have all those nasty bugs, cause $300+ is a little out f my price range.

Well then you be going with the Home Premium edition of 7 most like if not the Professional edition. As far as bargains and Vista in the same sentence? I knew someone that hated Vista would say something like that! :roflmao:

The bargain is seen when you get 7 for the same or less that what was paid out for Vista 2yrs. ago! Simply look at what you would be getting for the same price with 7!

 

[chrysalis]

I hate to say it but at those prices I will run the RC till it expires and revert back to XP. Microsoft need to get into the real world, its why retail sales are so poor and they heavily reliant on oem sales.

Something like this might do it.

Starter edition - 19.99usd
Home premium - 49.99usd
Professional - 99.99usd
Ultimate - 119.99usd

Then sell at proper price in uk not ripping them of in comparison to .us customers.

 

[Night Hawk]

I'm afraid that isn't real world pricing either. 98SE was sold retail for $180- in it's day. An upgrade ran $99.95. And it wouldn't be starter since that isn't even a desktop edition for Vista. You start off with Basic, Home Premium, Professional for 7, and then Ultimate.

 

[Night Hawk]

The word is:

Windows 7 Starter Edition: USD $199.95
Windows 7 Home Premium Edition: USD $259.95
Windows 7 Professional Edition: USD $299.95
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition: USD $319.95

Windows 7 Pricing Details (Price for Various Editions) Leaked » My Digital Life is one source for what would suggest 7 will see the same prices now seen for Vista following a price drop after that version's first year.

Where's Basic or will there be a Basic edition as seen with Vista? But the price list here seems to be confirmed by private sources as well. Nothing seen at MS however.

 

[xan K]

well, then Home Premium FTW.

 

[Lebon14]

(@ Night Hawk) Those price date from the beta era. Those has been retracted.

 

[Night Hawk]

Nothing seen there is written in stone by any means until MS actually makes a general announcement on what they finally decided on for a price list. I wouldn't be that surprized like I've mentioned before about 7's initial price range very close to that for the retail not separate oem disks sold at online vendors.

When buying an oem from newegg or another what do you get? The one disk for the particular edition selected whether 32bit or 64bit. The retail package is obviously going to expected to be nearly if not exactly twice the price having both 32 and 64bit disks together using one product key.

What that amounts to is retail seeing two versions of the same edition in one box. With things being slow due to the economy retail chains like the special just seen by BestBuy will likely offer their own discounts simply to draw in the business considering when 7 will be generally available.

 

[WindowsSe7en]

I really doubt those are fake. These are the same prices as vista, but then again vista was more expensive at first.