Possibility of family packs for Win 7

    Possibility of family packs for Win 7


    Posted: 11 Jul 2009
    Found this a little while ago, hope the rumor is true, as it would benefit a lot of people
    Microsoft to offer three-user Windows 7 Family Pack?


    By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com
    Published: July 2, 2009, 6:43 PM EST
    Microsoft may be introducing a Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium, according to a pair of reports citing details in the end-user licensing agreement (EULA) of a recently-leaked build. The still-unconfirmed plan would enable users to install a single copy the operating system on up to three computers in a household, and falls in line with similar licensing Microsoft already has for the Home and Student Edition of Microsoft Office 2007.

    There's no word on Family Pack pricing yet. Some suggest it would be somewhere around $189 to undercut Apple’s comparable plan which gives you five OS X licenses for $199, but when you look at the pricing for a standalone one-user copy of Home Premium, it's $120 for an upgrade and $200 for a full version. How the company ends up structuring its Family Pack pricing is anybody's guess, but it seems clear Microsoft still has some surprises up its sleeve to give XP and Vista users a bigger incentive to upgrade their systems.

    The company announced a somewhat similar deal with the launch of Windows Vista back in 2007, though it was a limited-time offer for customers who bought retail copies of Vista Ultimate, the most-expensive SKU in the line.
    source: Microsoft to offer three-user Windows 7 Family Pack? - TechSpot News
    grouchpunk08's Avatar Posted By: grouchpunk08
    11 Jul 2009



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    Oh my bad. I hadn't noticed. Mods can delete this post if you guys see fit.
    No prob. Your title is better, so I don't see a reason why it can't stay.

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