Microsoft on Friday unveiled the pricing for its Windows 7 Family Pack offering, as well as pricing information for upgrades between different versions of the upcoming OS.
The Windows 7 Family Pack will retail for $149.99 for three Home Premium licenses. It will be available starting October 22 in the U.S. and other select markets.
Microsoft also provided details about upgrade versions of Windows 7, available via Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU).
"A customer may purchase a netbook thinking they would use primarily it for e-mail. Over time, they find they are using that netbook as their primary every-day PC. That person decides they want their netbook to do more," Microsoft spokesman Brandon LeBlanc wrote in a blog post. "If the netbook is running Windows 7 Starter (or Windows 7 Home Basic in select markets), WAU makes it super easy to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium."
If you have Windows 7 Starter and want to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium, that will cost you $79.99 via WAU. Switching from Home Premium to Professional will cost $89.99 and moving from Home Premium to Ultimate will set you back $139.99.
When Windows 7 is officially released on October 22, users can purchase a retail package that contains an upgrade key for any WAU option. Those in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K., or the U.S. will be able to purchase the upgrade online from Microsoft within Windows 7.
Installation will take about 10 minutes, LeBlanc said.
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