Engadget obtained a leaked Best Buy memo detailing that Vista was a failure and that Windows 7 is the “next best thing”, the memo also includes details on pricing for a pre-sale on bestbuy.com starting June 26th. You will be able to pick up Windows 7 Home Premium for $49.99 and Windows 7 Professional for $99.99, currently no word on pricing for Windows 7 Ultimate.
With the advent of the Apple announcement yesterday and the $29.99 upgrade to snow leopard, the $49.99 price point to upgrade to Windows 7 is warm welcome to all the Apple Zealots out there. My only gripe is that it would have been better if the $49.99 price point was for Windows 7 Ultimate instead.
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Five+ year veteran media center user. Over the years I have built over 20 media center pc's whether it has been to upgrade an existing system in my setup, or to build a media center pc (HTPC) for friends or family. My other passion besides HTPC's and Media Center is Home Theater. After purchasing my first home with a blank slate in the basement, I completely finished it off, building a home theater with a 120" front projection setup and 7.1 surround sound system. So between Media Center and Home theater that is what you'll find me talking about here. Like Adam Thursby, between the two of us are probably the only Zune users you'll find. I started out with an iPod nano but eventually found my way to the Zune and the Zune software and never looked back. Also like Josh Pollard I too am a mobile phone/smart phone gadget nerd. In my "day job" one of my job responsibilities is to test out new phones, specifically windows mobile phones, and test them out with our exchange server and trouble shoot end user issues. I am also a Blackberry convert as I recently got a Blackberry Storm for personal use and absolutely love it! I am a huge forum troll, you can find me on AVSforums, TGB, Missingremote, Hardforums, and even the AU media center forums. I like to help out where I can when it comes to HTPC's and media center in general, so if there are questions to be had, I try to answer them the best I can.
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[…] Upgrade to Windows 7 for $49.99 – Engadget obtained a leaked Best Buy memo detailing that Vista was a failure and that Windows 7 is the “next best thing”, the memo also includes details on pricing for a pre-sale on bestbuy.com starting June 26th. Via @digimediazone on twitter. […]