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tim
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 04:29
Windows 7 presales are available at amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=1286119011&tag=hrwin7-20) now. Prices are about 50% off what you'll pay once it's released in the stores. Home premium upgrade is about $50, pro upgrade is about $100, Ultimate Upgrade $219.

The above link is an affiliate link, but 100% of the Windows 7 affiliate revenue will be donated to POTN. Support the forum if you were going to buy it anyway.

Pekka has been PM'd about this (after thread was posted).
Fut
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 04:57
They don't ship to any of my addresses ...
tommykjensen
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 05:34
They don't ship to any of my addresses ...

I have not tried it myself but migth consider. The danish postal services recommend http://www.borderlinx.com/ to buy from USA from companies that only ship to USA addresses.
Fut
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 06:56
I have not tried it myself but migth consider. The danish postal services recommend http://www.borderlinx.com/ to buy from USA from companies that only ship to USA addresses.


Thanks for the info, but Borderlinx don't accept Australia either .. lol
Ah well, will just have to wait for it to appear in our shops instead.
In2Photos
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 08:49
Just ordered Home Premium. Thanks Tim! :)
nphsbuckeye
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 11:23
Man, if I waited a few weeks, I could have bought 7 for $9.99...

Anywho, for the person that doesn't know/care much for OS, would installing 7 mean reformatting my computer and losing everything. And secondly, how much of a performance increase is 7. Thanks.
In2Photos
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 12:26
Man, if I waited a few weeks, I could have bought 7 for $9.99...

Anywho, for the person that doesn't know/care much for OS, would installing 7 mean reformatting my computer and losing everything. And secondly, how much of a performance increase is 7. Thanks.
If buying an upgrade to Vista or XP you shouldn't have to reformat. If upgrading from the RC Beta version of Win 7 you will need to reformat.
tommykjensen
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 12:57
If buying an upgrade to Vista or XP you shouldn't have to reformat. If upgrading from the RC Beta version of Win 7 you will need to reformat.

It depends on where in the world you are from. In EU Windows 7 is delivered without IE and that means it will not be possible to upgrade from Vista or XP.
Mark1
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 14:31
On my way to buy!
nphsbuckeye
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 16:22
If buying an upgrade to Vista or XP you shouldn't have to reformat. If upgrading from the RC Beta version of Win 7 you will need to reformat.
Thanks.
I26
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 17:57
Will this upgrade an OEM verison, from Dell for instance?
tim
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 20:03
Will this upgrade an OEM verison, from Dell for instance?

I think so.
Zepher
28th of June 2009 (Sun), 11:14
Man, if I waited a few weeks, I could have bought 7 for $9.99...

Anywho, for the person that doesn't know/care much for OS, would installing 7 mean reformatting my computer and losing everything. And secondly, how much of a performance increase is 7. Thanks.

If buying an upgrade to Vista or XP you shouldn't have to reformat. If upgrading from the RC Beta version of Win 7 you will need to reformat.


With Vista you can do an inplace upgrade, leaving all of your programs and settings intact.
With XP you need to do a clean install, which doesn't mean you need to format, you will just have an XP install as well as a Win7 install.
tim
29th of June 2009 (Mon), 01:26
Two sales so far, but they only come through to me once it's released, so that's when POTN will get the proceeds from the sales. Keep it coming!
BluewookieJim
7th of July 2009 (Tue), 10:12
Did my part today... canceled my previous order for Home premium, and placed a new order for 1 Pro & 1 Home Premium through the affiliate link.
basroil
7th of July 2009 (Tue), 13:25
It depends on where in the world you are from. In EU Windows 7 is delivered without IE and that means it will not be possible to upgrade from Vista or XP.

how can you download firefox or chrome, or your favorite browser then? gee, thanks EU for a wonderful "solution"... when does apple have to start getting rid of safari or ubuntu getting rid of firefox ? :rolleyes:

performance wise, from most tests it's "xp fast with vista style". Multi-core support was enhanced from vista, and memory management and cache were also improved upon. Basically 7 is what vista should have been, hence why pentium 2 computers have been able to run 7 (though takes forever to run it)
tim
7th of July 2009 (Tue), 19:15
Just a note that i'll make the donation to POTN once Windows 7 ships, that's when the affiliate revenue gets to me. One of my other threads recommends books, POTN gets that revenue too, though I haven't added it up recently it gets done as I remember.
Garry Gibson
17th of July 2009 (Fri), 18:33
Oh well a day late and a dollar short as they say... price back up to $119.
tim
24th of October 2009 (Sat), 06:54
We made $14 for POTN... woohoo ;)
tim
10th of December 2009 (Thu), 04:39
Actually, $24.50!
basroil
10th of December 2009 (Thu), 04:44
Actually, $24.50!
potn can now buy an academic license of w7 :D ($17.85 for business or ultimate, digital river has home and business for $30)
tim
10th of December 2009 (Thu), 04:46
I donated that and more, as I promise in this thread (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=242640) I donate any book revenue from POTN links as well.