Jun 30
Lenovo is offering free Windows 7 upgrades to customers who buy a Windows Vista PC, following a similar deal from Hewlett-Packard. Lenovo said Friday it will mail a free Windows 7 license upgrade to people who buy a desktop or laptop with an eligible Vista version between June 26, 2009, and January 31, 2010. The offer applies to consumers and to companies that plan to buy fewer than 25 PCs. Larger organizations are being advised to take advantage of Microsoft’s volume-licensing program for their upgrades.
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Jun 29
Microsoft’s program for preordering Windows 7 at a discount is proving quite popular, at least at Amazon.com.The program, which kicked off on Friday, allows people to order an upgrade version of Windows 7 Home Premium for $49, more than half off its $119 suggested price, or Windows 7 Professional for $99, half of its suggested price. Both options run only until July 11 and are also limited in terms of the number of copies Microsoft will sell at those prices, though the software maker won’t clarify what the limits are. (Users will get their copy of the operating system after it is made broadly available on October 22.)
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Jun 28
Last Tuesday, Microsoft quietly shipped its second major update to Windows Vista, Service Pack 2. Like last year’s Service Pack 1 for Vista, this download combines a few new features with many smaller bug fixes and other refinements.
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Jun 26
This morning, Microsoft revealed the last major missing ingredient to Windows 7, the upcoming replacement for the flawed Windows Vista: what it will cost.A post on the Redmond, Wash., company’s Windows Team Blog outlined four possible prices home users can pay in the United States:
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