No Windows 7 upgrade option in the EU
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated drivers Today Microsoft announced the pricing of Windows 7. As previously reported on Neowin, the EU will be getting a version that will not contain IE and because of this Microsoft will be offering no upgrade option in the EU.
This harsh line comes as somewhat as a surprise that all EU users that wish to upgrade to Windows 7 must buy a full copy. There is a silver lining to this announcement and it's that the full price of Windows 7 will be at the equaliviant price to the upgrade option. But as history has shown us the prices in the EU are generally more expensive than of those in the States so the savings of picking up an EU copy may not be all that attractive to those who reside in the US.
However, as a result of not having a retail upgrade option, EU users will be unable to perform in-place upgrades of Windows Vista to Windows 7. Microsoft says they expect to have a dedicated Windows 7 E upgrade SKU available before December 31, 2009.
"Microsoft had three choices for the release of Windows 7 E: delay the whole release of Windows 7 to make sure everyone gets the release of Windows 7 at the same time and without any upgrade problems, delay the release of Windows 7 just in Europe and have this market wait till Windows 7 E passes all upgrade tests, or don't offer upgrade versions at all."
Microsoft still has not said if any browser will ship with Windows 7, at one point it was rumored that it may offer a browser selection screen at some point during the install to allow the user to choose a default program of choice. Regardless of what they do the install process just got a little longer in the EU because of their strong anti-trust governing body.
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Comments(10)
no thanks eu for that
thanks yet again to the eu - yet again we get shafted by people who have no clue about
life in the real world!!!
eu = idiot!
leave it to microsoft to get pissy about something and then completely pussy out on their
works this is just like when hd dvd failed and they refused returns of their hd dvd
attachment for the xbox 360. pathetic. truly pathetic...
can you please explaine more about this xbox hd dvd thingy?
these softies want windows served with a pastry... give them win 7 starter edition with
no upgrade and no internet browser. these rotten p-ricks cost a great us company many
headaches!!
you know lads, you think the usa are the greatest, however its not the eu thats giving
you the nose bleeds you pr-cks, i hope they blow you right out of the water and send you
all home in body bags. well they are doing a good job of that right now anyway, wonder
where they will catch you sleeping next, lets wait and see huh. brain washed idiots the
lot of you. wire your a f-cking wanker man, pulling your wire all day makes you a retard,
ass blaster.
wire it is people like you that put shame on the united states of america with your
stupid statements first off it is a persons human right to buy what he wishes if he is
paying for it, not to be forced to have anything pushed on him that he does not want.
secondly the united countries of europe are becoming a very large nation now
numbering some 18 countries and committed to defend each other no matter what, now 8 of
those countries have nuclear weapons so the us will never be able to threaten us and make
us heel like they try to do to others, or force us to buy anything from a us company if we
dont want it, ie is crap, therefore we don't want it, media player is crap and we dont
want that either. and think back or maybe you are too young to know this but ms stole the
friggin operating system in the first place from another us company, so ms are not the
great us company you proclaim them to be. oh and by the way ms is not a us company
anymore it is a multi national one split into 22 different parts all over the world.
check your facts please before making stupid statements.
the eu now consists of 27 countries.
yes mate you are correct i forgot about a few of the new ones who have actually joined
over this last year, thank you for correcting me.
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