Windows 7 will soon be ordered.

Microsoft wants old mistakes are not repeated: From mid-July, the Group for Windows 7 Pre contrary, seems to want as quickly as possible as many copies of the new software under the People's will. The lure: meaningful discounts.

 

Munich - It was only in October, the new Windows in the market, you can order it in a few weeks. In an advance action could have customers in Germany from 15.7. the "Home Premium" version for 50 euros secure, the company reported on Thursday in Munich. Who before the official launch on 22 October a PC using the previous version of Windows Vista to buy, get from (tomorrow) Friday (26.6.) To a free update. This is only a handling fee, probably less than ten euros lie. By the end of the year, the full versions at reduced prices also available. How much the system from 2010 will cost, not shared with Microsoft.

For sale starting in October for the "Home Premium" - version for home users around 120 euros payable to "Professional" - version costs 285 euros, "Ultimate" about 300 euros. From the beginning of 2010 prices were higher, the company said, without details to mention. Also on the 50-euro campaign called it not details - of the sale was "as long as supplies last."

Despite the discounts, the price of a Windows Update is still higher than rivals at Apple, where the costs of upgrading the now roughly two-year-old operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on the future Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard 29 euros - irrespective of the date of purchase .

Microsoft delivers the new software in the European Union initially without its browser - Internet Explorer - to view the current procedure is not competitive with the European Commission aneinanderzugeraten. Even if you can acquire an update must be for technical reasons, the system re-install.

With Microsoft Windows generated in fiscal year 2008 approximately one third of its total turnover of 60 billion U.S. dollars. The operating system of the software giant is estimated at 90 percent of all personal computers worldwide. Experts see discounts in Windows 7 for a response from Microsoft on the experience with Windows Vista. The introduction of this system about three years ago ran rather slow. In particular, many companies and large organizations waived the transition to Windows Vista and still used older versions such as Windows XP.