Windows 7 Windows 7 Family Pack ... but not for the UK?

[muckshifter]

Speaking on the Windows Team Blog, Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc fessed up with the following statement:

"I know there have been some rumours going around about a “family pack” for Windows 7. We have heard a lot of feedback from beta testers and enthusiasts over the last 3 years that we need a better solution for homes with multiple PCs. I’m happy to confirm that we will indeed be offering a family pack of Windows 7 Home Premium (in select markets) which will allow installation on up to 3 PCs. As I’ve said before, stay tuned to our blog for more information on this and any other potential offers."

In true Microsoft fashion, the drip-fed details are absent of all-important information such as availability and pricing. However, if leaked details are to be believed, a three-license Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack could be hitting US stores with a price tag of around $144.99.

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=19378

also

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10292332-56.html

 

[muckshifter]

John Curran, UK's head of Windows Client, told PCPro that the Family pack was "originally envisioned as an upgrade pack, but with the Windows 7 E version there's some difficulty as there's no upgrade SKUs there" and further added that he "can't confirm whether we'll make that [Family Pack] available in the UK".

Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/7/23/microsoft-confirms-windows-7-family-pack-not-uk/#ixzz0M5Ep7UO6

 

[floppybootstomp]

So Microsoft's way of reacting to the EU banning them from inlcuding IE with Win 7 is to penalise European customers eh?

They really do act like a load of spoilt kids and quite frankly, there are times I hate them intensely.

Would an American import of a Win 7 family pack activate in the UK? I rather suspect it would.

And it wouldn't even need to be installed from the original disk.

If you have a friend in the States they could buy the family pack for you, send you the code and host the disk's content for you to download via FTP.

As far as I can see, that's legal as the activation code has been paid for.

 

[crazylegs]

I was thinking that mr Flopp's..

Nothing to stop you buying an american version and installing it here..

 

[Urmas]

They really do act like a load of spoilt kids and quite frankly, there are times I hate them intensely.

Good thing you weren't a Linux user during their 2006 hate campaign.

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