Microsoft has already announced the release dates of their upcoming Windows 7 operating system as October 22 ,2009 . Windows 7 will be available in 6 editions named Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Windows 7 Enterprise . Microsoft offers cheap upgrades for existing genuine Windows customers. All Windows Vista customers who are purchasing the OS from this June to December will have an option to upgrade their software to corresponding Windows 7 version for free . Meanwhile, many online shops started collecting orders for Windows 7 shipment. Interested customers can buy or pre-book genuine Windows 7 for approximately half the original price .
All genuine Windows 7 editions comes with downgrade option . That is if you have Windows 7 Enterprise and you want to downgrade to Windows 7 Professional , it possible select during installation .
Windows 7 installation requirements .
Official Windows 7 installation requirements as per Microsoft website are
1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) . Additional 1GB needed for Windows XP mode
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) . 15 GB extra for Windows Xp mode
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver .Those who are not sure about their PC hardware compatibility can use either Windows 7 upgrade advisor or benchmarking tools like Everest ultimate edition .
Windows 7 editions :
Windows 7 will have 6 editions as I said before ,but the notable ones are Windows 7 Home Premium ,Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate .
You can read the full comparison of features here .
Windows 7 pricing (As announced by Microsoft ) :
Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99
Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99
Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99
Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99
Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99
Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99
Buy or Pre-Order Windows 7 Genuine online :
Here is a list of online malls where you can pre-order or choose to upgrade current Windows versions to genuine Windows 7 . All offers will be processed and shipped from October 22 ,2009 .
Newegg.com : Buy Windows 7 upgrade online .
Amazon.com Buy Windows 7 upgrade online
Microsoft store :Buy Windows 7 professional online upgrade .
Currently these online stores offer Windows 7 professional upgrade for 99 USD and Windows 7 Home premium upgrade for 49 USD . These offers are only valid from Friday June 26 2009 to July 11 .
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Posted By: KirubaKaran
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist