Techno Mania » windows 7 rc1 http://blog.hafees.com A blog by Hafees Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:39:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Windows 7 beta will shutdown in every two hours from today http://blog.hafees.com/news/windows-7-beta-will-shutdown-in-every-two-hours-from-today/ http://blog.hafees.com/news/windows-7-beta-will-shutdown-in-every-two-hours-from-today/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:21:36 +0000 admin http://blog.hafees.com/news/windows-7-beta-will-shutdown-in-every-two-hours-from-today/
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    • ]]>     Windows 7 beta will shutdown in every two hours from July 1st 2009. If you want to continue using Windows 7 you will need to download the Windows 7 RC1 (release candidate version). It will work till March 2010. From March onwards it will also shutdown in every two hours and will expire on June 2010.

    I think this is a fair game by Microsoft. If you want to test Windows 7 before buying it, you have plenty of time to do that by testing Windows 7 Ultimate edition. Microsoft also gains from this policy because most users will upgrade or buy Windows 7 as they won’t like to switch back to the buggy Vista.

    Windows 7 will be available from October 22nd. But you can safely buy a Vista(retail version or pre installed) PC now as you can freely upgrade it to Windows 7 when it will become available (offer not valid for Vista Basic).

    The estimated retail prices for upgrade packaged retail product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:

    • Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99
    • Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99
    • Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99

    And the estimated retail prices for full packaged retail product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:

    • Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99
    • Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99
    • Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99

    Source: Microsoft

    Don’t want to spend anything ? Don’t like bi hourly shutdowns ? Download and install Ubuntu 9.04 for free or request a free installation CD :)

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