Microsoft Opens Windows 8 Pre-orders
Microsoft Corp opened its Windows 8 operating system for pre-orders
on Friday, setting the price for an upgrade to the full version of the
software at $70 for a DVD pack.
Users can also wait for launch on October 26 to download the system
onto their computers for $40, an offer price that will expire at the end
of January. PCs running Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 will be able to
upgrade to Windows 8.
Shoppers can reserve the software pack at Microsoft’s own stores,
Amazon.com, Best Buy, Staples and elsewhere. Microsoft has not yet
announced the price of the full software to install from scratch, as
opposed to the upgrade. The current price for a comparable version of
Windows 7 is $200.
Any customer who buys, or already bought, a Windows 7 PC between June
2 and the end of January 2013 will be able to get an upgrade to Windows
8 Pro for $15, a move designed to prevent a drop-off in PC sales before
the launch of Windows 8.
Microsoft also said PC makers such as Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Samsung
and Sony were also now taking pre-orders for machines with Windows 8
pre-installed.
The world’s largest software company did not mention its own Surface
tablet PC, which is expected on the market at the same time as Windows
8.
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