Microsoft has officially released pricing information and a “Be first, save half” promotion for Pre-Orders of Windows7.  For those who are willing to order from June 26th to July 11th (or while supplies last) for those in the US and Canada**, you will be able to get – Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for ERP $49 – Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for ERP $99.      The offer is available at Bestbuy.com, Amazon.com and through the Microsoft Store (http://store NULL.microsoft NULL.com/home NULL.aspx). Each participating retailer will tell you how to get your copy when Windows 7 is released. **In Japan it will be from June 26th to July 5th, in the United Kingdom, France, or Germany, the pre-orders will open from July 15 to August 15 (or while supplies last)

  Additional requirements for this special “Be first, Save half” offer are

- You need to be running a genuine copy of the Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems

- You can order up to three copies each of Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional with this promotion

After the promotion, the expected suggested price for Windows 7 will be (Expected as Microsoft could always change their mind again and adjust)

Home Premium
$120 Upgrade $200 Full Version

Professional
$200 Upgrade $300 Full Version

Ultimate
$220 Upgrade $320 Full Version

More Windows 7 and “Be first, Save half” promotion can be found on the Microsoft Windows 7 website http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/home?os=win7 (http://windows NULL.microsoft NULL.com/en-US/windows7/products/home?os=win7)

and from the “Be first, Save half” webpage http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx (http://www NULL.microsoft NULL.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order NULL.aspx)

The system requirements for Windows 7 are

• 1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

• 1GB RAM (32-bit) / 2GB RAM (64-bit)

• 16GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20GB (64-bit)

• DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver