Microsoft has not yet disclosed the pricing for Windows 7’s editions, although the company will reportedly offer free or discounted upgrades to users who buy Vista PCs after July 1.
What Microsoft should do is give us Ultimate idiots a big break on Windows 7.” “How-freakin’-ever, all I got was useless crap that I wouldn’t download anyway. “Like an idiot I purchased Vista Ultimate expecting the ‘extras’ only Ultimate users would receive,” said a Computerworld reader identified as “Garygfd” in a comment on a February story about Extras. “Our new approach to planning and building Windows doesn’t have the capacity to continue to deliver features outside the regular release cycle,” a company spokeswoman said at the time.Ĭherry’s suggestion that Microsoft give users a free upgrade to Windows 7 would be welcomed by some Ultimate owners. Last February, in fact, Microsoft announced that it would drop the concept from Windows 7’s Ultimate edition.
