6 More Days to Buy Windows 7 Cheap

Today, July 6th means that you have 6 more whole days to buy Windows 7 during the "Pre-Order" promotion (Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for $49 or a Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for $99). This sale, as indicated by previous reader comments, is limited to the United States, Canada, Japan, UK, France and Germany. I have no idea if Microsoft will do similar promotions anywhere else in the world.

Microsoft has again done a masterful job of hiding what's different with Windows 7 and Vista. Not everything in Windows 7 is new - many features come from Vista, ergo my latest article about the differences between Vista and Windows 7.

One interesting note: As reported by ChannelWeb, Microsoft may do "family pack licensing" for Windows 7 Home Premium allowing up to 3 computers in the same home to upgrade to Windows 7 for the price of 1 upgrade - wow, that would be cool and cost effective.

What are your thoughts, my readers, about this licensing schema? Would it make you likely to buy the upgrade?