Microsoft has unveiled prices for its forthcoming Windows 7 Family Pack and Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade (WAU) offerings. WAU will allow users to upgrade initial copies of Windows 7 to a higher edition by purchasing an upgrade license in retail stores or over the Web. Windows 7 Family Pack will enable users to upgrade as many as three PCs to Windows 7 Home Premium at a significantly reduced price. “In the U.S., the price for the Windows 7 Family Pack will be $149.99 for three Windows 7 Home Premium licenses,” Brandon LeBlanc wrote on The Windows Blog. “That’s a savings of more than $200 for three licenses.” For Evolving Needs Beyond providing a significant discount from what it would cost to buy three individual licenses, Windows 7 Family Pack delivers extra features that will make it easier to share personal files among family members. “When you run Windows 7 on more than one PC on a home

network, you can do more with features like HomeGroup, which allows people to connect to PCs on their network and share files, music and photos with the whole family,” LeBlanc wrote. Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade provides users with an easy way to upgrade at any time to a higher edition of Windows 7 when computing needs evolve over time. For example, some netbook users may realize they need a wider range of software capabilities, LeBlanc noted. If the netbook is running Windows 7 Starter — or Windows 7 Home Basic in select markets — WAU makes it easy to upgrade to the next level of OS performance, LeBlanc wrote. “Moving to Windows 7 Home Premium ($79.99) will allow that customer to take advantage of features such as Aero Peek and other enhanced functionality in the Windows Taskbar in Windows 7 such as Taskbar Previews,”…

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Microsoft Sets Windows 7 Family Pack, Upgrade Prices