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Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fade
Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 5:31 am
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The dust is beginning to settle a week after Microsoft went public with its Windows 7 retail pricing plans. Now the details (and lack of details) are starting to sink in with some Windows users.

Some customers who jumped to pre-order half-price Windows 7 copies — that are available only through July 11 here in the U.S. – are coming to realize that they might have gotten a raw deal because Microsoft wouldn’t confirm when and whether it planned to offer a Family Pack.

Last week, Microsoft officials refused to disclose whether there would be a Family Pack for Windows 7, via which users could purchase multiple copies at a discount to install across several machines. Enthusiast Kristan Kenney discovered wording in the Windows 7 Home Premium license that indicates strongly that there will be a Windows 7 family pack. Kenney blogged about his discovery on July 2. Some posters on his blog were understandably upset.
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