Comments on: Windows 7 Family Pack in Canada http://blogit.dslee.org/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/ IP on everything Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:23:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tema Frank http://blogit.dslee.org/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-63 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:24:41 +0000 http://dsleeman.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-63 Yeah, I found the Costco deal. Still not “fair” but better than elsewhere. (And good for Costco, for offering it at a better price!)

]]> By: dsleeman http://blogit.dslee.org/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-62 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:45:46 +0000 http://dsleeman.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-62 $179 at Costco is the best price I’ve seen. Microsoft pricing has always been higher in Canada for everything. Doesn’t mean I agree with it, but they do have to go through an extra hoop or 2 to sell in Canada. Still having a 33% premium is more than any of us Canucks like.

]]> By: Tema Frank http://blogit.dslee.org/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-61 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:14:54 +0000 http://dsleeman.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-61 But what I still want an answer for is why they sell it in the US for $149, which at today’s prices is $156 Cdn, but to buy it in Canada we have to pay $199!!!

]]> By: dsleeman http://blogit.dslee.org/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-54 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:52:30 +0000 http://dsleeman.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-54 Family pack is, as you’ve discovered, only for upgrading existing Windows licenses (XP/Vista, OEM or full-packaged-product/FPP/Retail).

Windows is only ever sold as FPP, OEM (with a new computer), or as a volume license for businesses, and the Family Pack is a good deal for those with existing computers to upgrade to Win7. If you want to build your own machine, or have a PC with no existing license on it, you have to own a license first, and the Family Pack is NOT a full license. The same logic applies to business computers and ‘Pro/Enterprise’ licenses – volume licensing only provides ‘upgrade’ licenses, meaning computers bought for business have to come with an OEM license already installed – or you have to buy a FPP license.

Here’s a good post to describe the logic of a ‘full’ license and ‘upgrades’…

http://bit.ly/bJMC0

]]> By: Ken http://blogit.dslee.org/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-53 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:35:37 +0000 http://dsleeman.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-53 All I can find are Windows 7 UPGRADE family packs. Where do you buy the Windows 7 family pack (i.e. new install, not upgrade) in Canada?

]]> By: XP to Windows 7 Upgrade Works « Ramblings on IT http://blogit.dslee.org/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-51 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:33:40 +0000 http://dsleeman.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-family-pack-in-canada/#comment-51 [...] started coming, and last week I spent some time figuring out how and where to get the Family Pack (see my earlier post). Turns out he made a trip to the States, and picked up a copy in Minot, ND for something under $150 [...]

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