Microsoft's new upgrade strategy for Windows 7 appears closely aligned with the free-to-paid Apple App Store business model Here’s a BusinessWeek article, “Microsoft is Fighting Back (Finally).” The ...

One of the more convenient features of Windows Vista that will carry into Windows 7 is the “Windows Anytime Upgrade” option. To put in perspective, this gives users with “basic” versions of Windows a ...

Microsoft Corp.’s release last week of details on the Family Pack and Anytime Upgrade licenses for Windows 7 were, by the softmaker’s standards, downright minimalist. That left many potential buyers ...

Windows Anytime Upgrade lets people move from one version of Windows 7 to another without paying full price for the OS Microsoft on Friday let users who want to upgrade from one version of Windows 7 ...

Microsoft today unveiled the prices for a multi-license “family pack” for Windows 7, as well as the prices for the in-place Anytime Upgrades users can buy to bump up to the next level of the operating ...

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Limited-time offer is for those wanting to move to higher-end Windows 7 versions, say starter to home premium, or home premium to professional. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats ...

With dozens of Windows PCs available at retail, each preloaded with one of several versions of Microsoft‘s Windows 7 operating system, it’s far too easy to buy a version of the OS that doesn’t meet ...