Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Hong Kong Upgrade Plan

Monday 29 June 2009 9:42 am

How to upgrade to Windows 7 in Hong Kong.

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It’s great when a big company realizes they made and released such a crap product (in this case Windows Vista) that they are willing to take action on the next one. With Windows 7 Release Candidate (Micro-speak for “beta” and you can still download it here) getting great reviews, it looks like a return to form for the PC operating system.

So what Microsoft is doing with Windows 7 is that from now until the official launch in Q4 of 2009 if you buy a new a new PC with a OEM version of Vista on it, or an actual copy of Windows Vista you will get a special deal to upgrade to Windows 7 when it comes out. Those that have Vista Home Basic or XP are SOL though.

The 3 ways to upgrade are:

  1. Pre-Installed on branded computers: The manufacturer like Acer has some deal with Microsoft and will have their deal offered to you. The fee to you will be charged by the manufacturer.
  2. OEM PC’s: An upgrade coupon will come inside the product and no additional fee is needed.
  3. Box set: When you register your product you will be alerted when you can be upgraded for an additional HK$150

You can get more details here in Chinese from the Microsoft Hong Kong site and in English here.

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