The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed

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  1. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Microsoft has finally finalized their SKU (stock keeping units) for the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system! Let's take a look at the choices Microsoft will be offering us, the consumers, when Windows 7 is launched. Let's start with some highlights of the finalized Windows 7 SKU strategy and finish it off with a summary of the Windows 7 SKUs.

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  2. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

    The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 2.0

    Microsoft has finally finalized their SKU (stock keeping units) for the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system! Let’s take a look at the choices Microsoft will be offering us, the consumers, when Windows 7 is launched. Let’s start with some highlights of the finalized Windows 7 SKU strategy and finish it off with a summary of the Windows 7 SKUs.

    We have also just added a new section on the final System Hardware Requirements for Windows 7.

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    Link : The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 2.0
     
  3. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    When we posted Revision 2.0 of the The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed article, we missed out one of the pages. We have now reposted the article with all 5 pages. Our apologies for the mistake.

    Microsoft has finally finalized their SKU (stock keeping units) for the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system! Let’s take a look at the choices Microsoft will be offering us, the consumers, when Windows 7 is launched. Let’s start with some highlights of the finalized Windows 7 SKU strategy and finish it off with a summary of the Windows 7 SKUs.

    We have also just added a new section on the final System Hardware Requirements for Windows 7.

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    Link : The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 2.0
     
  4. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 3.0

    Microsoft has finally finalized their SKU (stock keeping units) for the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system! Let’s take a look at the choices Microsoft will be offering us, the consumers, when Windows 7 is launched. Let’s start with some highlights of the finalized Windows 7 SKU strategy and finish it off with a summary of the Windows 7 SKUs.

    We just added a new page detailing the hardware limitations for Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic SKUs for Small Notebook PCs. We also added some preliminary details on the pricing of Windows 7.

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    Link : The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 3.0
     
  5. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 4.0

    Microsoft has finalized their SKU (stock keeping units) for the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system! Let’s take a look at the choices Microsoft will be offering us, the consumers, when Windows 7 is launched. Let’s start with some highlights of the finalized Windows 7 SKU strategy and finish it off with a summary of the Windows 7 SKUs.

    We added a new page detailing the removal of the concurrent application limit from Windows 7 Starter Edition and the differences between Windows 7 Starter Edition and Windows 7 Home Premium Edition. We also updated the Windows 7 SKU Summary section.

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    Link : The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 4.0
     
  6. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 5.0

    Thanks to EU laws, Microsoft has to come up with new E and N variants of Windows 7. With that, Microsoft will have finalized their SKU (stock keeping units) for the Windows 7 operating system, barring any last minute demands by other countries (special firewalls for China?).

    Let’s take a look at the choices Microsoft will be offering us, the consumers, when Windows 7 is launched. Let’s start with some highlights of the finalized Windows 7 SKU strategy and finish it off with a summary of the Windows 7 SKUs.

    In this latest update, we added the latest Windows 7 Product Map as well as a new page detailing the new E and N versions of Windows 7!

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    Link : The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 5.0
     
  7. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 5.1

    Thanks to EU laws, Microsoft has to come up with new E and N variants of Windows 7. With that, Microsoft will have finalized their SKU (stock keeping units) for the Windows 7 operating system, barring any last minute demands by other countries (special firewalls for China?).

    Let’s take a look at the choices Microsoft will be offering us, the consumers, when Windows 7 is launched. Let’s start with some highlights of the finalized Windows 7 SKU strategy and finish it off with a summary of the Windows 7 SKUs.

    In this latest update, we added a small update on the issuance of new Blue and Rose PC COAs for Windows 7 Starter products, instead of the usual Green PC COAs.

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    Link : The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 5.1
     
  8. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 5.2

    We have more updates on Microsoft's SKU strategy for Windows 7!

    In this latest update, we added an update on the Maximum Hardware Requirements for Small Notebook PCs (Windows Starter Edition), as well as an update on the pricing of Windows 7 editions.

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    Link : The Microsoft Windows 7 SKU Strategy Revealed Rev. 5.2
     

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