Small PC Vendor First to Offer Windows 7 Upgrade Deal
A Seattle-area PC seller will offer free Windows 7 upgrades to customers who buy new Vista -powered machines starting next week, beating Microsoft Corp. and its biggest hardware partners to the punch by months.
Puget Systems, an Auburn, Wash. system builder that sells PCs nationally, will launch its own Windows 7 upgrade program next week, the company's president, Jon Bach, said Friday.
"This is completely independent of any Microsoft [upgrade] program for Windows 7," said Bach.
Beginning next week, Puget Systems customers who purchase PCs that cost at least $1000, and are equipped with the 64-bit edition of Windows Vista Ultimate, will be eligible for a free upgrade later this year to the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Ultimate. Bach said. During a Friday interview, however, he said Puget would consider also offering upgrades from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium.
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