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Pre orders are now available for windows 7. Windows 7 is the latest operating system from Microsoft and is a huge step up from the hugely criticised windows vista. For a limited period pre orders are available at a discount making the home premium edition £44.97 from amazon and the professional edition £89.97

In a good move as well you no longer have to choose whether you want 32 bit or 64 bit discs as both are included.

We’ve been running the release candidate version for a while now and are pretty impressed with it compared to vista. European customers will need to obtain a web browser and put it on a disc or a memory stick before installing windows 7 as Microsoft have removed internet explorer from the european editions in line with competition law. There are many people who would view the absence of internet explorer in the OS as a very good thing!!

EDIT The limited price discount offer seems to have finished now. However pre orders are still available just at the full price (however with amazon and their price guarantee you will pay the lowest price between your pre-order and the release)

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