Microsoft officially launched Windows 7 today worldwide and is now available on sale. OEMs will also offer Windows 7 now with new PCs. Windows 7 RTM is released on July 22, 2009 and got good reviewers from many users and enthusiasts unlike its predecessor Windows Vista.
Windows 7 is priced from $200 (Home Premium) to $320 (Ultimate) for full retail version while the upgrade packages are priced at $120 (Home Premium) to $220 (Ultimate). There are three editions of Windows 7 to choose from for home user, the home premium, professional and ultimate. Other editions are not relevant for individual user, the starter edition is only available for Netbooks via OEM installs and the Enterprise edition which is similar to ultimate is for corporate buyers.
If you are a XP user you need a clean install to get Windows 7, if you are already using Windows Vista you can use the Windows Upgrade Advisor from Microsoft to check if your machine supports upgrade from Vista. If you are looking for an upgrade from windows XP to Windows 7 technet has some information on this.
[...] released a useful tool aimed at netbook users who wants to upgrade to Windows 7. Netbooks came with Windows XP before and often they lack a DVD drive, with this tool users can [...]