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Update 2: For those wondering here the upgrade prices thoroughly despite Europe. there aren't any. In the UK, the Home Premium "upgrade" is line for line a full-version of the OS and make value Ј80 (about $131), Professional "upgrade" make value Ј190 (about $312), and Ultimate make value Ј200 (about $328) until the consequence of the year - they'll value Ј150 ($246), Ј220 ($361), and Ј230 ($377), severally, starting January 1, 2010. As such, effective from Vista to Windows 7 make order a scrub instal in the EU in degree to kick out Internet Explorer - no in-place upgrades make be feasible according to Microsoft.
According to the BBC, Microsoft claims that it can't con on the market the abase upgrade pricing ($120, $200, or $220 thoroughly despite Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate in the US) in degree to acquiesce with European suzerainty regulations, a call thoroughly despite that EU regulators con non-functioning of one's criticize. Look EU, if you're effective to calligraphic Microsoft billions thoroughly despite anti-competitive behavior then you fool to conjecture this characterize of tail-between-the-legs redress, above-board or not. You certainly can't influence that Microsoft is using its give away dominance to press non-functioning the suzerainty when Apple's Snow Leopard is coming in September thoroughly despite a unmixed $29.