Windows 7 Starter to Home Upgrade is only $19.99 with new Netbook Purchase

Amazon and Best Buy offer $19.99 Windows 7 Upgrade.

Nov 15 2010, 5:00am CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Windows 7 Starter to Home Upgrade is only $19.99 with new Netbook Purchase

Most netbooks ship with Windows 7 Starter. Microsoft came up with the idea of a limited Windows 7 version to protect its Windows 7 pricing and still offer a low cost license to netbook manufacturers. This is not great for consumers as they get a Windows 7 version that does not even allow you to change the background image.

Other limitations of Windows 7 Starter include no Aero desktop themes, no 64-bit support (2GB RAM limit) and no Media Center.

Microsoft makes it very easy to upgrade a Windows 7 Starter system to Home Premium with Windows 7 Anytime Upgrades. The price of a Starter to Home Premium upgrade is usually $79.99, which adds quite a bit to the cost of a netbook. Right now Amazon and Best Buy are offering the Microsoft Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade Starter to Home Premium for only $19.99 with purchase of a new netbook.

Qualifying netbooks on Amazon include $349.99 Asus Eee PC 1015PED, $329.99 Acer Aspire One AO521-3089, $269.99 Acer Aspire One AOD255-2795 and many more.

Shop the qualifying netbooks for the $19.99 Home Premium upgrade on Amazon.
Note, Amazon did not update the text yet on the offer at the time of posting. Here Amazon states the upgrade is $19.99 with the purchase of a new PC.

Shop the qualifying netbooks for the $19.99 Home Premium upgrade on Best Buy.

See also our Black Friday Netbook Deals Guide for netbook sales during Black November.

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Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into vibrant technology magazine.
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