Microsoft brings back Windows 7 Family Pack

 

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By Nicole Kobie

Posted on 1 Sep 2010 at 16:43

Microsoft has revived its Windows 7 Family Pack discount, just days after confirming it was over.

The package offered three upgrade licenses of Windows 7 Home Premium for £150, a decent discount off the £99 full price for each license.

However, some looking to upgrade haven't been able to find the deal lately, including one PC Pro reader who wrote in saying the cost to move his family's PCs to Windows 7 was simply too high without the discount.

When asked last week why the Family Pack was no more, Microsoft told PC Pro that the discount was always intended to be for a limited time.

“When launched in the UK, the Windows 7 Family Pack was only available while supplies lasted,” explained Leila Martine, director for Windows Consumer Microsoft in the UK. “We’ll continue to explore ways of bringing value to our customers through compelling offers.”

Microsoft seems to have changed its mind, announcing in a blog post that the Family Pack is back. Sales will start in the US on 3 October, followed by the UK and other markets on 22 October - which Microsoft points out is the first birthday of its operating system.

Anyone looking to take advantage of the discount should mark that date in their calendars, as Microsoft said the Family Pack is again only here "while supplies last."