Last December,
Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise, when Microsoft dropped its Windows 7 Family Pack marketing just prior to Christmas, I thought it may well return. I predicted Microsoft could possibly do an about-face and reintroduce it.I believed that may possibly take place in a few of months. It actually took shut to a year for the Family members Pack to arrive back — and will happen right after the back-to-school PC buying rush is over.As Microsoft officials noted on September 1 on the Windows Experience blog, starting October 3 in the U.S., the Family members Pack will be available via select retailers and online at the Microsoft Store for $149.99. (That;s the same price Microsoft charged for it last yr.) Under terms of the deal,
Office Standard 2007, buyers will get three copies of Windows 7 Home Premium. Customers in Canada, UK,
Office 2007 Standard Key, Germany,
Windows 7 32bit, France, Australia and other markets will be able to buy the Windows 7 Family members Pack on or after October 22,
Windows 7 Pro Key, the one-year anniversary of the launch of Windows 7.As my colleague Ed Bott notes, don;t be surprised to see Microsoft end the promotion when those seemingly inexhaustible “supplies run out,” like they did final yr.