Microsoft announced official retail prices for Windows 7 today, setting prices at nearly 10 percent below the prices for Windows Vista—good news for consumers who want new technology without the price tag. It’s also good news for Microsoft, whose strategy will likely boost sales for the long-term Windows 7 lifecycle and short-term Windows 7 promotion.

Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade, which is portending to be Window’s biggest cash crop, will be available on preorder for a shocking $49.99, but only for a limited time—from June 26 through July 11—and only for U.S. customers. Business customers who want the beefier Windows 7 Professional edition upgrade will only pay $99.99 on the promotion

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Have you ever lost a password to a Windows computer and just wish you had a way to get into the computer? There is a simple solution with KonBoot
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You may have read that Microsoft is taking a new approach with the release of Windows 7 then they have done with any of their other operating systems. Microsoft has opened their beta program, and allowed the public to download and use Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 for free until June 1, 2010. The version that they allow you to test is the Ultimate version of Windows 7, which will have all the bells and whistles of the operating system. The only “drawback” for this test is that starting on March first of 2010, your computer will shut down after being on for two hours, but you will be warned about this two weeks before it happens. Here is a hands-on review of Windows 7 RC1.

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