US customers are being allowed to pre-order Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional version as of today at discounted prices.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspxBut UK customers [and others] have to wait for July 15th?http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspxWhy is this please?Old Mig15 pilot. Using Windows 7 RC Vista that works.

They are meanies. But UK customers at least get a presales offer, others not. Be happy!Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)

Big blue meanies..?? Canadian, English and French, get the offer today as well. Although the website still says please return on June 26th? So do either Japanese or Chinese [sorry for not knowing the difference] but UK is July 15th. We also get the "E" [European sans IE8?] version..??Thank you for sentiments, we are happy! Wimbledon fortnight and the sun is shining...??? Might we get a cricket match in the sun..??Old Mig15 pilot. Using Windows 7 RC Vista that works.

Hi DavyThis is just marketing. We don't have any idea what agreements, policies, or even treatiesmight be involved with distributing a product to international markets. Anything we could post about this would just be speculation.Hope this helps.Thank You for testing Windows 7 Ronnie Vernon MVP

hi im from the Netherlands does that mean that i cant pre order w7?

hi im from the Netherlands does that mean that i cant pre order w7? Hmmm!! I'm not absolutely certain....but I do not think so..??Old Mig15 pilot. Using Windows 7 RC Vista that works.

But let me get this straight though. If you purchase a Vista upgrade in the time frame of June 26th 2009 to January 31st 2010 you qualify for the pre-order offer? What about those of us who bought a Vista upgrade before June 26th 2009?