{"id":9466,"date":"2013-01-18T19:53:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T03:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37prime.wordpress.com\/?p=9466"},"modified":"2013-01-18T19:53:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T03:53:05","slug":"windows-8-pricing-is-set-to-increase-in-february-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/2013\/01\/18\/windows-8-pricing-is-set-to-increase-in-february-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 8 pricing is set to increase in February 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft announces that <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windows\/b\/bloggingwindows\/archive\/2013\/01\/18\/update-on-windows-8-pricing.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Windows 8 pricing is set to increase starting February 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Windows 8 upgrade editions will be priced as follows starting in February:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Windows 8 Pro upgrade edition will be available online and at retail for $199.99 MSRP (U.S.).<\/li>\n<li>The Windows 8 upgrade edition will be available online and at retail for $119.99 MSRP (U.S.).<\/li>\n<li>The Windows 8 Pro Pack will cost $99.99 MSRP (U.S.).<\/li>\n<li>The Windows 8 Media Center Pack will cost $9.99 MSRP (U.S.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Microsoft has been selling Windows 8 Upgrade at a special pricing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But we have our promotional offer available until January 31st 2013, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/windows.com\/buy\" target=\"_blank\">upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for just $39.99 ERP* (U.S.) via Windows.com<\/a> using the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant or pick up a DVD copy at a local retailer for just $69.99 ERP* (U.S.).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Users are reportedly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/s\/article\/9235059\/Windows_8_s_uptake_falls_behind_Vista_s_pace\" target=\"_blank\">slow to adopt Windows 8<\/a> despite Microsoft&#8217;s efforts to convince\u00a0 users to upgrade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft announces that Windows 8 pricing is set to increase starting February 2013. Windows 8 upgrade editions will be priced as follows starting in February: The Windows 8 Pro upgrade edition will be available online and at retail for $199.99 MSRP (U.S.). The Windows 8 upgrade edition will be available online and at retail for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/2013\/01\/18\/windows-8-pricing-is-set-to-increase-in-february-2013\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Windows 8 pricing is set to increase in February 2013&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[946,4],"tags":[934,936,3216,3220],"class_list":["post-9466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-news","tag-microsoft","tag-tech","tag-windows","tag-windows-8"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcNtU-2sG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}