Below are tables showing the preorder and retail pricing available to Canadian and American consumers with links to Amazon.com and Amazon.ca where Windows 7 can be pre-ordered at the discounted price until July 11, 2009.

Note: See Paul Thurrott’s ‘Windows 7 Product Editions – A Comparison’ to see a detailed chart comparing the features of each. While I purchased the Vista ‘Ultimate’ edition in 2007, this time I will be purchasing the Home Premium edition for my PCs and laptops. I’ve been loving the Windows 7 beta and release candidate and heartily recommend it.

U.S. Windows 7 Upgrade Pricing (with links to Amazon.com)

Canadian Windows 7 Upgrade Pricing (with links to Amazon.ca)

There is no pre-order discount available for the Ultimate Edition.

Understand that these are ‘upgrade’ versions only. They can be used to upgrade Vista or an XP machines only. There are no pre-order discounts available for the full, non-upgrade, versions.

By way of full disclosure, if you pre-order through the links above, as an Amazon affiliate I get a small percentage referral fee. Alternatively, Microsoft provides a list of other online retailers that you can pre-order from: American’s click here – Canadian click here.

If you know of any better deals, particularly if there is any multi-unit licensing for the home deals, please let me know in the comments section.

See also:

• Microsoft Holds the Line on Windows 7 Pricing, Launches Limited-Time Promotions (Paul Thurrott)
• Microsoft’s Windows 7 Editions Comparison Chart