This is not a beta test program, it has nothing to do with beta testing
or beta testers.

It's available right now to anyone at Best Buy and at Newegg (and about
6 other places).

The discount is HUGE ($49 instead of $119) and it is ONLY available
until July 11th.

Larry wrote:
>
>> From now until July 11th, a few places are participating in a Microsoft
>> "pre-order" program where you can buy a copy at a VERY steep discount
>> (50% to 70% off; $49 for the $119 Home Premium Upgrade, for example).
>> Ships on 10/22.
>
> Beta testers always get big discounts. It makes up for all those little
> crashes right after you've typed in the 12 page report it was writing to
> disk when it crashed.
>
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