Unless you buy a system within weeks of Windows 7's arrival (one source says the planned cutoff date is July 1, but that's a rumor right now), Microsoft is unlikely to offer free or discounted upgrade coupons, and that means computer sales are likely to stagnate for the time being as buyers take a "wait and see" approach.
At least one company has other ideas, though, and wants to keep sales going. Seattle-area PC builder Puget Sound Systems says it is launching a program this week to give new computer buyers a free copy of Windows 7, "completely independent of any Microsoft program."
There are a few catches: You have to buy a machine that costs at least $1,000. And you have to equip it with Windows Vista Ultimate, 64-bit edition. Your free upgrade will be to Windows 7 Ultimate, also 64-bit.
(Update: The company says Home Premium will also be supported.) You don't simply get a disk to do the upgrade yourself, sadly: You'll have to bring or ship your computer back to Puget Sound, so they can install the upgrade themselves, "to make sure that the upgrades go smoothly." You pay for shipping both ways.
Maybe not a great deal, but at least a good sign and a really good idea -- and it makes me wonder if any of the big PC players will follow up and offer a similar program. No sense losing sales while Microsoft figures out what people want, right?
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