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Pricing and Licensing

The Windows� 2000 Professional Product Upgrade is a new product offering that provides a technical upgrade and lowers the cost for customers moving from Windows 95 and Windows 98. There are three choices depending on whether you are doing a clean installation or whether you are upgrading over an older version of Windows. The Windows 2000 Professional Product Upgrade is priced at a significant savings with an estimated retail price of $219.

Product Offering

Price*

Description

Windows 2000 Professional Desktop

Windows 2000 Professional Version Upgrade

$149**

Upgrade from Windows NT Workstation 4.0 or 3.51

Windows 2000 Professional Product Upgrade

$219

Upgrade from Windows 95 or Windows 98

Windows 2000 Professional

$319

Standard product

* Actual pricing may vary, so please contact reseller for specific pricing information.

** After $70 rebate.

Qualification for Free Upgrade

When Windows 2000 becomes available, customers who are enrolled in volume licensing Upgrade Advantage/Maintenance or included as part of an Enterprise Agreement will be eligible to receive upgrades to the equivalent Windows 2000 product for no additional charge. The following table shows Upgrade Advantage/Maintenance coverage to its corresponding free product upgrades.

Qualified Products

Corresponding Upgrade

Windows NT Workstation 3.51, 4.0

Windows 2000 Professional

Windows NT Server 3.51, 4.0

Windows 2000 Server

Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

Windows 2000 Server

Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition

Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Windows NT Server 3.51, 4.0 CAL

Windows 2000 Server CAL

BackOffice Server 4.5

Windows 2000 Server

Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition CAL

Windows 2000 Terminal Services CAL

Note: Windows 95 and Windows 98 Upgrade Advantage/Maintenance coverage does not qualify for free upgrade to Windows 2000 Professional.