Well I’ll be.
It looks like back home in Blighty my friends and family will be able to pick up copies of Windows 7 for the princely sum of 65 (GBP)* for the Home Premium Version. Amazon are already flogging it on their website and Nate has all the details in his CNET UK article.
For those of you interested in an upgrade and who are going to be playing IT department for your friends and family on release day**, Sir Scott Hanselman has some details on upgrade paths and how to get Win7 on your box with the minimum of fuss.
For those of you wondering who that chap on the throne is above, please refer to this website.
* I lost the pound sterling key on my keyboard! :(
** See my future posts on me upgrading my girlfriend’s laptop from OSX to Win7 :)