Price break for UK Windows 7 upgrades

I haven’t seen this on any of the PC sites yet, but DD just wrote to me to say:

Users in the uk who signed up for the RC (I did, but didn’t get it because it wouldn’t download and I just gave up after 10 attempts) recieved notification yesterday that we can pre order from a selection of retailers for up to 47% off up until the start of August (subject to limited numbers) for the the 22 October release of it.

Good news. Anybody have details? The UK versions are horribly over-priced…

UPDATE: The Telegraph reports:

for this limited pre-sale period Windows Home Premium is available for £49.99 instead of £149.99 and Windows 7 Professional for £99.99 instead of £189.99.

Remember, the “Windows 7 E” version – which is the only version available in UK – is a full install package, not an upgrade version. At current exchange rates, MS is offering the full Windows 7 E Home Premium for US $ 82, down from the (outrageous!) list price of US $ 246.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Microsoft has posted its official description of how to install the “E” versions of Windows 7. That page also includes a good overview of Windows Easy Transfer, the utility you will probably use to save all of your data if you do a clean install of any version of Windows 7.