In these times of economical strife, us folk living in the UK always seem to pay more for things than anywhere else in the world but alas one thing coming shortly should change that.

CNET have spotted that the pre-order price for a full copy of Windows 7 Home Premium is around £65 which is about $107. In the US the same version of the OS will be $200 which makes it cheaper even than the upgrade version that will be $120 over the pond.