Last week Mary Jo Foley From CNET Reported about the Windows 7 to Windows 8 upgrade plans,reporting that the Software Giant is planning a low cost upgrade solution for all the current Windows 7 users running various editions of Windows 7,which would encourage them to upgrade to the latest offering from Microsoft.

What that report didn’t include is the price tag of what actually the users would have to pay in order to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8.A new report from Paul Thurott Suggests that the cost for upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8 would be around 14.99$.

So come June 2 when the official Promotional Campaign Kicks off,people who will buy a copy of Windows 7 operating systems can avail this low cost upgrade to Windows 8 Pro.This offer price is valid for US Only buyers,so the local price may vary according to locations.

So no matter what version of Windows 7 you buy you can get the Windows 8 Pro edition for 14.99$ as an upgrade to your Windows 7 version.The article also talks about Windows 8 Pro upgrades from the lower version of Windows 8,the “Upgrade Packs”for those kinds of upgrade which will bring features like Windows Media Center would also be there,but at the moment the pricing details for those packs are not available.Stay tuned for more Windows 8 Scoop.