Our customers have been asking us for months and we’re finally ready to share our pricing and licensing details.  When Windows OneCare Live goes final in the U.S. in June, the subscription service price will be $49.95 per year.  And here is more good news – many customers have told us they have more than one computer, and want OneCare’s security and system optimization features on all of them.  We listened.  For this same price, you’ll be able to install OneCare on up to 3 PCs per subscription!

We encourage you to take a look at what our competitors are offering – we’re confident that no one else is delivering a value like this for an “all-in-one” service on up to 3 PCs, like Windows OneCare Live.  Those of you that read the blog often know that we are somewhat obsessed with providing consumers a simple to use, comprehensive PC care service, and understand why we’re absolutely thrilled that we’ll be able to offer this service at such a great value.         

Throughout the development process we have depended - and continue to depend - on the feedback and input of our beta testers to improve the service.  We asked for your help and you engaged deeply with suggestions, comments, issues, recommendations, etc.  To reward you - our beta customers - for your invaluable efforts, we will be offering a special beta conversion price.  Beta customers who convert to being paid OneCare subscribers between April 1^st and April 30^th will be offered one year of service for only $19.95 – again, for use on up to 3 PCs!  We’ll remind you when this offer is live, and remember, beta testers can simply click on the “Purchase now” button within the main Windows OneCare window.

Not a beta user yet?  Don’t worry.  There’s still time to download the beta directly from http://ideas.live.com , but remember, April 30^th is the cut-off date to get on the beta and become a subscriber at this discounted rate.  If you don’t sign up with OneCare, we strongly encourage you to do two things. First, tell us why – we want to know how we can improve. And second, please be sure to subscribe to someone’s service.  Having up-to-date anti-virus and overall PC care protection is essential to keeping your machine safe and healthy.

As you can tell, we’re getting closer to final product availability and continue to get very helpful user feedback.  Your input is being heard – in fact we plan on delivering a beta refresh later this month. Please keep sending us your feedback – we love to hear your comments and truly appreciate your input.

Thanks again,

Yoav