Niveus Media just announced a new program that provides customers who purchase a Niveus Media Server product between August 13th, 2009 and October 21st, 2009, with a free factory upgrade to Windows 7 Professional or Home Premium (64-bit), scheduled to be available beginning October 22nd, 2009. Eligible products include the Niveus Media Server - Pro Series (n4, n7), the Rainier Edition, Vail Edition and Niveus ZONE products.

"We're glad to be able to continue our tradition of offering upgrade paths to our existing customers." said Tim Cutting, co-Founder and CEO, Niveus Media, "There has been an enormous amount of positive buzz around Windows 7, and we wanted to make sure our newest customers could purchase knowing that their Niveus Media Server investment is protected."

Limitations of Windows Vista has held back some of the functionalities of many top performing media center PCs. Windows 7 offers end users a much more feature friendly option.