+Warwagon MVC Posted March 1, 2014 MVC Share Posted March 1, 2014 Seeing how the market share of XP is still quite large I think Microsoft needs to bring back the $40 upgrade price to Windows 8 like they did when Windows 8 first came out. In that short amount of time I upgraded more people to a new version of windows than I had in 9 years. Sure some machine are to old for Windows 8 but i'm sure there are a good chunk of them that would run just fine with windows 8, like core 2 duo machines running XP. I reolize there was never a $40 Windows 8.1 upgrade just a $40 Windows 8 upgrade, but you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 That would be nice. I would upgrade a notebook. I don't thinking paying over $100 for a US is worth it any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted March 1, 2014 Author MVC Share Posted March 1, 2014 That would be nice. I would upgrade a notebook. I don't thinking paying over $100 for a US is worth it any more. I have 3 computers I would probably upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1911 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Windows 8 should be available for a fixed price of $14 (That was their initial promotion) Once they have captured the market, then they will recover through app sales. But current app implementation is pathetic. Modern apps should behave as desktop apps with full flexibility. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zlip792 MVC Posted March 1, 2014 MVC Share Posted March 1, 2014 I suggest if promotion would be "Should Microsoft bring back the $40 Windows 8.1 upgrade".... It will help reducing piracy in third world countries as well. Fedr0 and +E.Worm Jimmy 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio384 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 That would do nothing. Windows XP users are more limited by the fact that they are using old hardware that isn't capable of running any Windows NT 6.x OS. Dunkleybwoy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted March 1, 2014 Author MVC Share Posted March 1, 2014 That would do nothing. Windows XP users are more limited by the fact that they are using old hardware that isn't capable of running any Windows NT 6.x OS. Not entirely true, I do see a bunch of Core 2 duo XP machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I upgraded several computers because of the ?24.99 introductory offer and I know of many others that took advantage of it. Many would not have been upgraded had the price been the usual ?110. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogib Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I jumped on the $14.99 upgrade deal back when it launched and don't regret it one bit. Make anything cheap enough and people will buy it instead of pirate it. gohpep 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted March 1, 2014 Author MVC Share Posted March 1, 2014 I jumped on the $14.99 upgrade deal back when it launched and don't regret it one bit. Make anything cheap enough and people will buy it instead of pirate it. At the $40 price I bought 3 licenses DConnell and goretsky 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gohpep Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I want the $15 upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hizzoner Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Windows 8.0 & 8.1 will eventually be free much like Linux distros are currently. I upgraded one machine to W8, and purchased others from Dell with W8 installed. I'm reasonably happy with W8.1, but there is room for improvements to the OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I bought Win8 during the initial offer. Just this week I installed Mint Linux on my girlfriends XP PC (actually it's a Vista PC but XP is now on it - long story!), so she can get used to it before XP support expires. If they brought back the initial offer, I would buy Win8 for her. I myself am on Win8, cannot upgrade to 8.1 because of some CPU restriction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttus Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 yea, $15 i'd buy it... $40 i'd think about it, but probably not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted March 1, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted March 1, 2014 I am on windows 7 now. at $40 dollar i would upgrade immediatly. at $15 i would upgrade everyone in the family. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarman Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 40$ for the pro retail version would the best reason for me to move from 7. +E.Worm Jimmy and +hedleigh 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zlip792 MVC Posted March 1, 2014 MVC Share Posted March 1, 2014 @warwagon Rather than focusing poll question at Upgrade only, why not you also add option of permanent price drop to about 50$ or under.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted March 1, 2014 Author MVC Share Posted March 1, 2014 @warwagon Rather than focusing poll question at Upgrade only, why not you also add option of permanent price drop to about 50$ or under.. Because most people get windows 8 with a new computer. Not counting the ones that build their own. I'm trying to see how many people would "upgrade" to windows 8.1 if the price is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted March 1, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thread cleaned. Please stay on the topic given in the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 It's obvious that most if not all people would prefer paying $15 for an upgrade rather than $40. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zlip792 MVC Posted March 1, 2014 MVC Share Posted March 1, 2014 Because most people get windows 8 with a new computer. Not counting the ones that build their own. I'm trying to see how many people would "upgrade" to windows 8 if the price is right. Satisfied. Analogy is right in this sense. LOL!!! Personally I want Windows prices to be competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted March 1, 2014 Author MVC Share Posted March 1, 2014 While $15 would be nice, at the end of the day they are mostly a software company, so I think we need a middle ground. For a software company I think $15 is to cheap, but I think at $40 they can still me a pretty good profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted March 1, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2014 $15 for the digital version and more if you want a DVD that you can use again later if you have to. That $40 price for the DVD also covered production and shipping I'm sure, so it's still a deal. Maybe they can run it again for a limited time with update 1 like they did with 8.0. Make it from April 8th when it goes live till end of the summer, then run the same promo again when Windows 9 hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvllsvm Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 At $15, it was my first legal copy of Windows since XP. Bring it back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 The $40 was the only reason I bought windows 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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