Nexus Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I know there has been and is a lot of Vista threads, but I dont remember seeing one like this, and I'm curious. There has been a posts about the increase costs of the new Vista. Now, is the increase cost going to effect anyone's decision to obtain the new OS? And if so how much are you willing to pay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasker Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I will get it for free, I'm beta tester :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malbojia Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Reason why I voted in the 250 to 300 is how much XP pro costed when it came out canadian. So thus from powers that be of deduction it would either be in this price range once again or even more seen how in a few articles they wanted to up the price by a wee bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0z Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I will get it for free, I'm beta tester :laugh: 586348094[/snapback] Don't bet on it. No freebies after the Office 2003 beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecaveman Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I've only heard of increased cost for premium version, a version BTW you probably won't even be interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I'm going to get it for free and I'm NOT a beta tester ;) (Thank you Academic MSDN) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Microsoft will never do the right thing and offer Vista with similar pricing Apple offers for the Tiger OS. The OS should not be over $100 with a 5 user license plan for $199. Simple pricing like this would go a long way to stopping piracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted August 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 9, 2005 i voted over $300 as when XP was released, XP Home was over $300 by itself (and it's still at the $350 mark, xp pro is about $640) i think, that due to the cost of computers comming down, and the cost of windows going up, soon, windows will cost more than the whole system. i dont think that's a good situation for MS to be in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXY Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 it'll be well worth $300 for sure.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKuro Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I'm going to get it for free and I'm NOT a beta tester either (Thank you whatever warez method is around at release *probably bittorrent*) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InternalStorm Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 If it costed more around $100-150 I bet there would be a whole load of people who would seriously consider buying it rather than going the route of piracy. But nowadays, people would rather spend that 300 bucks instead of on an OS they can get for nothing and use the money to get a new CPU/Motherboard or higher end graphics card. Volume over profit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illicit Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 If it costed more around $100-150 I bet there would be a whole load of people who would seriously consider buying it rather than going the route of piracy. But nowadays, people would rather spend that 300 bucks instead of on an OS they can get for nothing and use the money to get a new CPU/Motherboard or higher end graphics card. Volume over profit! 586348284[/snapback] That's a good point. I would probably rather spend my money on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 i will get it for free i am a msdn staff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blush Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I plan on buying a new computer with Vista pre-installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted August 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 9, 2005 First of all, you need to specify what currency... Most likely it will follow the same pricing scheme that Windows has followed previously; Pro versions will be $300 USD, Home will be $200 USD. OEM versions will be about 1/2 of those prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pre Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I will probably stick with Windows98 (as I have been doing for the past 7 years) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastair04 Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I hopefully plan to get an OEM copy of Vista x64 plus a WGF-compliant graphics card. :p If I can afford to!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-T- Member Posted August 9, 2005 Member Share Posted August 9, 2005 I like the way most people are pretending they'll pay for it. I'll probably buy one copy, but not one for all my pc's so I hope activation aint as annoying this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hais Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Microsoft will never do the right thing and offer Vista with similar pricing Apple offers for the Tiger OS.The OS should not be over $100 with a 5 user license plan for $199. Simple pricing like this would go a long way to stopping piracy. 586348182[/snapback] i agree.. there must be a gazillion copies of its software sold every second but they still insist in making you pay an arm and a bollock for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I'll go for the OEM version. Don't know what price it may be though, XP OEM is around 45-50GBP at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsquirle Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I will probably not buy vista soon... and how much would I want to pay??? as less as possible? 50?? 100?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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