Uh oh. Windows 7 to be more expensive than Vista?


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Currently I think they charge a fairly low price to big manufacturers like Dell while charging a much higher price for retail. I think that piracy would be much lower if the retail price were more reasonable, or even if you could just pay online for a license without the box and media.

It should also be easy to keep using your legitimate license and install it on one or two more computers. I've had to install illegitimate versions of XP before but in each case I or the user already had a license, it was just lost or unusable for some silly technical reason.

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Well if this is true, I think that the 'Laptop Hunters' Ads are now contradictory, IF this is true it's time to buy a Mac and NEVER go back to Windows, If my only 2 options are that expensive, well it's obvious I'll go for the one THAT WORKS!

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Keep in mind that what's being quoted are going to be retail prices. Almost everyone will get their copy of Windows via OEM, which are far cheaper. And Microsoft always seems to offer promotions and educational discounts.

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Well 3 years of updates from Vista, 8 years of updates with Windows XP.

OSX updates are a lot more frequent. They should charge less.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS#Mac_OS_X_Cat_Names

I think it is fair. But they should allow more than one install per household. Piracy should never be an option. But I actually care about the developers who made the software.

Apple also makes huge profits off the hardware. They can afford to not make a huge profit from their software.

Microsoft doesn't make the hardware, they need to profit off of the software.

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Wouldn't higher prices at retail signal an increase at the OEM level as well? I know the price for OEMs is no where near that of retail, but there has to be some correlation...

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According to Dell, price may be a hindrance for some in the move to Windows 7. Thoughts?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10242555...torsPicksArea.0

it better not be more than vista or i refuse to buy it. ill stick with my vista license or switch to linux full time, i mean it too. this is bullsh**

Yeah, me too. But then again, I'm sure the price will be reasonable anyway.

if it's more than vista, they are ripping us off! 7 = polished vista, point blank! don't forget we are talking about micro$oft here, nothing is reasonable.

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Shouldn't affect me. I'm assuming I'll be able to get a copy on MDSNAA thanks to my uni :)

And really, I don't think this will affect anything. Very few people actually buy a new version of windows on its own. Most of the time it just comes with a new computer. Adding a little bid to the retail price really isn't going to do much at all.

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if it's more than vista, they are ripping us off! 7 = polished vista, point blank! don't forget we are talking about micro$oft here, nothing is reasonable.

It's polished Vista, then new stuff. It's not just a service pack release.

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So you are saying... "I will always pirate"...

For people like you the price will never be low enough :|

Which is precisely why I've bought every copy of Windows I've ever owned! Sorry mate, I forgot that you knew absolutely everything about me, 'for people like you..' PSH!

Why pirate it? :| If you can't afford it then stay with Windows Vista or XP (whatever you currently use) until the price lowers, or you can afford it.

Well, I still plan to buy it if the price is acceptable, but no way in hell am I going back to the pile'o'junk which is Vista (by comparison to 7).

So, to answer your question, 'Cause I can

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As ironic as it sounds, another way to get a cheap licence is to install a pirated copy but don't crack it, get caught by WGA, follow the links and buy the Genuine Advantage kit!

OEM is usually slightly cheaper though, although bizarrely enough the OEM licence is more restrictive.

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Keep in mind that what's being quoted are going to be retail prices. Almost everyone will get their copy of Windows via OEM, which are far cheaper. And Microsoft always seems to offer promotions and educational discounts.

I didn't see any prices in the article. Just someone claiming Dell said the price could be a problem.

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Which is precisely why I've bought every copy of Windows I've ever owned! Sorry mate, I forgot that you knew absolutely everything about me, 'for people like you..' PSH!

Well, I still plan to buy it if the price is acceptable, but no way in hell am I going back to the pile'o'junk which is Vista (by comparison to 7).

So, to answer your question, 'Cause I can

Here's hoping for the day you get your vehicle stolen, simply because the thief doesn't think the price of the car has come down enough. So, in the meantime, he'll just take yours. Why? 'Cause he can!

Cheers!

:beer:

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Hmm, this might increase Linux market shares a bit, they wanted to take a bite out of Ubuntu netbooks, but now they can't with an oversized price tag VS. Ubuntu's free price tag.

Which is precisely why I've bought every copy of Windows I've ever owned! Sorry mate, I forgot that you knew absolutely everything about me, 'for people like you..' PSH!

Well, I still plan to buy it if the price is acceptable, but no way in hell am I going back to the pile'o'junk which is Vista (by comparison to 7).

So, to answer your question, 'Cause I can

Yeah Vista is terrible, I'm probably either going to stay on XP, or move to Ubuntu as Windows apparently is too expensive.

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Until MS gives us retail or OEM prices we don't know if they'll be the same or not.

Some guy at dell or his cousin don't know what the prices will be, why would they? Since when does MS tell them what they're retail prices will be? And the article isn't talking about OEM prices it seems.

I'll wait for the official prices from MS when we're ready for release.

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Until MS gives us retail or OEM prices we don't know if they'll be the same or not.

Some guy at dell or his cousin don't know what the prices will be, why would they? Since when does MS tell them what they're retail prices will be? And the article isn't talking about OEM prices it seems.

I'll wait for the official prices from MS when we're ready for release.

Since they're trying to work together their business plans.. Their Windows 7 deals don't come out of a monkey with a magic ball.

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Hmm, this might increase Linux market shares a bit, they wanted to take a bite out of Ubuntu netbooks, but now they can't with an oversized price tag VS. Ubuntu's free price tag.
Is 2009 the year Linux will take off?

:p

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Yeah Vista is terrible, I'm probably either going to stay on XP, or move to Ubuntu as Windows apparently is too expensive.

Note how he said "(In comparison to 7)" and not XP.

Vista is lightyears above XP

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