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Microsoft to sell Windows 7 for $50
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 06:17 AM
In related news, Apple to sell Snow Leopard for existing Leopard users in the following versions: Home Premium for $29, Professional for $29 and Ultimate for $29.
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 06:18 AM
This 50$ is only if you pre-order the Home Premium version. Normal prices are much more higher. I can say "Who is going to buy W7?", but IMHO the answer is obvious - most Vista users, that's why they are going to offer only 10% discount for normal packages.
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 06:22 AM
This was unexpected how? Pay $50 for the product that they all bought in Vista packages
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 06:34 AM
"Windows 7 Professional, which will run for $10"
Surely that's a typo, and should be $100. Looks like it's $100 on MS's site.
http://www.microsoft.../pre-order.aspx
Surely that's a typo, and should be $100. Looks like it's $100 on MS's site.
http://www.microsoft.../pre-order.aspx
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 06:35 AM
Wow, this is just a scam so they can have some sales statistics to talk about. Meanwhile, I don't have to give Apple my money for four months for no reason whatsoever.
I can, gasp, actually get my product right after I give them my money. What a concept? And I still am only paying $29.
I can, gasp, actually get my product right after I give them my money. What a concept? And I still am only paying $29.
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 06:47 AM
Steve Jobs called. He wants his joke back.
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 06:48 AM
Correct. Typo is being fixed presently.
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 06:52 AM
So the crappiest version of 7, Home Premium, is 4x as much as the best (and only) version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard ($30).
The best version of 7, Ultimate, is 7.33x more expensive than Snow Leopard and Microsoft hasn't even announced the prices for the 64bit versions yet.
What happened to the Apple Tax? Right, it never existed. That's called projection, Microsoft.
The best version of 7, Ultimate, is 7.33x more expensive than Snow Leopard and Microsoft hasn't even announced the prices for the 64bit versions yet.
What happened to the Apple Tax? Right, it never existed. That's called projection, Microsoft.
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 06:56 AM
"It's to Microsoft's advantage to get as many people upgraded as they possibly can."
Actually, it's to Microsoft's advantage to get as many people as the can to upgrade before they actually use it.
For those who need a magic decoder ring:
Home Premium - stripped down
Professional - somewhat useful
Ultimate - almost as good as OS X 10.1
Actually, it's to Microsoft's advantage to get as many people as the can to upgrade before they actually use it.
For those who need a magic decoder ring:
Home Premium - stripped down
Professional - somewhat useful
Ultimate - almost as good as OS X 10.1
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 07:15 AM
zwei said:
If they would have made it the full version I would have actually bought a copy for boot camp. Oh well.
i think the full version IS $50 if you preorder before july 11th... from what i read, the only "upgrade" version is the one they are offering for free for people who buy vista machines starting this friday.
or do you mean "full version" as in the ultimate version for $50?
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 07:22 AM
[quote name='fribhey']
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I'm talking about the line in the story that says "The offer is available to users of Windows XP or Windows Vista PCs."
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zwei said:
> If they would have made it the full version I would have actually bought a copy for boot camp. Oh well.
i think the full version IS $50 if you preorder before july 11th... from what i read, the only "upgrade" version is the one they are offering for free for people who buy vista machines starting this friday.
or do you mean "full version" as in the ultimate version for $50?
i think the full version IS $50 if you preorder before july 11th... from what i read, the only "upgrade" version is the one they are offering for free for people who buy vista machines starting this friday.
or do you mean "full version" as in the ultimate version for $50?
I'm talking about the line in the story that says "The offer is available to users of Windows XP or Windows Vista PCs."
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 07:40 AM
"It raises a legitimate question as to how many Boot Camp/Parallels/Fusion users here plan to take advantage of the offer."
That is a good question, and it probably depends on what Mac users use Windows for. For myself, my budget is pretty tight and the difference between $50 and $100 is significant. As I look at the feature set of Home Premium vs. Professional, I see that there is limited networking and no XP emulation support in Home Premium. Does that mean that a couple of older Windows programs that I use would cease to work without upgrading to the professional version? As for the networking, my workplace uses Novell and so I would hope that installing the Novell client would allow Home Premium to function on that network normally as it does with XP home. I do have Vista running on my Mini in Boot Camp, and I will be either upgrading that or downgrading to XP.
I have tried out Windows 7 using Virtual Box and for the most part, I like it. However, I think it's interesting that the RC version of 7 is the ultimate edition, leaving people who choose to upgrade to a lesser version without some of the features they've had available in the RC.
That is a good question, and it probably depends on what Mac users use Windows for. For myself, my budget is pretty tight and the difference between $50 and $100 is significant. As I look at the feature set of Home Premium vs. Professional, I see that there is limited networking and no XP emulation support in Home Premium. Does that mean that a couple of older Windows programs that I use would cease to work without upgrading to the professional version? As for the networking, my workplace uses Novell and so I would hope that installing the Novell client would allow Home Premium to function on that network normally as it does with XP home. I do have Vista running on my Mini in Boot Camp, and I will be either upgrading that or downgrading to XP.
I have tried out Windows 7 using Virtual Box and for the most part, I like it. However, I think it's interesting that the RC version of 7 is the ultimate edition, leaving people who choose to upgrade to a lesser version without some of the features they've had available in the RC.
