Monday, May 18th 2009
Pricing Potential Spoilsport for Windows 7 Adoption: Dell
Thanks to Microsoft's free sneak preview of Windows 7 in the form of its downloadable release candidate. Users world over are enjoying a fully-functional license of Windows 7 Ultimate that will expire in June 2010. In the mean time, Microsoft expects you to get a hang on the new OS, help it with mass-testing, and gear-up for its commercial launch later this year. The pricing of the OS however, seems to have people like Dell's Darrel Ward, director of product management worried. "If there's one thing that may influence adoption, make things slower or cause customers to pause, it's that generally the ASPs (average selling price) of the operating systems are higher than they were for Vista and XP," he said, in a telephonic interview with CNET.
"In tough economic times, I think it's naive to believe that you can increase your prices on average and then still see a strong swell than if you held prices flat or even lowered them. I can tell you that the licensing tiers at retail are more expensive than they were for Vista. Schools and government agencies may not be able to afford [the additional cost]. Some of the smaller businesses may not be able to enjoy the software as soon as they'd like," he added. Apart from its pricing, Dell however, feels optimistic about Windows 7. The OS seems to have already built up a lot more momentum, and enthusiasm than what Windows Vista could manage.
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CNET
"In tough economic times, I think it's naive to believe that you can increase your prices on average and then still see a strong swell than if you held prices flat or even lowered them. I can tell you that the licensing tiers at retail are more expensive than they were for Vista. Schools and government agencies may not be able to afford [the additional cost]. Some of the smaller businesses may not be able to enjoy the software as soon as they'd like," he added. Apart from its pricing, Dell however, feels optimistic about Windows 7. The OS seems to have already built up a lot more momentum, and enthusiasm than what Windows Vista could manage.
37 Comments on Pricing Potential Spoilsport for Windows 7 Adoption: Dell
And if the retail pricing of Win7 is staying the same, I doubt the OEM pricing will really change all that much.
Though they are probably bitching about the higher costs for the Home Basic and Starter Editions, but they really shouldn't be putting those on any computer anyway, so they don't have any room to talk. Though it is Dell, so we all know they will complain about not being able to screw the customer over as easily. It is probably a good thing that Microsoft is raising the prices on those two editions, it will prevent them from being used, as the savings won't be worth loosing the features.
Torrenting it would be faster:D
even now there are so may way to obtain the "genuine software" certification and they can't do nothing about it....
though consumers might get pissed off because they have to pay for them everytime...
still those updates can get pirated also...
Vista Ultimate: 287$
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116473
I explain it to you: The MSRP is the price the manufacturer "suggests" the product be sold at. In this case Win7 Ultimate and Vista Ultimate will both have an MSRP of $319.95. Obviously, retailers sell them for cheaper. But with both having the same MSRP, it is a safe bet that both will have the same prices once they hit retail selves.
If you would have actually looked at the source links, you probably would have saved yourself some embarassment, I didn't put them in my post just to stay privy on my BB Coding skills...