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Pricing Potential Spoilsport for Windows 7 Adoption: Dell

Well Lotsa ppl wouldn't really mind if it is more expensive...
cos they're pirates!!....
 
btarunr said:
Dell is referring to OEM copies / paper licenses of Windows 7, as that's the only form in which Dell would sell the OS to its customers.
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Dell sells retail copies of Windows: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/category.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&category_id=5571

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.
 
I'm happy once you can use the evaluation period and extend it 3 times like you can with Vista :p, free Vista for 120 days lol
 
DaveK said:
I'm happy once you can use the evaluation period and extend it 3 times like you can with Vista :p, free Vista for 120 days lol
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na wastes too much time...:P
Torrenting it would be faster:D
 
after a few years M$ will give all OS for free and they will charge consumers with services ,updates...etc.;they can't stop piracy and when linux will be compatible with all soft created for windows they'll be forced by the market otherwise they loose the market share and not only...

even now there are so may way to obtain the "genuine software" certification and they can't do nothing about it....
 
that would be a good idea...
though consumers might get pissed off because they have to pay for them everytime...
still those updates can get pirated also...
 
I mean did anyone think that Microsoft was going to just suddenly drop their prices??
 
I just hope the price they set isn't too high for my school to be able to offer me a Windows 7 Ultimate disk for $50 like they do for Vista before the RC1 expires (in March).
 
they are best to sell it at the Price of Vista, nothing more.
 
newtekie1 said:
Ok, here is the deal with Win7 pricing. So far, the only information we have on it, is still a rumor, however it puts prices at the same level as Vista.

Home Premium is to sell for $259.95, the exact same price as Vista.
Business Edition is to sell for $299.95, the exact same price as Vista.
Ultimate Edidition is to sell for $319.95, the exact same price as Vista.

Sources: windows7center and Microsoft

I don't know where this jackass from Dell is getting that Microsoft Windows 7 has a higher average selling price, unless you count some of the versions that the consumers couldn't care less about.:laugh:

And yes, OEM is the way to go if you know what you are doing, and don't need to call Microsoft for tech support(Microsoft does not provide free tech support for OEM copies). They can also only be legally installed on one computer EVER. Meaning if you buy a new computer, you need to buy a new licence, and a new system is defined as changing the motherboard. Though, as someone already mentioned, you can easily get around this by simply calling to activate and answering the few questions correctly.

Here is a list of OEM copies of Windows on Newegg, you can get Ultimate Edition for $180.

Usually when pricing information is released, people try to compare the retail pricing on the new OS, to the OEM pricing of the previous. I've seen it done when Vista came out, and now that Win 7 is coming out. Both times, people bitch about how much more expensive the pricing is compared to the older OS, and both time the pricing has been identical.
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Ultimate Edidition is to sell for $319.95, the exact same price as Vista.

Vista Ultimate: 287$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116473
 
crtecha said:
I mean did anyone think that Microsoft was going to just suddenly drop their prices??
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No not me thats for sure i still rekon it will be about the same as Vista is now.
 
Even if the prices are expecting to be higher, they deserve it, since many thanks to Vista Microsoft has been scared of dropping their market share.
 
Nick89 said:
Ultimate Edidition is to sell for $319.95, the exact same price as Vista.

Vista Ultimate: 287$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116473
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You do know the difference between MSRP and actual selling price...right? I guess not, otherwise you wouldn't have made such a stupid post...:laugh:

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...
 
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