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Dell Indicates Windows 7 Pricing Will Be Higher

Posted by kdawson on from the confidence-or-arrogance-in-a-recession dept.

ausekilis sends us word that a Dell spokesman said, without giving numbers, that Windows 7 pricing will be higher than Vista's or XP's. "Windows 7 pricing is potentially an obstacle to Windows 7 adoption for some users, though in just about every other aspect the operating system is beating Vista, according to a Dell marketing executive. ... [Darrell] Ward continued, 'In tough economic times, I think it's naive to believe that you can increase your prices on average and then still see a stronger 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,' Ward said.'"

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  1. Microsoft decides to price-gouge by Endo13 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    News at 11.

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  2. Microsoft charges more and more, yet... by kevind23 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Linux remains free.

    1. Re:Microsoft charges more and more, yet... by Samah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Mod parent +1 Insightful, and grandparent -1 Fanboi.

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  3. Re:"...enjoy..."? by Jamie's+Nightmare · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    People are well aware of Apple, which is the only practical choice outside of Windows.

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  4. Re:Now If We Could Just Get ... by Archimagus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I was moderating this topic, but I just had to comment on this, oh well. Are you really serious? I mean, I suppose you might be right about it working from CD, but the whole unless you decide to install it part? What, do you expect that dell is just going to ship a live CD with each PC they sell, and say. "Here is your OS, you can't install it, and it runs kinda slow since it is running off the CD, and your video card isn't going to be very use full, but hey at least your not running windows." I am just dumbfounded by the evangelism of the Linux fan base.