Dell Indicates Windows 7 Pricing Will Be Higher

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.'"

Comments

"...enjoy..."?

[John Hasler]

I thought this was about Windows.

Windows 7 still better than OS X 10.2

[commodore64_love]

Win 7 might be more expensive, but after what I experienced today, I think I'll happily upgrade from XP to 7 when the time comes. Even at a higher price, it's STILL have to better than the Mac I've been using. A friend of mine just gave me his old Macintosh, and I thought that was cool, because I used to have a Quadra in the early 90s and loved it.

But alas, I was fooled. This OS 10.2 computer refuses to run even the most-basic websites like youtube.com due to Flash not being installed. I tried upgrading but ran into problems with Internet Explorer (crashed), Safari 1.0 (refuses to download any software, even later versions of itself), and Firefox 3 (crashed during installation - I'm stuck using FF2). When I finally got-around to installing the Adobe Flash Player, I was told I need to upgrade to 10.4, and it refused to run.

Wonderful. Like I have an extra $150 laying-around to buy OSX 10.4. No wonder my friend "gave" this Mac to me - he didn't want the hassle. C'mon Windows 7! No matter how bad you might be, you certainly can't be as bad as this Mac I'm typing on.