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Microsoft Discloses Windows 7 Pricing

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the snow-leopard-is-cheaper dept.

It's the tripnaut! writes "Information Week has posted prices for Windows 7. From the article: 'The full version of Windows 7 Home Premium is priced at $199, with an upgrade from Vista or XP costing $119. The full version of Windows 7 Professional is $299, with upgrades going for $199. Windows 7 Ultimate is priced at $319, with the upgrade version at $219.' In a nod to the global economic downturn, it is interesting to note that prices are 10% lower than Vista."

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  1. Too late for a friend of mine by Seakip18 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They just bought a laptop(old one was stolen) and couldn't wait for Win7 to come out.

    Good to know Microsoft is kicking them for paying the MS tax.

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  2. Re:How.... by cliffski · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Indeed. No wonder those dumb schmucks at microsoft lose so much money.

    Hang on...

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  3. Yuo fail 1t! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    United States. Coming a piss LLOk at your soft, some intelligent

  4. Re:Wow, $319US! by WndrBr3d · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh yeah, because Ubuntu has never had remote exploit. Ever.

    Who mods this crap?

  5. Re:Ultimate Rip-Off by BrokenHalo · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And how much did Microsoft pay you to write that?

  6. No point for home users to buy this by kjloc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why would a home user pay hundreds of dollars for an OS when there are free options that are just as good if not better?

    I can only see one major "pro" for a Windows OS in home use which is large video game market yet I see many cons like:
    - high price-tag
    - bloated and operates slow unless you have high end / very recent hardware (even with recent hardware it's notably slower)
    - biggest target for viruses
    - history of instability and security vulnerabilities
    - majority of major applications for this OS also come with high price-tag

    I can at least understand why some businesses use them since they have a higher budget and want to pay for extra phone support. So I can see how the "professional" and "server" versions sell. It's the "home" edition that doesn't make a lick of sense, especially in this economy.

  7. Re:Does anyone actually buy windows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Nah, most actual geeks (as opposed to irrational slashdot groupthinkers) use whatever works and lets them create cool stuff. For a long time Linux/*BSD was technically superior to windows in every way, in addition to the benefits of being free and "Free", but windows is now catching up in many areas and MS should be respected for that. Really the only major issue I have with windows these days is that boxed copies are way overpriced (especially in the UK), especially given the huge discounts OEMs get.

    Before you flame, I'm typing this on debian squeeze and have used Linux as my primary desktop since about SuSE 6.2 ...