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Microsoft Promo: a PC and Xbox In Every Dorm Room

Posted by Soulskill on from the and-a-free-pack-of-heroin-with-every-windows-phone dept.

theodp writes "Can Microsoft woo students into trying Windows 7 PCs? Well, starting on May 22nd, Microsoft will try to do so by giving away free Xbox 360 4GB consoles to high-school or college students who purchase new Windows 7 PCs priced at $699 and up. A Guess Who's Coming to College? teaser video for the promotion features a Halo Spartan's HS graduation ceremony."

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  1. Desperation by tripleevenfall · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Smells like desperation - MSFT has really been losing the market of people in their late teens/twenties to Apple lately. This does not bode well for their future prospects because losing a customer to Apple carries the potential of being a lifelong loss.

    Without some of the revenue streams they used to have, they really have to protect their market share in Windows consumer licenses.