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Microsoft May Have Price Increases in Store For Windows 10 Pro Workstation, Win 10 Downgrade Customers (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the heads-up dept.

Mary Jo Foley, reporting for ZDNet: Microsoft soon will be adding a new edition of Windows 10 to its lineup. That edition, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, may include more than just a new name and feature set. It also may come with a change to the way Microsoft licenses and prices Windows 10 for its PC maker partners -- who potentially could pass on these changes to end-user customers. I've heard from a couple of customers recently who've been contacted by different OEMs about the coming changes. One said that Microsoft will begin licensing the Windows 10 Desktop operating system by processor family, and all PCs sold with Intel Xeon workstation processors will be affected by this change. One customer said he was told there could be a price increase of roughly $70 per operating system for use on systems with processors with four or fewer cores. For machines with Xeon processors with more than four cores, there could be a price increase of roughly $230 per operating system, I was told. Windows 10 Pro for Workstations is going to be available around the time Windows 10 Fall Creators Update starts rolling out, which is October 17.

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  1. Huh by JohnFen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When I buy computers, I always delete the Windows installation that comes with them. Although I qualify to get reimbursed for the Windows portion of the selling price, I've never bothered -- it just wasn't enough money to be worth the hassle.

    This might change that equation!

  2. Really? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 1, Interesting

    They just made Macs look a bit less expensive by comparison.

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    #DeleteFacebook
  3. SCO Redux by GerryGilmore · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm having a flashback to my days when we were installing SCO Unix systems. (I know - AIX, etc had the same deal) I had 3 separate file cabinets filled with the SCO license numbers, indexed by client as they added/upgraded CPUs, ran more "users", etc. Certainly MS has made things easier, but...when we finished our transition to Linux we had an Office Space-style bonfire where we burned every fucking license to ashes. Felt so good and so right!

  4. Re:Makes sense by deadwill69 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ma...