Let us add the statement not yet.
Right now XP is still available, for just over $100.00 from vendors. (OEM)
Vista SP1 Upgrade is available from Vendors for about $125.00.
How much is 7 going to cost out the gate? Will Vista drop in
price? I suspect not. XP has not dropped appreciably in price since
the advent of Vista.
I just feel this is a case of MS wanting their cake and eating it and
charging you for it at the same time.
Similar to a story I read today about the Apple apps store.
Seems if you are a vendor you agree to sell apps through the Apple
store they get a 30% cut from it. Now if the app that is sold is
returned within the normal time frame, Apple retains the right to
refund the full amount to the purchaser, but also demand the full
price plus commission from the app seller also.
The example they gave was a vendor sells an app for $10. Vendor gets
$7 and apple gets $3. App gets returned to apple within time
frame. They refund full $10 selling price, and then charge back to
the vendor the full $10.00 price. So for a returned app the seller
pays apple $3.
Neat. It is always profitable for Apple, just like MS.
Stewart
At 12:17 PM 3/26/2009, you wrote:
Right, I understand this. I was just pointing out that MS did "fix" Vista at
no charge. The net result is the same either way: either you paid for Vista
and got the free update; or you pay for Win7 and get Vista, the free Vista
update, and all the new Win7 stuff. I'm not quarreling with your decision,
just the statement that MS shouldn't be charging for a fixed version of
Vista. They're not.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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