While it's easy to agree that MS prices are high for vista users, most windows users don't upgrade till a new machine anyhow.
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:21 AM, t.piwowar <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > Those M$ haters at PC World are at it again... > > http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/167434/ > microsoft_to_vista_owners_youll_pay_for_our_mistake.html > > "If Microsoft really charges $120-and-up for Windows 7, the company will > send a very clear message: Don't upgrade. That, or Microsoft is betting that > Vista victims will pay almost any price to get the ill-fated OS off their > machines. Which is it?" > > "Pricing Windows 7 upgrades high enough that current Vista users won't > bother insures that most users will see the new OS on a new computer. If > Microsoft can better manage its OEM partners this time, so that Windows 7 > only sells on new hardware powerful enough to make it look good, then the > new OS might avoid the early drubbing that Vista received." > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
