Chuck, just how far back should we "hold onto Windows OEM?" Back to Win 3.3 or even earlier?
I happily upgraded to each of the OS's you mention and felt that I got my money's worth each time. I am still using a 7+ year old Dell Optiplex with Win XP Pro on it, but it initially arrived with plain vanilla Win 98. Anyone who could not detect significant improvements in each successive Windows iteration just wasn't paying attention. How many times have you had a computer with Win XP crash, and how many times with Win 95/98? In my experience, even the much maligned Win Me was worth the money for the upgrade. As for that horrendous $90 per pop to upgrade, just from the POV of inflation alone, Win XP was probably some 20% cheaper in "real" buying power than was Win 95 and Vista may well be even cheaper yet. Further, many folks (NOT including me!) frequently blow $90 on dinner and a movie for the family, assuming the family isn't TOO big. Frankly, I would consider $90 for a Vista upgrade to be money MUCH more wisely spent... You may as well accept that while there is definitely a small (but shrinking) market for custom built computers, there IS an economy of scale, and the mass producers can crank them out a LOT cheaper than you can. As to Microsoft giving a break to a company which licenses millions of OS's per year over those which may buy/license <100, Welcome to the Real World! As has been said, "Adapt or die (i.e., go out of business)." JMNSHO, of course... - Bill Hatcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chuck Andrews Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 07:50 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WINHOME] Windows XP phaseout ...The Windows 95 upgrade, 98 upgrade, Millennium upgrade and XP Home upgrade all cost $90.00 in stores. Will Microsoft hold to $90.00 for the 5th time in a row or will they greedily go for more for the upgrade to Vista? ...Let's start a grass roots move to hold onto Windows OEM for as long as we can and reduce the incidences that Microsoft hits a double (sells Windows twice for one computer). -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
