Ed: Why Microsoft Won't Price Win7SE High

[Guest]

Bah. You can get Ubuntu for free.

 

[HeadScratcher7]

Microsoft can't afford to price themselves out of the market. Look at all the smartphones and MID's that are now sporting moblin or android. Once people get used to using these new OS's it won't be long before they realize it's free and it could also run there desktop PC's too.

I skipped Vista, and if the price is high on Win7 will probably not upgrade until I buy a new system. And even that system will likely be dual boot with some flavor of Linux (Moblin, Ubuntu, etc)

It's been over 2 years since I've touched an MS Office product. OpenOffice works great. I see this as the first nail in MS's coffin. They need to keep the price of Win7 competitive when it's released. If I go to the store and Win7 costs more than my graphics card, I'll just keep my trusty old WinXP and silently give them the finger.

 

[marraco]

[(of which Microsoft makes a profit of $15)]

I have zero interest on how much cost Windows on an OEM PC, because I are my own OEM, and as with any PC component, I SHOULD get a cheaper price that from OEM, because is all the money from me to MS, without the OEM taking a slice.

So, why Windows is more expensive? It does not make sense, A direct ISO download from MS at a small debit card charge would transfer all the money to MS, reduce the end user price, save a lot of money in packaging, and increase Windows sales (because of the smallest price). U$S 15 for windows is near pirated prices, and pirated windows is, mostly, the only way to get an XP today.

 

[alextheblue]

[citation][nom]IronRyan21[/nom]Microsoft should contiune offering XP as a basic OS and make some slight improvements. Just rename WIndows Classic. It would be a low resource requiring O.S. perfect for netbooks, slower PCs or any other small device.[/citation]They've been constantly making improvements on XP since launch. Why not just use WinXP SP3 on those machines? Perhaps for lower spec machines they could release Win7 Embedded, but if netbooks can run Win7SE acceptably, why do they need to release a new OS for weaker machines? If it can't run Win7SE, leave XP on it. Or Win95 "B".

 

[TheZander]

Windows 7 is great, but charging extra is going to do what the author warns - put it out of reach by driving up costs.

Why are netbooks successful? Because they're CHEAP. Sell LOTS of a cheap product with less margin rather than sell just a few of an expensive product with more margin. By appealing to the masses, you move more units, and with the economic state the way it is today, that's the strategy it will take to win. You've got to sell high quantity.

Asus took the world by surprise with the EEE PC, and now everyone is playing "me too." Competition is fierce, and margins are slim, but they are making some money on netbooks. By selling lots of them, they make more. There will be OEMs that might refuse to buy WIndows 7 licenses, and even switch to a non-windows alternative if MS raises the Windows 7 price too high. There's NO WAY an OS with so many feature and functionality limits should EVER cost more than a perfectly functional copy of XP. I've NEVER seen a netbook with XP on it that I can't at least change the stupid wallpaper on.

This is getting ridiculous. I love Windows 7, but when I buy a netbook it's going to be based on PRICE, not whether it has Windows 7. If it costs me more to have seven on my netbook, screw it. I don't need it to surf the web and do "small notebook PC" activities. XP, Linus, hackintosh, whatever ... they are all fine for a netbook.

 

[redgarl]

And MS wonder why peoples are pirating their software...?

Seriously, if Vista wasn't available on MSDNAA I would have never had own a copy.

By the way, when my two gigabyte mobo dies, I was on my Vista OS... strange it never happened under XP!

 

[redgarl]

[citation][nom]TheMan1214[/nom]We all saw what windows vista did to business networking (it never happened ), and due to that most of us still rely on windows xp. Obviously win 7 brings with it the hope (and agony for companies on budget) of a new network, what will win7 bring to the table that will help presuade a company to go for it.[/citation]

I am sorry, but making false upgrade that are actually downgrade most of the time... taking something that works well and making trash with it isn't something that bring customer satisfaction, especially at an inflated price.

I have windows Vista... but I only own it for gaming due to DX10. Why didn't they tried to implement DX10 on XP. Seriously it's a rip-off. Strangely, Vista will be able to have an implementation of DX11 and W7 will be able to emulate XP and DX11... something is fishy there!

 

[redgarl]

[citation][nom]astrodudepsu[/nom]Free? I take it your hatred for microsoft is blinding what sense you may have. Gotta love all the microsoft hate. Build a successful company, make a few bucks and all of the sudden you are the Super Devil.[/citation]

edit: Wrong person quote before this reply.

I am sorry, but making false upgrade that are actually downgrade most of the time... taking something that works well and making trash with it isn't something that bring customer satisfaction, especially at an inflated price.

I have windows Vista... but I only own it for gaming due to DX10. Why didn't they tried to implement DX10 on XP. Seriously it's a rip-off. Strangely, Vista will be able to have an implementation of DX11 and W7 will be able to emulate XP and DX11... something is fishy there!