"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Leaked price information about Windows Vista: 'only' 723 dollar...
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> | Today Microsoft leaked information about the upcoming Vista release
> | in Europe. Windows Vista Ultimate Edition will be sold for 'only' $ 723
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> http://digg.com/tech_news/Leaked_price_information_about_Windows_Vista_only_723_dollar
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> Hardware gets cheaper, but a monopoly can still sustain raise the price of
> shoddy software.
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> In Britain, Vista costs $600.
>
> http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/editorial/windows_vista?camp_id=email_w23_vista
This seems kind of frivolous to me, since almost all copies of Windows are
sold as part of a hardware and software package. Why would anyone pay that
much if they could buy a new computer for less money than the operating
system alone? I think those prices are just set to make the customer think
they are getting a great bargain. It's like the ads that say "Compare at
..." and show savings of 75% or 90% or such. "Made to sell for..." is
another ploy. They leave out the parenthetical "(but didn't sell very
well)" part. No one is fooled by this anymore.
Microsoft does have a great offer on the table for a free copy of Vista or
Office 2007, though, see http://www.powertogether.com/
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