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____/ bbgruff on Monday 29 June 2009 19:52 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> MS makes everybody happy
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>> | In Europe Windows 7 will cost 41% to 100% more than in the US.
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>> http://www.stefanoforenza.com/ms-makes-everybody-happy/
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> I'm not so sure that that's quite accurate.
>
> The link leads to
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134914
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> I admit to being selective in my choice of quotes, but look a this:-
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> For the W7 Home Premium:-
> U.K. "£79.99 in the U.K., ..... equivalent to ... $132.14 U.S., .....at
> Saturday's exchange rates"
>
> I'm guessing, and stand to be corrected, but I assume that these are prices
> to the consumer, and that the U.K. price therefore includes VAT at 15%?
> That would put the pre-VAT price at £69.56/$114.90
> The U.S. customers pay $119 in the U.S., which is *more* !
>
> BUT WAIT!!!
>
> U.S. customers pay $119 for the UPGRADE - U.K. customers pay $114.90 for the
> FULL EDITION!
> I don't need to tell you that there is a BIG difference in the EULA for an
> upgrade compared with a FULL edition?
>
> In addition, I was mildly amused by the fact that the price *seems* so high
> in the Euro-zone. Perhaps I ought to remind readers (particularly American
> ones) that there is Free Trade within the E.U....... :-)
>
> The article goes on to say that Europe will be paying more for less (no
> I.E.!!!), and then goes on to flag up the fact that one cannot do a
> Vista-to-W7 with a FULL edition... and sees all this as a DISadvantage!
>
> If I've got my sums etc wrong, please (all) do feel free to correct the
> above :-)
> In my view, MS is making customers in Europe a cut-price offer!
what kind of person would go to the shop to buy a Vista 7 anyway? If it was
forcibly bundled into a PC, that would be understandable (yet mis-fortunate).
It's just Vista.1. Plus marketing.
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