Microsoft Cuts Vista Prices in Hopes of Spurring Adoption »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 1 year, 8 months ago in Science & TechnologyAs we close in on the public release of Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft has taken what's likely an unprecedented step: it's cut the prices of many of the retail versions of the OS. The timing is obvious: Microsoft has been betting heavily on SP1 as many corporations have been waiting to deploy Vista until its release; MS wants to enhance its chances.
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y_soitenly1 year, 8 months ago
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TE,
Thanks for teasing me with this article title...
"At the same time, who's going to see the best cuts? Not you or I. The biggest price cuts will show up in developing nations, where upgrade versions of Home and Premium will be dropped and full versions will sell at upgrade prices."
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tchef1 year, 8 months ago
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They should be concentrating on making it work! Sucks that it costs over $300 for a full version. I just upgraded to the latest version of Mac OS X and it only cost me $100 and it works! I don't understand why all the different versions of Windows, home, business, pro. Just make one and be done then sell it at a decent price.
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amazed1 year, 8 months ago
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The difference between Windows and Mac OS is in the attitude of the developers and the users. Mac OS is generally more stable, but anything you do in Mac you must do Steve Jobs' way. Part of the reason Windows is more unstable (but I rarely, if ever get frozen on either XP or Vista), is that the developers give the user far more autonomy -- I can use menus, I can use icons, I can use buttons, I can use hot keys, I can even use command line -- to do what I want to do. This increased functionality has an increased cost-- it is a bit more likely to crash.
Now, once XP (or Vista) crashes, I can usually fix it using system restore, or if it is more badly damaged, I can repair my installation WITH NO LOSS OF DATA. My daughter has had problem on her iBook, that in Windows, I would have been able to fix. They have required a clean install --3 times AND, although I paid for the extended warranty, that was not covered.
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