Tom's Hardware: Topic Windows 7 Pricing Bad?
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This analyst dude complains about Windows 7 prices. He has a point:
| Quote : I am mightily disappointed in a couple of aspects of Microsoft’s upgrade plans for non-PC buyers. First, is the pricing on the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade. Besides the fact that $119 is a price point that fits nowhere in these economic times, it is still way too much for the software. While I acknowledge that this is down from Vista pricing, that is damning with faint praise. It is in Microsoft’s best interests to erase all vestiges of Vista from consumers’ homes, and by making the upgrade expensive (and a bit painful, more on that in a moment) Microsoft is creating a large disincentive for consumers to move to a far superior platform with a better user experience. |
Now I disagree that Vista sucks—but it took a while and lots of updates for knowledgeable people to stop dissing it relentlessly. Still, Microsoft would do well to price Windows 7 upgrades really low. Makes sense, no? How does $50 sound? 
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