Windows 7 in Europe: no upgrades, no IE, up to 2X the price
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 29.6.2009
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversAccording to Computer World, things are not looking good for European fans of Windows 7 and Internet Explorer.
Microsoft has decided to remove Internet Explorer from versions of Windows 7 to be sold in Europe, the company is not offering an upgrade path from Vista. Also, although international exchange rates vary, the prices of Windows 7 do not look good for people paying in euros or pounds.
In an effort to quell EU concerns over anti-trust issues, Microsoft preemptively removed Internet Explorer from Windows 7. Many have speculated as to why the company made this move. Some have suggested that the ploy was inspired by the company's earlier EU-agreed removal of Windows Media Player from the so-called "N" versions of Windows Vista. However, in that case, Microsoft's concession (offering the "N" versions of Vista) did nothing to harm their bottom line or to increase competition in media players. OEMs simply demanded the non-"N" versions of Vista, and the "N" versions became a minute fraction of copies sold.
This time Microsoft is going for broke by removing Internet Explorer from all versions of Windows 7 to be sold in Europe. OEMs in this case may choose to include it, however, in their Windows machines, just as they add so-called "crap-ware", "crippleware" and teaser anti-virus suites. This is what it would appear Microsoft is hoping for. The European Union's preferred solution remains a sort of pop-up voting screen offering users a choice of browser installs the first time they fire up a new Windows 7 machine. The EU may have its way in the end, even with Microsoft seeming to be trying to pull the rug out from under their feet.
This state of affairs has nothing to do with the pricing of the various versions of Windows 7 in Europe, or does it? Windows 7 Home Premium is slated at €119.99 ($169.19 at today's rate) in countries using the euro and £79.99 ($132.28 at today's rate) in the UK. People in the US will be paying "only $119 for the same software after a two-week pre-order sales discount expires July 11" according to Computer World. Plus, US customers will receive Internet Explorer as part of the default install.
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Comments(4)
we dont need this crap w7 inside our since midevil proteced borders.
all those
idiots we did ship to the other continent in 1703 or smth where morans and after 400 years
or smth they start 2 companies 1 sells burgers and the other bugs.
we have to
proteced our good citizins of eu against this brutal vista like os.
our people where
vikings and build stonehence and the eiffel tower we dont need this.
if anyone
wants it , its good that they punished by it make it more expensive and remove everything
!
if you don't like don't buy it
i use every thing for free pirated copies
ms and eu are giving europeans a green light to use pirated editions of w7!
that's
what i will do if the price for w7 is not cheaper then £50
me too... if that price isn't below 50€ i will pirate it! the blame is for all this
politics piece of shit of modern society... f!uck# the system!!!!
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Its a good move
By Hello McFly on 30.06.2009 - 16:06