Microsoft sticker shock details
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversWith its upcoming launch of Windows 7, Microsoft is trying to walk a fine line on pricing.
Maintaining a high average selling price for Windows is crucial to the company’s bottom line, but in a deep recession, PC buyers are more concerned with their own bottom line. That’s especially true of consumers, who are likely to be put off by the high price of upgrading multiple PCs from XP or Vista.
Earlier today, Microsoft announced pricing and delivery details for a pair of eagerly awaited products in the Windows 7 family. If you were hoping for upgrade bargains or a long-term commitment to multi-PC upgrade pricing, prepare to be disappointed.
I first reported on Microsoft’s plans to release a Windows 7 Family Pack about a month ago and saw hints of pricing and packaging a week later. Those details are now confirmed. Estimated retail price in the United States will be $150 for a package that includes Windows 7 Home Premium installation media and a license key that can be activated on three PCs in a single household. The price in Canada will be $200. Expect to see retailers offering discounts of roughly 10% on these prices. There’s no official word on availability of the Family Pack offer in other markets.
The unpleasant surprise in the Family Pack announcement is the detail that it will be available beginning October 22 “while supplies last.” In a briefing yesterday, Microsoft Product Manager Michelle Haven confirmed that the Family Pack is “intended to be a limited-quantity offer” but added that Microsoft plans to listen to customer feedback to “find out if customers love it.” (If you want the Family Pack to be a permanent part of the Windows 7 lineup, you can leave me your feedback in the Talkback section below and I’ll pass it along.)
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Comments(6)
thats a great deal in family pack, but i hope a single license can go a bit cheaper.
i really like the family pack idea, apple does it, why cant ms? i also wish they were not
upgrade licenses but full licenses, or both
if i understand correctly, these are only upgrade licenses from vista. for anyone who
skipped over vista, this is completely useless. also, not really related to the family
pack, but the 16gb memory limit in home premium will be a limiting factor soon in
performance systems.
fabio - i think 16gb will be sufficient for just about any system for some time to come.
can't see any game requiring 16gb of ram to run, at least not soon. performance gaming
machines usually always come with vista ultimate anyway and business systems ship with pro
or ultimate os's.
well done jj you completly missed the point, you post is totally irrelevant to the
article....
nr niceguy, read the post above jjs and you'll see what planet he/she is on. he was
responding to fabio who pointed out his 16gb comments weren't related to the article.
anyway, back to the article. m$ does look like they are grabbing every penny
they can get it's no wondere people pirate their software!
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By NormalPeople on 02.08.2009 - 01:08