Pirated Windows 7 Just $3
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 20.10.2009
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversWindows 7 might officially be just two days away from becoming available for purchase to customers worldwide, but fact is that the operating system is already available for free, almost free, or at a reduced price compared to what Microsoft is charging for the product.
Pirated copies of the latest iteration of the Windows client are being sold for as low as $3 in Shanghai's Xinyang market, in China, according to Reuters. In this regard, it appears that the Redmond-based company will have just as hard a battle tackling piracy in China as it did with Windows Vista.
According to IDC, over 80% of the software sold in China in 2008 was pirated, and Microsoft’s products are among the most popular. A bootlegged copy of Windows 7 comes with a price tag as low as 20 yuan, or $2.93. The prices of genuine SKUs of Windows 7 start at $119.99 for the upgrade flavor of Home Premium, and go as high as $319.99 for the full retail Ultimate edition. As such, a retail license of Windows 7 Ultimate can cost as much as five times the amount of money a Chine student spends on a monthly basis to cover all expenses.
Price is, of course, the main barrier for users not just in China, but in additional developed markets, to when it comes down to buying genuine products. Customers are easy to turn to cheaper alternative offerings, even though they might be illegal, dubious in nature, or even harmful. Social poverty combined with the inability of authorities to crack down on the phenomenon have made piracy wide-spread and generalized to the point where people no longer perceive bootlegged software as illegal, but rather as an integral piece of their reality, that can only be embraced.
When it came down to Vista, Microsoft acknowledged the failure of the anti-piracy features built into the operating system, by resorting to consistent price cuts, over 50%, in a move designed to curb rampant piracy. With Windows 7, the company apparently plans to offer the low-end Home Basic edition of the operating system for just 399 yuan. Windows 7 Home Basic is a SKU which will only be made available to customers in emerging countries around the world.
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Comments(17)
i got a bootlegged copy of windows 7 ultimate with office 2007 included in dvd for only
$0.87. works faster & reliable than original.
i got pirated windows 7 for 5.00 pesos(0.15)cents. it's genuine activated and work very
fast.
ummmmm do0d i download a free torrent and used a loader............
come to me and ill give it you for free
here they sell for $8 cheap haaa
i got mine for free and its activated using a vista beta key, tokens.dat and pkeyconfig
...
they cracked viasta by using slic and this works on win7 too. anti-piracy? not working
unless they do something about it.
microsoft *paid* me $100,000.00 to adopt its windows 7!
got mine free activated via slic bios mod. while microsoft continues to bite the hand
that feeds them i will continue to run non genuine m$ software.
latest example
m$ to block third party xbox360 storage devices. wtf!
i downloaded a free copy of windows 7 from mininova. microsoft gave me a free car in
appreciation.
why they dont sell such copies in india, i would be the first one to run!!!
lol
just go to chandni chowk or some area of wholesale market which gives pirated movies,dvds
u'll get there.
the main heart of this pirated dvds are torrents dude,i think these
piraters download the most realible fast copy frm torrents and check whether its good or
not its good they go for mass production of that copy.
i dont think that those
dumbass people will buy real copy and crack it.the people to which i go dont even know
that dvd or cd can be copied on pc.
i think microsoft shoul reduce their prices
then only piracy will stop.people dont want to buy pirated copies,its just the price which
forces them to buy pirated \.
anyways if bill gates is reading this plz do
sumthing thnx
india s*cks balls, kthxbyegtfo
hell, i downed windows 7 ultimate from newsgroup for free no serial or activation needed
and works awesome! i told microsoft and they had me picked up. i post this message from
prison.
tru dat. fuk india
why don't you guys shut your bloody mouth and write some worthy. is this what your
parents teach you??????
i downloaded windows 7rtm actvated version from egydown.com and it work smoothly.
long live to software piracy
i downloaded the windows 7 ultimate rtm and have been using it. i just have to reinstall
the os every 90 days (windows activation rearm is only good fro 3 times maximum)...no big
deal for a legal freebie!
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Windows 7 RTM 7600.16385.090713-1255 HERE !
$2.93 too much
By Jatin Beniwal on 21.10.2009 - 03:10