Playing the Windows 7 Price Is Right
Pricing is one of the last details that Microsoft is yet to unveil for the next iteration of the Windows client.
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9.6.2009 Windows 7 in Europe: no upgrades, no IE, up to 2X the price
According to Computer World, things are not looking good for European fans of Windows 7 and Internet Explorer.
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29.6.2009 Windows 7 in the UK sells for half the US price
Looks like the United Kingdom wont be affected by the strange Windows 7 pricing scheme set in the European Union.
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20.8.2009 Apple twice the price of PCs
Research by analyst house NPD has shown that, on average, Apple users pay twice as much in the shops as PC users.
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11.8.2008 Microsoft Confirms Over 50% Windows Vista Price Cut and WGA Failure
Microsoft confirmed independent reports revealing that Windows Vista prices will be cut in half. On August 1, Zan Xiaoqin, representing 8844.com, a Beijing Federal Software online software distributor, indicated that the Redmond company will take drastic measures in China in order to boost Windows Vista in the competition with local pirated copies of the operating system.
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3.8.2007 Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade (WAU) and Family Pack Price Details Leak
Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU), which first introduced for Windows Vista is a sales program from Microsoft to allow customers with cheaper, lower-end and lesser-features editions of Windows 7 to upgrade to more premium edition of Windows 7.
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9.7.2009 Xbox 360 price drop on the way soon?
If a promotion in a printed UK advertising catalogue is anything to go by, the cost of the Xbox 360 Premium console with wireless controller and 20Gb hard drive is set to fall to the cheaper cost of the Xbox 360 Core system, just in time to spoil the launch of the PS3.
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20.2.2007 Samsung Pays $300m for Price Fixing
Samsung accepted terms of a plea agreement Thursday that finds the electronics company guilty of conspiring with other manufacturers to artificially inflate the cost of computer memory, thus unnecessarily increasing the prices consumers paid.
As part of the agreement, Samsung would pay a $300 million fine in exchange for prosecutorial immunity for both the company and most of its employees. Seven people, including president of the semiconductor division Y.H. Park, were excluded from the settlement and could still face prosecution.
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1.12.2005 Hard drive price war coming
According to reports, we may witness a price war in the hard drive business industry. At least this is what Seagate Technology CEO Bill Watkins said on Wednesday. Seagate is currently the world's largest hard drive manufacturer and competes with such companies as Western Digital, Hitachi, Samsung and Toshiba.
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13.8.2006 Xbox360 Core Price Drop In UK
Yesterday the Xbox360 Core pack received an official price drop of £10 in United Kingdom, and now costs £199.
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27.8.2006 The high price of creating free ads
From an advertiser's perspective, it sounds so easy: invite the public to create commercials for your brand, hold a contest to pick the best one and sit back while average Americans do the creative work.
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28.5.2007 Xbox 360 Elite Price Drop
Starting Friday, August 28th (tomorrow) the price of the Xbox 360 Elite is getting a one-hundred dollar price cut in the United States.
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27.8.2009 Sony chops price on Blu-ray player
Sony has announced its plans to slash the price of high definition, according the Associated Press. At a New York press conference, Sony talked up its forthcoming BDP-S300 Blu-ray player. The big selling point? Its $599 price.
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27.2.2007 Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 price in Japan
TOKYO - Microsoft is slashing Xbox 360 prices in Japan by about 13 percent as the price war among video game consoles heats up around the world ahead of the key year-end shopping season.
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22.10.2007 HP and Acer Start Netbook Price War
Hewlett-Packard and Acer have lowered prices of their netbooks as the back-to-school sales season kicks into gear in the U.S., offering bargains for users.
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26.8.2008 Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 price in Japan
Refusing to give up on the game console market in Asia/Pacific, Microsoft has cut the price of its Xbox 360 console in Japan, and is also adding a new model.
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2.9.2008 O2 wins Apple iPhone deal - at a hefty price
Mobile operator O2 is preparing to unveil Apple's much anticipated iPhone in the UK tomorrow. But serious questions are being raised in the City about how much ground it has had to give away to Apple in order to clinch the deal.
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18.9.2007 Xbox 360 HD DVD Player price drop
Now US $129.99! The Xbox 360 HD DVD Player price has dropped from $179.99 to $129.99 (U.S. MSRP.)
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6.2.2008 Walmart Ad Has Xbox 360 Price Drop Coming August 8th?
Without seeing the alleged Walmart ad with my own eyes, this is still in BIG RUMOR form.
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29.7.2007 Microsoft makes Xbox360 price drop official, announces 60GB sku
The worst kept secret just before the E3 show, is now official: Microsoft Corp. is giving consumers more gigabytes for their buck.
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14.7.2008 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008Windows 7 OEM prices unveiled, 50% off list price
ComputerWorld is reporting that online retailer Newegg.com has unveiled Windows 7 OEM pricing. Newegg.com has priced the OEM version of Windows 7
Home Premium at $99.99 which is a price reduction of 50% down from the recommended retail price of $199.99. Other savings are available for
Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate at $134.99 and $174.99, respectively. This is a saving of approximately 50% on each version from
the list price. OEM editions are priced lower as you typically do not get retail packaging, little official support and you're not able to
transfer the operating system license from one PC to another.
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29.09.2009Sony: No Price Cuts for PS3 Planned
Forget about a price cut for
the PlayStation 3 in the near
future. Sony's president
Ryoji Chubachi said the
company currently has no plans
to reduce the price of the
console in an interview with
Reuters ...
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06.07.2007Sony's Stringer Admits PS3 Price Too High
Sony CEO Howard Stringer
admitted in an interview that
the price of the PlayStation 3
needs to come down, but
provided no estimate as to how
much of a price drop consumers
can expect...
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15.06.2007Discount brings street price of Windows Home Server down to $100
After a price reduction over the weekend for the shrink-wrapped System Builder Edition of Windows Home Server, at least one online retailer extended
that discount to customers, while others sell out their inventories at 62% higher...
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05.11.2008Microsoft announces Win 7 pricing, special pre-order price
Microsoft has finally announced the pricing and it is good news to the consumer, with prices for its most popular product, Windows Home Premium,
receiving about a 10% price drop. With a drop in price Microsoft is hoping to regain customers after the less than desirable launch of Windows Vista.
This prices are very similar, but not identical, to those we reported back in February. Microsoft will also be offering pre-order upgrades with
aggressive prices never seen by Microsoft before. These prices are identical to those we reported back in early June, from a leaked Best Buy memo.
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25.06.2009Panasonic BD-Live player's price tag shrinks
The DMP-BD50, Panasonic's entry-level BD-Live player, has still to be officially released, but has surfaced several times online at various price
points. It has again appeared, at its lowest price yet...
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06.11.2008Windows Home Server System Builder Software Price Decrease
Windows Home Server Team: On November 1, Microsoft will introduce a 30% price reduction of the Windows Home Server software for the System Builder
channel. After a successful year in the market, Microsoft is reducing the price of the System Builder version of Windows Home Server to provide
additional value to the system builder community and further promote the home server category. Momentum for Windows Home Server remains strong.
During the first year, Windows Home Server has been embraced by System Builders in over 50 countries. The list of hardware partners continues to grow
and third-party software developers have released or have announced more than 60 Add-in programs extending Windows Home Servers capabilities. Thanks
for all of the great support over the last year, and we look forward to working with you all in continuing to grow the home server marketplace!
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01.11.2008Sony announces $399 80 GB PlayStation 3
When early reports said Microsoft was dropping its Xbox 360 price, fans of Sony immediately began to speculate on a sympathetic price drop for PS3.
While not a price cut per se , Sony today announced something similar...
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16.07.2008No Windows 7 upgrade option in the EU
Today Microsoft announced the pricing of Windows 7. As previously reported on Neowin, the EU will be getting a version that will not contain IE and
because of this Microsoft will be offering no upgrade option in the EU. This harsh line comes as somewhat as a surprise that all EU users that wish
to upgrade to Windows 7 must buy a full copy. There is a silver lining to this announcement and it's that the full price of Windows 7 will be at
the equaliviant price to the upgrade option.
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25.06.2009Nintendo: Wii Price Staying at $249
Despite price cuts coming from both Microsoft and Sony in preparation for holiday season sales of their next-generation consoles, Nintendo is opting
not to follow suit. The company says it is selling every single $249 Wii console it makes, and thus has no reason to drop the price...
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12.10.2007Microsoft Matches iPod Price
for Zune
As first confirmed by BetaNews
earlier this month, Microsoft
said Thursday that it would
match the price of Apple's
30GB iPod, and lower the price
of its Zune portable music
device to $249.99 USD. Zune
goes on sale November 14...
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28.09.2006Microsoft cuts Windows Vista price to $66 in China
As was noted
a couple days ago,
Microsoft has now officially
dramatically cut the price of
Windows Vista in China in a
bid to boost sales of its new
operating system.
Microsoft cut the
retail price of Windows Vista
Home Basic in China to 499
renminbi ($65.80), from 1,521
renminbi -- a 67 percent
reduction. The Home Premium
version of Vista also got a
significant price reduction,
down 50 percent from 1,802
renminbi to 899 renminbi.
The new
prices, which were introduced
Wednesday and outlined in a
statement from the company on
Friday, represent a steep
discount compared to what
users in the U.S. and
elsewhere are charged for the
software. Microsoft's Web
site lists the recommend U.S.
retail price of Vista Home
Basic at $199, with Home
Premium priced at $239.
Microsoft
sold 60 million Vista licenses
by the end of June, but many
in the industry remain
unimpressed by the new
operating system. ..
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03.08.2007TiVo Drops Price of Series3 by $300
High-definition aficionados
looking to upgrade their
television setup to a Series3
TiVo but were hesitating over
the high $799 price tag are in
luck: TiVo has dropped the
price to $499 and is including
a free wireless network
adapter for good measure...
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28.04.2007Report: 1 Million Mac
Switchers in 2005
As many as one million Windows
users may have switched to Mac
OS X, according to a note
released on Monday to clients
of financial firm Needham
& Co. Analyst Charles Wolf
disclosed the estimate and
said Apple's current stock
price of $61 has met the
company's price target...
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08.11.2005Microsoft Drops Zune Price, Talks Zune Phone
Microsoft has decided to drop the price of the Zune in an effort to spur sales, while indicating it hadn't completely ruled out a Zune phone.
Effective Wednesday, the price of Microsoft's competitor to the iPod is now $199 USD...
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05.09.2007Microsoft slashes Windows Vista prices
Microsoft put up a
Q&A on
PressPass with Brad Brooks. He's the CVP of Windows Consumer Product marketing, and he announced that Microsoft is dropping the price of
retail-packaged product (RPP) versions of Windows Vista when the SP1 version hits the shelves in a few weeks. From the interview:
PressPass: What did you announce today?
Brooks: Today we announced a variety of price reductions for copies of Windows Vista
sold on retail shelves. In developed markets, the price changes will most notably impact upgrade retail versions of the new editions we introduced in
2007 -- Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate editions. In emerging markets, we are combining full and upgrade Home Basic and Home Premium versions
into full versions of these editions and instituting price changes to meet the demand we see among first-time Windows customers who want more
functionality than is available in current Windows XP editions. In addition, we are also adjusting pricing on Windows Vista Ultimate in emerging
markets to be comparable to price changes developed market customers will see.
These price changes will take effect globally with the
retail release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 later this year, though some markets will see reduced prices sooner as a result of promotions many of
our partners already are driving, such as Amazon.com in the United States.
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29.02.2008Microsoft Cuts Price of European HD DVD Drive
At the IFA consumer electronics conference in Berlin over the weekend, Microsoft said it would be cutting the price of the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on by
20 euros, bringing the cost down to 180 euros. This follows a similar price drop in the United States...
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04.09.2007Sony weighing how much to cut PlayStation 3 price
Sony is trying to decide by
how much it will cut the price
of its PlayStation 3 console
as consumers want it reduced,
its chief executive said in an
interview published Friday.
"That (price cuts)
is what we are studying at the
moment. That's what we are
trying to refine," Howard
Stringer told the London-based
Financial Times.
He
admitted that Sony faced tough
competition from rival
Nintendo's Wii video game
console, which is enjoying
stronger sales than the PS3
and has a lower price.
"Nintendo Wii has been a
successful enterprise, and a
very good business model,
compared with ours ... because
it's cheaper," he said,
adding there was "no
question" consumers wanted a
lower price...
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15.06.2007Windows 7 in Europe: no upgrades, no IE, up to 2X the price
According 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.
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29.06.2009Store Ads Detail Xbox 360 Price Drop
Although Microsoft has
remained mum on the subject, a
number of retail store ads
being prepared for mid-August
have disclosed that the price
of the Xbox 360 will be
lowered by $50. The move was
largely expected following
Sony's $100 price drop on its
now-discontinued 60GB PS3...
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