Leaked memo hints at Win7 prices
Microsoft officials may not be ready to share the date of the Vista-to-Windows 7 upgrade program they preannounced this week. But Best Buy is.
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5.6.2009 Leaked memo hints at Win7 prices
Microsoft officials may not be ready to share the date of the Vista-to-Windows 7 upgrade program they preannounced this week. But Best Buy is.
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5.6.2009 Windows 7 Build 7004 Is Win7 Beta 2?
The whole world is eagerly awaiting the official public release of Windows 7 Beta 1, widely speculated to be build version 6.1.7000.0 (or simply build 7000) in early January 2009, which may be as soon as within days.
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4.1.2009 Incoming - Real and fake Win7 patches
Microsoft has made available a patch to a Windows 7 bug in the Release Candidate (RC) and is preparing to roll out some “fake” test patches to verify Windows 7’s automatic-updating abilities this week.
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13.5.2009 Microsoft readies Win7 netbook specs
Microsoft is readying a set of maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks –or, as Microsoft prefers to call them, “small notebooks” — that will likely dictate which PCs will qualify for lower per-copy Windows 7 pricing.
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22.5.2009 Microsoft readies Win7 netbook specs
Microsoft is readying a set of maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks –or, as Microsoft prefers to call them, “small notebooks” — that will likely dictate which PCs will qualify for lower per-copy Windows 7 pricing.
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26.5.2009 Windows 7 E (Europe) Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
Microsoft Windows 7 E Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
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8.7.2009 Windows Vista Prices Discovered
Microsoft.com Canada has released pricing for Windows Vista.
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28.8.2006 Vista PCs: These Prices Are Insane!
Nearly half of retail Windows PCs now pack 3GB of RAM. Manufacturers are bulking up features as average selling prices stabilize. Next trend: 64-bit Vista and 4GB RAM.
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6.8.2008 Microsoft reveals Windows 7 prices
Earlier this year, Microsoft promised “aggressive offers” to win over would-be Windows 7 buyers. Today, the company made it official, touting a “screaming deal” for anyone willing to order a Windows 7 upgrade more than three months before the software officially goes on sale.
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25.6.2009 Zune HD prices leaked
Prices for the 16GB and 32GB models of Zune HD have apparently leaked according to Gizmodo. The screen shots shown below appears to have come from a Best Buy inventory. If Best Buy's inventory is correct, it also backs up the September release date.
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11.8.2009 Microsoft prices and dates OneCare service
Microsoft has revealed more details of its all-in-one PC care service dubbed OneCare Live.
Already in beta, the subscription-based package will be officially released in the US in June from retailers and via the Web. A year's subscription will cost $49.95 and will cover up to three personal computers.
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8.2.2006 Microsoft 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.
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29.2.2008 Microsoft's Final Prices for Windows Vista Editions?
The source for this article has been withdrawn - this remains for archive purposes until Microsoft verifies or denies it's authenticity.
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22.5.2006 Microsoft bumps support prices for Windows, Office
Microsoft's per-incident customer support prices were quietly bumped last week as the company rolled out the newest version of its operating system, Windows Vista.
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6.2.2007 AMD Cuts Prices on High-end Processors
AMD has cut prices on its high-end dual-core desktop processors after the launch of Intel’s quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX6800. AMD also announced its new restructuring plans to compensate for reduced quarterly revenue today.
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11.4.2007 Get Free Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition with Party Pack By Hosting Win7 Launch Party
In a new campaign to promote Windows 7, Microsoft is giving chances to Windows 7 enthusiasts around the world to be part of Windows history by hosting a house party to mark the official launch of Windows 7.
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4.9.2009 Memory Prices Set to Hit the Bottom in the 2H '07
After tumbling for more than four consecutive months, prices on dynamic random access memory (DRAM) may sustain rapid decrease in the coming months, causing memory chip makers to continue losing money.
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26.4.2007 Windows 7 Family Pack, Anytime Upgrade prices leak
Microsoft blogger, Ed Bott, has uncovered the prices for both the Windows 7 Family Pack and Anytime Upgrade options.
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8.7.2009 Win 7 Anytime Upgrade prices announced, EU & UK ripped off
Microsoft today unveiled pricing for Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU) and the Windows 7 Family Pack.
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31.7.2009 Windows 7 E Full Version at Upgrade Prices, but No Upgrade SKU
With a new edition of Windows 7 tailored especially for Europe, Microsoft revealed that with this release of its Windows client, it was doing things differentially.
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25.6.2009Microsoft on Win7 UAC: 'Take the emotions out of the discussion'
The latest blog posts from Windows 7 engineers reveal this quandary: If the whole point of accelerating Win7 was to eliminate the Vista complaints,
and the tool to accomplish that is generating more complaints, what do they do?..
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06.02.2009Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 prices across Europe
Microsoft moved to adjust prices in the European market, likely in an effort to both line up its prices with the rest of the world while also taking
into account a weakening US dollar...
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10.03.2008Ballmer: Yes on Windows 7 for netbooks, but maybe not a specific SKU
Did the Microsoft CEO really say what the financial press says he said about netbooks and Win7? Not really.
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09.03.2009Tech support firm expects bump in business from Win7
With Windows 7 in the wings, on-demand tech support firm iYogi is expanding its staff to accommodate an anticipated run on its services, especially
from those moving off XP.
The New York-based firm, which offers remote technical support to consumers and small businesses, has
increased its staff by more than 200 people. The company, which has 90,000 users around the globe, says it is anticipating that XP users will have the
most trouble and the most questions.
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17.09.2009Microsoft says yes, will augment UAC in the next Win7 RC
In a stunning and maybe unprecedented accedence to public opinion this morning, Microsoft has announced it will take the emotion out of its
discussion, and simply do something its users are asking for...
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06.02.2009Windows 7 testers should upgrade their IE8
Though there is no IE8 release candidate for Win7, there's now another way for testers to apply critical bux fixes.
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25.02.2009Leaks indicate Microsoft is un-rethinking the Win7 taskbar
During last week's touring WinHEC conference in Beijing, attendees were treated to the latest Windows 7 build running in a virtual machine. Trouble
is, someone apparently pilfered a copy of the VHD, and now it's loose...
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09.12.2008Microsoft slashes its software licensing prices
To keep businesses buying software and support despite their leaner budgets, Microsoft has dropped prices on many contracts by up to 25
percent.
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11.03.2009Analyst: Blu-ray prices will nosedive for the holidays
Blu-ray vendors will be forced to drop their prices so as to compete with standard DVD, unless they adopt differentiators such as Netflix movie
downloads, new research suggests...
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08.11.2008Amazon and Wal-Mart raise digital music prices too
When Apple claimed that it would be raising prices on its iTunes tracks to $1.29 for the most popular (but DRM free) songs the masses railed Apple
for raising the price bar. It appears that Apple may have not been the reason for the price hike and that the music industry is to blame. Today the
Amazon music store as well as Wal-Mart's music store have raised their prices as well. Amazon's music prices now range from 0.79 to a high of
$1.29, while Walmart's span the range for .64 - $1.24.
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08.04.2009A peek at an early build of the new Win7 taskbar
One of Mac OS X's most successful features has been its zooming apps dock, which has been mimicked in third-party utilities for Windows. Windows 7's
new taskbar looks more similar, but its changes are already themselves being changed...
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05.11.2008Apple Looking to Cut TV Show Prices
Apple has begun an effort to convince networks and studios providing it video content to allow it to cut prices in half, meaning most television shows
sold through iTunes would retail for 99 cents...
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07.09.2007Microsoft on Win7 Beta: 'The download experience was not ideal'
After adding some server horsepower to the Windows 7 beta download over the weekend, some testers did manage to receive working copies. That's not to
say everything's working perfectly just yet...
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12.01.2009Apple Cuts Prices on Cinema
Displays
Apple has quietly reduced the
prices on its signature Cinema
displays by up to USD $500, a
move likely aimed at selling
more of units in conjunction
with the new Mac Pro desktops...
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08.08.2006Intel slashes quad-core CPU prices across the board
This morning, an Intel spokesperson confirmed to Betanews that the company has made drastic cuts in its CPU prices for 1,000-unit shipments, effective
immediately. They include a 40% slash on its top-of-the-line processor...
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20.01.2009Intel Slashes Desktop, Server Processor Prices
In less than a week after reporting third-quarter financial results, Intel cut the prices on several of its high-end, Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo
desktop processors. In addition, Intel dropped prices on some its older Pentium chips for desktops and Xeon processors for single-socket server
systems. The price cuts also anticipate the release of new Nehalem-based microprocessors in November.
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20.10.2008Ballmer: Windows Live to integrate with Facebook, new Win7 beta
Its enterprise brands have all been succeeding quite nicely -- Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Office, SharePoint. But in the consumers'
mind, Microsoft took a beating last year. How will Ballmer recover?..
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08.01.2009Symantec Ups Software Renewal
Prices
Without any public
announcement, Symantec earlier
this week raised prices on its
renewal licenses for its
software by as much as a
third. The move could be an
attempt to maximize profits
one last time before Microsoft
enters the security software
space next year, analysts say...
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14.10.2005Microsoft 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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25.06.2009LCD TV Prices Set to Fall Next
Year
Both LG and Sharp announced at
the IFA electronics show in
Berlin this week that the cost
of LCD flat-panel televisions
will fall dramatically in
2007, with prices dropping 20%
to 30%. The companies
attribute the expected savings
to overproduction and lower
manufacturing costs...
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