Voracious Microsoft wants $450 for Vista

[Rich]

http://www.physorg.com/news68303558.html

 

[know code]

http://www.physorg.com/news68303558.html

$450? OMG!!! Why would anyone in their right mind.... especially when
Linux is FREE

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

http://www.physorg.com/news68303558.html

Complete nonsense!

Microsoft has already announced (officially) that pricing on Vista consumer
versions will be on par with Windows XP.

The $450 price is I believe for the VLK package.

Again, Vista at retail will *NOT* repeat *NOT* cost $450.

Bobby

 

[Thomas A. Horsley]

Microsoft has already announced (officially) that pricing on Vista consumer

versions will be on par with Windows XP.

Actually the price for XP is already outrageous as well, so I'm not sure
that matters much .

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

Actually the price for XP is already outrageous as well, so I'm not sure
that matters much .

Agreed!

Even scarier is the fact that Microsoft is entertaining the idea of offering
the OS on a subscription basis!

Bobby

 

[Carl]

Re: .... especially when Linux is FREE

If Linux could support DX9 I would be using it full time!

 

[Rich]

Agreed!

Even scarier is the fact that Microsoft is entertaining the idea of offering
the OS on a subscription basis!

Bobby

The thin edge of the wedge toward an era when they can
automatically control someone's P.C. Wait till they buy all
the main internet servers.

 

[Peter Strömberg]

(e-mail address removed) (Thomas A. Horsley) wrote in

Actually the price for XP is already outrageous as well, so I'm not
sure that matters much .

If I would to go in a computer shop here and buy a full retail
version of XP Pro I would pay around $475 - $525 ...

(Of course, the low $ value doesn't help ;-) )

 

[GuitarMan]

(e-mail address removed) (Thomas A. Horsley) wrote in


If I would to go in a computer shop here and buy a full retail
version of XP Pro I would pay around $475 - $525 ...

(Of course, the low $ value doesn't help ;-) )

Windows XP Pro OEM costs about $140....

 

[know code]

Windows XP Pro OEM costs about $140....

The OP article was not about the OEM version.

<quote>Users will no doubt want a high degree of protection for Vista,
which tech media is reporting will retail for a hefty $450 once released
to the public</quote>.

Note the words 'RETAIL' and 'released to the PUBLIC'. The OEM version
might be $140 (still way too expensive for what it is!) but it looks
like the retail version could be $450 (which is just highway robbery
without a mask).

 

[Boe]

WOW - I thought MS's goal was to reduce the amount of people who pirate
their software - raise the price and I'm sure that is a great way to do
this! Of course it will be more secure - if you make a package this
expensive about as small of a percentage of the population will use this OS
as do Linux, FreeBSD, or OSX. We'll all be stuck with Windows XP or will
start looking more towards Linux or OSXI to be our OS of choice - brilliant
MS!

 

[know code]

WOW - I thought MS's goal was to reduce the amount of people who pirate
their software - raise the price and I'm sure that is a great way to do
this! Of course it will be more secure - if you make a package this
expensive about as small of a percentage of the population will use this OS
as do Linux, FreeBSD, or OSX. We'll all be stuck with Windows XP or will
start looking more towards Linux or OSXI to be our OS of choice

That is the silver lining in all this.... linux will get a big boost.
And helped by M$ themselves.... oh, the irony

 

[Guest]

You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why waste
your time always bashing them? It is the same the way Microsoft loves to
bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames. It is the same the way the
US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and getting all of the attention. It is
the same as the rest of the world hating on the US for being #1 and wanting
to bring it down, including this country's buddies colonialism, the western
Europeans.

 

[VanShania]

Unless linix becomes as versatile as Mac's OS X, it will only be used by
those who don't have much to do anyways

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[Boe]

I'm not bashing the OS, I'm bashing the absurd pricing. They are holding a
knife to their own throat in my opinion. I have a feeling this will be one
of the few MS products with a radical price change within the first 3 months
of release.

 

[know code]

You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why waste
your time always bashing them? It is the same the way Microsoft loves to
bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames. It is the same the way the
US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and getting all of the attention. It is
the same as the rest of the world hating on the US for being #1 and wanting
to bring it down, including this country's buddies colonialism, the western
Europeans.

The only thing M$ is #1 at is including security flaws in its
products.... oh, and crashing.... and ripping off customers with second
rate products!

I have a very stable, very secure linux box here and the OS never cost a
penny. For those reasons, that makes linux #1 for me, not because I
dislike M$.

Now, if you want to continue using a second rate, highly expensive, very
insecure product, then go right ahead!

 

[know code]

Unless linix becomes as versatile as Mac's OS X, it will only be used by
those who don't have much to do anyways

What are you talking about? I can do everything I need to do on my
linux box that I could do with Windoze, and what I need to do is
probably a lot more than the average Joe.

I have used the latest offerings from both camps, have you? IMO, the
latest linux is now way ahead of XP in performance, stability, security
etc (and it is free).

And, it is now much easier to install than XP (try installing XP on a
S-ATA drive if you're a newbie!).

 

[Guest]

The only thing M$ is #1 at is including security flaws in its products....
oh, and crashing.... and ripping off customers with second rate products!

I have a very stable, very secure linux box here and the OS never cost a
penny. For those reasons, that makes linux #1 for me, not because I
dislike M$.

Now, if you want to continue using a second rate, highly expensive, very
insecure product, then go right ahead!

What would you do without Linux? You bias is very clear. Why hate? If
someone can come out with a better product that can be used with everything,
then maybe Microsoft may have some comp, but until then, why hate? Is Linux
perfect?

 

[Guest]

What are you talking about? I can do everything I need to do on my linux
box that I could do with Windoze, and what I need to do is probably a lot
more than the average Joe.

I have used the latest offerings from both camps, have you? IMO, the
latest linux is now way ahead of XP in performance, stability, security
etc (and it is free).

And, it is now much easier to install than XP (try installing XP on a
S-ATA drive if you're a newbie!).

I am no newbie, but I NEVER had a problem installing XP on an SATA drive.

 

[Merrill P. L. Worthington]

The only thing M$ is #1 at is including security flaws in its
products.... oh, and crashing.... and ripping off customers with second
rate products!

I have a very stable, very secure linux box here and the OS never cost a
penny. For those reasons, that makes linux #1 for me, not because I
dislike M$.

Now, if you want to continue using a second rate, highly expensive, very
insecure product, then go right ahead!

The ONLY reason to use a Windows operating system is for the splendid
Microsoft Office applications.

Game producers will adapt their applications to whatever operating
system they want. They are demand driven. Are you suggesting that
McUsers don't have any games available?

Much of the success of Windows is based on Microsoft cutting deals with
PC makers such as Dell, HP and others. They've been in trouble in the
past for this, but regulators stepped in after the horse was out of the
barn. A huge user community had been developed and Microsoft spread
rumors that other operating systems were inferior. They put fear into
their users to help them stay loyal. This is pretty well-documented, so
there's no point in disputing the facts.

But not to fear. Microsoft would be #1 even if it only produced their
Office Suite and spun off Windows to a separate company. But even then
the Europeans would want MS to divulge their secrets.