Comments on: Is Windows Overpriced?

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:34:37 +0000

While the price appears high for Windows 7, there is one reason for it that we don't hear much mentioned, but it's called "inflation." Yes, and it is getting worse, especially when we see a president recently spending 2 billion dollars to visit a Middle East country, while at the same time, he has refused for the past two years to an increase in Social Security for the elderly retired. Washingtoon (yes, its spelled correctly) needs to stop printing "script" money, and if they don't stop, then you may well soon be using that very same printed money with pictures of dead presidents more useful for stuffing pillows with than purchasing a oaf of bread. I was raised up through the hard years of the Great Depression, and those where really tough times for many of us. History repeats itself because government and people don't learn from it. Happy Holidays to all of you..

By: Christoph

Christoph — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:43:54 +0000

Considering that windows 7 does not do much more than the almost 10-year old XP, yes it is expensive. Same for the Office suite. Why would I get new software that is not faster and does the same things for me? Windows 7 and the latest office suite are free to me, and I still do not have them!!! I am happy enough with XP SP3 and Office 2003.

By: drew

drew — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:56:06 +0000

Since I am running Vista on Parallels, I don’t use it everyday, so the .10 a day arguement does not work for me. I would drop $50 for an upgrade copy, but I will not shell out $100 plus for an upgrade. Vista works well enough. As an educator, I am frustrated that they offer it for cheap to college students, but not K-12 educators.

By: Tech

Tech — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:18:27 +0000

Way overpriced! Especially in Australia. It’s close to $400 AUD for the premium edition.

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:38:09 +0000

I got it for free for “hosting” a windows 7 launch party.

By: sfmitch

sfmitch — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:26:49 +0000

I think Windows is expensive. MS charges a lot because it can. What else are users going to do? For most people, the other options (linux, mac) just aren’t options.

Why does Office cost so much? Because, people are willing to pay.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:21:45 +0000

The price of Windows does seems excessively high, and is not much of an enticement to those affected by hard economic times or those who are content with their current OS. I own a MBP, but as a student, I was able to get a Home Premium upgrade (easily installed on Boot Camp even without a pre-existing Windows OS) for $29. I might have been willing to pay 50 or 60, but no more. I think Windows 7 will hit slight adoption troubles greatly because of these high 3-digit prices. If Windows 7 was slightly more affordable, people would be more willing to give it a try rather than shrug it off and stay content with their current system.

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:35:02 +0000

When you take into account the fact that Microsoft will suport it for 10 years, then no. it’s a sound investment.

By: Chip

Chip — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:33:32 +0000

I agree that many will merely buy a new computer rather than upgrade.

And if, 1 out of every hundred buys a Mac, then Apple will increase its market share.

By: ediedi

ediedi — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:16:13 +0000

I don’t see many people upgrading to 7. I think the majority will get it on a new PC. More precisely, I don’t see many XP users going for 7 – if their PC’s were underspecced for Vista, a new computer+7 would be the logical choice.