Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?

Iria · Aug 30, 2008, 04:16 AM

I’m really hoping that Steven Sinofsky will kick off a discussion about Windows 7 pricing over on the Engineering Windows 7 blog sometime soon. I’m not holding my breath because the chances of seeing an open debate on pricing is highly unlikely, but I can dream, can’t I?
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Customgamer1 · Aug 30, 2008, 05:27 AM

They should do this:

3 versions:

Home, Business, Ultimate

Home $100

Business can be whatever with all the license crap that they have to deal with, but about $100 or less per computer is good.

Ultimate = $175 to $200.

Really the Home edition should have everything needed like it does for Vista and should not be over $100.

MitchRapp · Aug 30, 2008, 05:18 PM

will never happen ... microsoft products will always cost an arm and a leg (or more)

mac_angel · Aug 30, 2008, 07:27 PM

personally, I've been thinking they should have a gamer edition. One without all the flashy BS and crap load of additives that most people don't use but take up system resourses. When XP came out I used Win2000 Server for the longest time because it was basic, didn't have a lot of pretty crap on it, did what I needed, and didn't suck up system resources.

OldBuzzard · Aug 30, 2008, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pepiman

will never happen ... microsoft products will always cost an arm and a leg (or more)

I just can't understand all the bitiching about $200.00 for an operating system.

Especially from people that will buy and install multiple games at $30-50 each, that in the end cost MORE than the OS.

Zelig · Aug 30, 2008, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mac_angel

personally, I've been thinking they should have a gamer edition. One without all the flashy BS and crap load of additives that most people don't use but take up system resourses. When XP came out I used Win2000 Server for the longest time because it was basic, didn't have a lot of pretty crap on it, did what I needed, and didn't suck up system resources.

Thing is, none of the extra stuff takes GPU power, and it takes negligable CPU power except when idle, so the fps of games isn't going to differ.

The only real differences are going to be in memory usage and HDD space, both of which are dirt cheap. ($50 for 4GB of RAM, $95 for a 750GB HDD)

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Originally Posted by OldBuzzard

I just can't understand all the bitiching about $200.00 for an operating system.

Especially from people that will buy and install multiple games at $30-50 each, that in the end cost MORE than the OS.

Furthermore, the vast majority of people don't need to pay $200 for an OS, $100 will get Vista Home Premium OEM, which will work fine.

Aug 30, 2008, 04:16 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive? I’m really hoping that Steven Sinofsky will kick off a discussion about Windows 7 pricing over on the Engineering Windows 7 blog sometime soon. I’m not holding my breath because the chances of seeing an open debate on pricing is highly unlikely, but I can dream, can’t I? ________________ Source: Hardware 2.0

Aug 30, 2008, 05:27 AM	#2
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,273 Rep Power: 74 System Specs	They should do this: 3 versions: Home, Business, Ultimate Home $100 Business can be whatever with all the license crap that they have to deal with, but about $100 or less per computer is good. Ultimate = $175 to $200. Really the Home edition should have everything needed like it does for Vista and should not be over $100. __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Aug 30, 2008, 05:18 PM	#3
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	will never happen ... microsoft products will always cost an arm and a leg (or more)

Aug 30, 2008, 07:27 PM	#4
mac_angel HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 229 Rep Power: 46	personally, I've been thinking they should have a gamer edition. One without all the flashy BS and crap load of additives that most people don't use but take up system resourses. When XP came out I used Win2000 Server for the longest time because it was basic, didn't have a lot of pretty crap on it, did what I needed, and didn't suck up system resources.