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    From Nightfox to All on Tue Apr 12 20:26:40 2011
    One thing that frustrates me is the price Microsoft charges for Windows licenses.. If I want to build my own PC, a non-upgrade copy of Windows 7 costs $299. That seems quite steep, when you could buy a whole PC for not much more than that. Also, I think Apple only charges around $110 for OS X (and they don't have upgrade versions) - although it's somewhat hard to compare since Apple also makes their own computers. Linux is free, but then again, the people who make Linux aren't out to make a profit. There really aren't many OSes for the consumer market that you can compare to. I really think Microsoft does have a monopoly (or is close to a monopoly).. I remember when Microsoft was being investigated for monopoly practices around 1997-1998, and I was disappointed when the judge decided not to follow through on splitting them up or some other action.

    Nightfox
  • From thinktank@VERT/INLANDUT to Nightfox on Tue Apr 12 23:50:50 2011
    Re: Windows license costs
    By: Nightfox to All on Tue Apr 12 2011 08:26 pm

    One thing that frustrates me is the price Microsoft charges for Windows licenses.. If I want to build my own PC, a non-upgrade copy of Windows 7 costs $299. That seems quite steep, when you could buy a whole PC for not
    Its sad. There should be a price between OEM and Retail. Like $159.

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  • From Nightfox to thinktank on Wed Apr 13 12:59:52 2011
    Re: Windows license costs
    By: Nightfox to All on Tue Apr 12 2011 08:26 pm

    One thing that frustrates me is the price Microsoft charges for Windows licenses.. If I want to build my own PC, a non-upgrade copy of Windows
    7 costs $299. That seems quite steep, when you could buy a whole PC for not

    Its sad. There should be a price between OEM and Retail. Like $159.

    I think I've seen some stores that sell OEM licenses of Windows, with a more reasonable cost..

    Nightfox
  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Nightfox on Thu Apr 21 23:21:56 2011
    On 4/11/2011 2:17 AM, Nightfox wrote:
    Its sad. There should be a price between OEM and Retail. Like $159.

    I think I've seen some stores that sell OEM licenses of Windows, with a more reasonable cost..

    Usually do an OEM copy of Win7 Home Prem. from newegg... around $120 or so iirc.

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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Nightfox on Thu Apr 21 23:24:22 2011
    On 4/12/2011 8:26 PM, Nightfox wrote:
    One thing that frustrates me is the price Microsoft charges for Windows licenses.. If I want to build my own PC, a non-upgrade copy of Windows 7 costs
    $299. That seems quite steep, when you could buy a whole PC for not much more
    than that. Also, I think Apple only charges around $110 for OS X (and they don't have upgrade versions) - although it's somewhat hard to compare since Apple also makes their own computers. Linux is free, but then again, the people who make Linux aren't out to make a profit. There really aren't many OSes for the consumer market that you can compare to. I really think Microsoft
    does have a monopoly (or is close to a monopoly).. I remember when Microsoft was being investigated for monopoly practices around 1997-1998, and I was disappointed when the judge decided not to follow through on splitting them up
    or some other action.

    $99.99 USD - Win7 Home Premium x64 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

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  • From Nightfox to Tracker1 on Fri Apr 22 07:56:39 2011
    Re: Re: Windows license costs
    By: Tracker1 to Nightfox on Thu Apr 21 2011 23:21:56

    Usually do an OEM copy of Win7 Home Prem. from newegg... around $120 or so i

    That's cool.. I wonder how they do that when the full retail price for that is $299 elsewhere (for the non-OEM version however).

    Nightfox
  • From Nightfox to Tracker1 on Fri Apr 22 07:58:06 2011
    Re: Re: Windows license costs
    By: Tracker1 to Nightfox on Thu Apr 21 2011 23:24:22

    $99.99 USD - Win7 Home Premium x64 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

    That's not bad at all. That's the "home premium" edition though; if you wanted the professional edition, Newegg sells it for $139.99, which still isn't too bad.

    Nightfox
  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Nightfox on Wed Apr 27 07:48:15 2011
    On 4/22/2011 8:56 AM, Nightfox wrote:
    Usually do an OEM copy of Win7 Home Prem. from newegg... around $120 or so i

    That's cool.. I wonder how they do that when the full retail price for that is
    $299 elsewhere (for the non-OEM version however).

    Full Retail / Non-OEM == transferable license...

    OEM == tied to one machine (you're supposed to put the sticker on the box)

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  • From the doctor@VERT/QBBS to TRACKER1 on Wed Apr 27 21:35:00 2011

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    OEM == tied to one machine (you're supposed to put the sticker on the box

    It's worse than that. If they are server (OEM) licenses with Microsoft,
    they are not upgradable.



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