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davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
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| reply to rawwhide
Re: Trick or Treat, Windows 7 upgrade cripples Vista machines said by rawwhide:The full edition should be priced the same as the upgrade version. Yes, but in the American system of free enterprise, manufacturers are free to set the price of goods they sell. Thus, should a company wish to offer lower prices to its existing customers in order to persuade them to buy a new version, it is allowed to do so. | |
 rawwhidePremium
join:2000-09-03
The Sticks
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| said by dave:said by rawwhide:The full edition should be priced the same as the upgrade version. Yes, but in the American system of free enterprise, manufacturers are free to set the price of goods they sell. Thus, should a company wish to offer lower prices to its existing customers in order to persuade them to buy a new version, it is allowed to do so. Yes, but when you create such confusion as to hurt sales by causing media attention that is negative, then is that decision wise? How well is this launch going over? How well will this version pull in new customers? Isn't this version important to Microsoft? Last I heard was that this was a make or break for MS. Microsoft hasn't seen money from me since XP. I have started migrating over to Linux. My family is now happily running Linux. 
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 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | said by rawwhide:said by dave:said by rawwhide:The full edition should be priced the same as the upgrade version. Yes, but in the American system of free enterprise, manufacturers are free to set the price of goods they sell. Thus, should a company wish to offer lower prices to its existing customers in order to persuade them to buy a new version, it is allowed to do so. Yes, but when you create such confusion as to hurt sales by causing media attention that is negative, then is that decision wise? How well is this launch going over? How well will this version pull in new customers? Isn't this version important to Microsoft? Last I heard was that this was a make or break for MS. Microsoft hasn't seen money from me since XP. I have started migrating over to Linux. My family is now happily running Linux. It's going pretty well, here are a few stats:
»windowsitpro.com/mobile/pda/Arti···3&News=1
Windows 7 accounted for $3 billion in revenue for the quarter for a product that launched on October 22nd. Over 90 percent of people who tested the beta or release candidate versions of Windows 7 described the product as "good" or "extremely good" and would recommend it to others. And get this: A whopping 80 percent of testers who identified themselves as Mac users said that they, too, would recommend Windows 7.
Additionally, I must have missed this post in here when Snow Leopard was released:
»www.informationweek.com/news/har···19501399
Snow Leopard isn't without its glitches, however. Currently the OS suffers from more than 100 incompatible Mac applications, according to a Web site that tracks compatibility.
It's also been hit with an installation bug know as "the spinning wheel of death" which causes the OS to hang during upgrades. Apple, in a support bulletin, has suggested the problem may be due to conflicts with older software.
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"What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?" - Abraham Lincoln | |
 bbarreraPremium,MVM
join:2000-10-23
Sacramento, CA
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·SureWest Internet
| Paul Thurrot is drunk from his Win7 party as Microsoft's SEC filing begs to differ:
quote:
Windows Division revenue decreased primarily as a result of the deferral of approximately $1.5 billion of revenue related to the Windows 7 Upgrade Option and sales of Windows 7 to OEMs and retailers before general availability in the second quarter of fiscal year 2010. Including revenue and units associated with the Windows 7 Deferral, OEM revenue decreased $207 million or 6%
Microsoft pre-sold $1.5B of Win7 for the quarter ending Sept 30 (not $3B as claimed), and if you add the Win7 revenue back into last quarter they still had a revenue hit. There is no doubt that Win7 will do well after the industry waited 8 years for a MS desktop OS to cheer about. Although Vista turned into a decent OS after SP1, it failed miserably by most measures and the good news is that Microsoft brought Win7 to market in a reasonable timeframe.
What does any of this thread have to do with Mac OS X? Oddly you forgot to post the first paragraph or two from that thread which called Snow Leopard "a hit" and "remains a top seller"
I think both OS are doing fine and both will have a few upgrades with problems. | |
| Because the Windows Zealots hate the Linux & Apple Zealots, because of stability. Once I get done using the Access dbase for my class reunion, I am permantly wiping off 7, and installing Ubuntu. | |
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