Expect Vista to cost significantly less than XP

Expect Vista to cost significantly less than XP

When Vista launches next year, it is thought the pricing will be much lower than the current pricing structure for Windows XP.

Microsoft expect that by reducing the price, piracy will become less attractive (and the sale of more legitimate copies should cover the lost revenue). Additionally, Vista is likely to force alot of people to upgrade their computers, faced with having to pay a sigificant sum for the OS aswell as the hardware upgrades, Microsoft is worried the majority will simply wait until their exisiting system is beyond use.

Word coming from Redmond suggests the retail price of Vista will hit the shelves at just $99, with OEM versions expected to be a little over half that.

Official confirmation of pricing isn't expected until around the middle of next year.

Vec vidim kako se Vista ispred SKC-a prodaje za 60 umesto za 100 din . Shalu na stranu, to je lepa vest...Za neke

axez:
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Jel' se stvarno i dalje prodaju CDovi ispred SKCa? Zadnji put kada sam bio u Beogradu, tamo nije bilo nikog...

Kako smo čuli, nekoliko većih trgovaca diskovima zatvorilo je "radnju" jer su im mašine za narezivanje oduzete i oglobljeni su visokim kaznama. Međutim, sitniji prodavci, sa manjom kućnom "proizvodnjom", posle nekoliko meseci šoka, polako se vraćaju na tržište željno najnovijih Majkrosoftovih i holivudskih dostignuća po pristupačnim cenama (cene su od 60 do 150 dinara po disku). Poređenja radi, "windows XP professional" legalno košta 240 evra, a na crnom tržištu samo 100 dinara.

Nisam ubedjen da njih toliko sekira piraterija koliko drugi, ozbiljniji trendovi - http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25845