[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Windows 7 pricing (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 6/25/2009 11:34:03 AM EDT
| For those of us who suffered through Vista's fuck ups-no relief.Feed us 7 ultimate and hook us on the candy and then no relief?At least I can run through 2010.$218 per license for what Vista should have been,then giving relief to newbs to clear product line?Fuck Ballmer. |
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous  The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... |
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... Im not going to dump XP until support for it officially drops (much like what happened for 98).. I figure by that time 7 should have a more reasonable price tag.. 
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... Unless you want to have something that needs Vista or higher, it's not really worth it. |
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... It's very good. As one of my engineers said "It's Vista, but it works" |
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... Unless you want to have something that needs Vista or higher, it's not really worth it. Good to know, if it says "Windows XP or better" just install Debian. I'm still on XP for Windows gaming at home, I plan on skipping Vista altogether. If I need to do anything besides game I use Debian. |
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... Unless you want to have something that needs Vista or higher, it's not really worth it. Good to know, if it says "Windows XP or better" just install Debian. I'm still on XP for Windows gaming at home, I plan on skipping Vista altogether. If I need to do anything besides game I use Debian. Same. Only my distro at the moment is Gentoo. |
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... I was in the Windows 7 beta. Yes ABSOLUTELY worth dumping XP. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... I was in the Windows 7 beta. Yes ABSOLUTELY worth dumping XP. Agree I have 11 PC's at home. only 2 are xp and 2 run Windows server products the rest are Windows 7 RC. I love Windows 7. |
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It always starts out being priced a lot. Wait a few months and it will be $120 or so, just like Vista and XP.
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... It is worth dumping XP for Vista 64bit. Very stable for me. If you play games, then DX 10 and DX 11 are worth it. If you are on 32bit and do lots of video, photo editing ect. then 64bit is worth the upgrade (can use more RAM). Windows 7 is basically a Service Pack for Vista, except they are charging for it when it should be released for free. The reason they are doing it is because Vista has a bad reputation even though it runs fine. It may have been different the first few months of release, but it is fine now. But if you do plan on upgrading, just wait for Windows 7 to drop in price. If all you do is email and internet stuff, then XP with a basic dual core CPU and 3GB of RAM is plenty. |
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It always starts out being priced a lot. Wait a few months and it will be $120 or so, just like Vista and XP. Quoted:
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... It is worth dumping XP for Vista 64bit. Very stable for me. If you play games, then DX 10 and DX 11 are worth it. If you are on 32bit and do lots of video, photo editing ect. then 64bit is worth the upgrade (can use more RAM). Windows 7 is basically a Service Pack for Vista, expect they are charging for it when it should be released for free. The reason they are doing it is because Vista has a bad reputation even though it runs fine. It may have been different the first few months of release, but it is fine now. If all you do is email and internet stuff, then XP with a basic dual core CPU and 3GB of RAM is plenty. Doesn't 7 have a different kernel? |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... I was in the Windows 7 beta. Yes ABSOLUTELY worth dumping XP. Agree I have 11 PC's at home. only 2 are xp and 2 run Windows server products the rest are Windows 7 RC. I love Windows 7. |
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It always starts out being priced a lot. Wait a few months and it will be $120 or so, just like Vista and XP. Quoted:
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... It is worth dumping XP for Vista 64bit. Very stable for me. If you play games, then DX 10 and DX 11 are worth it. If you are on 32bit and do lots of video, photo editing ect. then 64bit is worth the upgrade (can use more RAM). Windows 7 is basically a Service Pack for Vista, expect they are charging for it when it should be released for free. The reason they are doing it is because Vista has a bad reputation even though it runs fine. It may have been different the first few months of release, but it is fine now. If all you do is email and internet stuff, then XP with a basic dual core CPU and 3GB of RAM is plenty. Doesn't 7 have a different kernel? Not sure, but even MS admits it is basically a refined version of Vista. |
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starting June 26th pre-order windows 7 for about 50% off. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx |
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For those of us who suffered through Vista's fuck ups-no relief.Feed us 7 ultimate and hook us on the candy and then no relief?At least I can run through 2010.$218 per license for what Vista should have been,then giving relief to newbs to clear product line?Fuck Ballmer. I paid $120 for an OEM copy of Vista ultimate the same year it came out. |
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I run Vista on my work PC and it sucks the ass. I have Dell with XP on my "family computer" at the house. I have a new Mac Pro I use for video editing and audio recording as well as a Macbook I use to surf the web. When the Dell shits the bed It will be replaced by a Mac Mini, it does any of the home stuff the wife needs with ease and less bull shit. Basically it uis just used for e-mail, charging the ipod and copying songs, and surfing the web anyway. I will have to stick with a PC on my work computer as I run QB Enterprise for my company and it will not run on Mac. I hope 7 is better since Windows is what I have to use for my company. |
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It always starts out being priced a lot. Wait a few months and it will be $120 or so, just like Vista and XP. Quoted:
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... It is worth dumping XP for Vista 64bit. Very stable for me. If you play games, then DX 10 and DX 11 are worth it. If you are on 32bit and do lots of video, photo editing ect. then 64bit is worth the upgrade (can use more RAM). Windows 7 is basically a Service Pack for Vista, expect they are charging for it when it should be released for free. The reason they are doing it is because Vista has a bad reputation even though it runs fine. It may have been different the first few months of release, but it is fine now. If all you do is email and internet stuff, then XP with a basic dual core CPU and 3GB of RAM is plenty. Doesn't 7 have a different kernel? Not sure, but even MS admits it is basically a refined version of Vista. Well that's not new, XP is a refined version of NT 4. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I just get an MSDNAA copy for free. Me too.  Hows about you guys get me one too.  Just do some lookin' and you'll find it. The schools around here suck as far as MSDNAA software goes. Hell, one school I went to thats a major public university doesnt even have an agreement.  |
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My laptop with vista runs ok, but there are some things I hate.
My friends laptop came with an earlier version of vista. He has a small piece of tape on his screen to act as cross-hairs when we play battlefield 1942 because they won't show up. A lot of other people with that game and vista have the problem. I don't for some reason. He's also only running 1gb of ram and will not spend money on more. |
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Guess I'm the dinosaur here- STILL running Windows ME on an HP pc built back in 1999. But for what I use it for, it still works (I'm here, aren't I?) HOLY HELL, how have you NOT shot yourself in the face repeatedly? no shit.... ME was the worst suckage ever! |
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starting June 26th pre-order windows 7 for about 50% off. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx that only says upgrade. it doesn't offer the full version. |
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starting June 26th pre-order windows 7 for about 50% off. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx that only says upgrade. it doesn't offer the full version. $100 for home premium is a good price considering most of the people on this website wont need the features of the professional version |
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Most people will be great with the $119 upgrade to Home Premium. FWIW - Windows 7 RC has been excellent - very stable and runs fast. A big improvement over Vista.
The full version of Windows 7 Home Premium will be priced at $199, with an upgrade from Vista or Windows XP costing $119. The full version of Windows 7 Professional will be $299, with upgrades priced at $199. Windows 7 Ultimate will be $319, with the upgrade priced at $219. |
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Guess I'm the dinosaur here- STILL running Windows ME on an HP pc built back in 1999. But for what I use it for, it still works (I'm here, aren't I?) I still have my Dell 8100 running Windows Me as well. 1.7 GHz Pentium 4 with a massive 256 MB of RAM!
My primary home PC is a home-built AMD Athlon 64 3700+ running Windows Home XP. Yeah I need an upgrade .... |
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Guess I'm the dinosaur here- STILL running Windows ME on an HP pc built back in 1999. But for what I use it for, it still works (I'm here, aren't I?) Dude....ME??????? Yikes brother...... No shit. I just installed it on one of my ancient machines last week and 4 hours into it wiped the drive in frustration. Windows 98 was a little better, but FUCK, how anyone put up with 9x is beyond me. |
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Quoted: It always starts out being priced a lot. Wait a few months and it will be $120 or so, just like Vista and XP. Quoted: Quoted: Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... It is worth dumping XP for Vista 64bit. Very stable for me. If you play games, then DX 10 and DX 11 are worth it. If you are on 32bit and do lots of video, photo editing ect. then 64bit is worth the upgrade (can use more RAM). Windows 7 is basically a Service Pack for Vista, except they are charging for it when it should be released for free. The reason they are doing it is because Vista has a bad reputation even though it runs fine. It may have been different the first few months of release, but it is fine now. But if you do plan on upgrading, just wait for Windows 7 to drop in price. If all you do is email and internet stuff, then XP with a basic dual core CPU and 3GB of RAM is plenty. good lord, if all you do is email and internet stuff a 1GHz pIII w/ 1GB of ram and win2k is overkill. throw in a refurbed 15k scsi hdd setup and you will never know the difference between it and a dc w/ 3GB of ram..., probably be snappier |
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Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... I am using it. Definitely worth it. You will be amazed at how well it works. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Ugh.. Kill me now.. Im glad I waited for 7 (im still on XP) however, I think the pricing and marketing of this is absolutely ridiculous The real question is...will it be worth dumping XP for? I'm still on XP and I'm tempted to remain that way for at least another year or so... I am using it. Definitely worth it. You will be amazed at how well it works. i agree it does run well, i would say better on the same hardware as xp which is a surprise. once it goes to ~120 or so i will pick it up. for $200+, xp will work out just fine. |