By: ol_whal
22/10/2009
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,26245515-2,00 .html?from=igoogle+gadget+compact+news_rss
MICROSOFT is blaming retailers for the fact Australians are paying almost $200 more for the same version of Windows 7 as their overseas counterparts.
The price of Windows 7 in the US and UK is consistently cheaper than in Australia based on the latest currency conversion rates.
For example, an upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate costs $429 in Australia but only $US219.99 ($236) in the US – a difference of $193 for the same product.
Windows 7 Professional outright will cost Australians $449, but the US gets it for $128 less, with the retail price of $US299.99 ($322). |
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By: tash8497
22/10/2009
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| do you think it will reduce in price (in time)? |
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By: quantum_of_solace44r
22/10/2009
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By: ol_whal
22/10/2009
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just have a look at xp it is fully available on p2p cracked and easy to install.
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Someone was spruking today that it was easy for vista but tricky for XP -- a heap of propergander eh?
I've got XP
I won't be buying it |
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By: ol_whal
22/10/2009
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do you think it will reduce in price (in time)?
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Don't rush in to it Tash |
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By: quantum_of_solace44r
22/10/2009
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Someone was spruking today that it was easy for vista but tricky for XP -- a heap of propergander eh?
I've got XP
I won't be buying it
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go here put xp or vista in search and drop down app hit go and watch how many cracked copies come up!!!
www ddl shark . com just take out the gaps |
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By: ol_whal
22/10/2009
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| Thanks quantum_of_solace44r but I'm going to wait and see first |
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By: carl_8572001
22/10/2009
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So, we're still being ripped off with Windows software prices, are we? What a surprise.
Wonder what happened to the price reductions we should have seen after the introduction of Product Activation with Windows XP in 2001? After all, that was supposed to be the main reason for activation... less piracy = cheaper software.
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-200
<<< Doesn't a reduction in software piracy ultimately lead to lower prices?
You'd think so. But strangly, Windows XP will be the most expensive new version of Windows ever released for home users. >>>
That was in 2001.
Don't tell me they lied? *rolls eyes* |
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By: m.tivey
22/10/2009
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Well, at $429.00 I won't be rushing out and buying it just yet.
BUT...the RC is so stable & reliable, I'll just keep using that, for a while yet. |
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By: carl_8572001
22/10/2009
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Seen a lot of ads in today's newspaper for Windows 7... Harvey Norman... Officeworks... etc.
They're all advertising the almost half price 'upgrade' version, I see. No mention of the very, very expensive 'full' version. lol.
They did the same thing with Vista nearly 3 years ago. |
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By: wizbeysmugfarter
23/10/2009
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| "Microsoft Windows 7 Pro 32bit OEM $169.00" |
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23/10/2009
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Yes retailers here are massive MASSIVE rip offs for software.!
Not just software, its EVERYTHING we pay for.
Im a musician and the price difference from here to the US is not just staggering its downright pathetic highway robbery.
Even secondhand goods are being sold at over charged prices.
I went looking for a line6 POD PRO on ebay
In australia $650 (including pedal)
In the USA $50 (including pedal) yes that says FIFTY not Five hundred |
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By: wizbeysmugfarter
23/10/2009
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| This country was not selected as a penal colony for nothing. We have been run by criminals since. |
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By: samgadd55
25/10/2009
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| I went into Harvey Norman on Saturday and queried the prices with a senior salesman and he said "Oh we don't make any money on Windows 7, it is a loss leader for us" (They sell it at a loss to get people into the store) It is bad enough being ripped off by the Aussie retailers without them blaming the prices on MS and even barefaced lying to the customers. He tried to say there was only a 6% margin but that was swallowed up by staff wages - WAKE UP MR NORMAN AND GET YOUR STAFF TRAINED TO AT LEAST TELL THE TRUTH.....AS YOU RIP US ALL OFF. BTW for those that don't know - the upgrade will do a clean instal just like a full version ....check out the Windows 7 website. |
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By: ill_be_back@rocketmail.com
25/10/2009
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| I've refused to buy ANY Microsoft product since they came up with that activation insanity. OK so they can do whatever they want but don't expect me to go along with it. The only XP & Vista systems I've had are the non-activation versions that come with Toshiba laptops, my desktop machines run Solaris & servers BSD |
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By: badluck_boy
25/10/2009
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I guess it depends on servers, But Solaris on the desktop? Shouldn't that be the other way round Solaris servers and *BSD desktop, *BSD is more agile than Solaris is. lol!!
and to keep on topic Is windows 7 a rip off : Yes. |
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By: ill_be_back@rocketmail.com
26/10/2009
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I guess it depends on servers, But Solaris on the desktop? Shouldn't that be the other way round Solaris servers and *BSD desktop, *BSD is more agile than Solaris is. lol!!
They are both so stable its boring, but unlike Ubuntu, BSD never did get the GUI stuff properly sorted, it doesn't like either OpenOffice or StarOffice & a lot of device drivers are hit & miss. None of those are an issue with a server but they are a right royal PITA with a desktop. Solaris does deserve the 'Slowaris' title on older Intel hardware but its fine on SPARC or AMD 64 bit systems & I don't have issues with any peripherals in the compatibility list. Windows generally is simply too icky for words afer Solaris. |
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By: bulldoost
26/10/2009
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| by the way, if anyone is interested, wholesale price on windows seven is about $115.00 in australia from any of three main ozzie distributors... you must buy bit more than one do to have it at that price, harvey norman bought over 50000 copies and i do not think that they pay more than actually $78.00 per copy... |
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By: pol_pak
28/10/2009
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Novell http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/
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* SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono Extension
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension
Or the FREE version openSUSE
http://www.opensuse.org/en/
Started with openSUSE on old machine, now running their SLED on work machines, both worked well with online support forums.
openSUSE seems more development oriented, where potential problems are found - BTW did not find any in the year was using it.
SLED also very stable just what business wants, with phone and online support.
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By: ill_be_back@rocketmail.com
28/10/2009
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| Solaris is free for personal use & at least its a PROPER unix instead of those boy-wonder linuxen |
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By: bgruntled
29/10/2009
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| Check out the prices from the US on eBay on Windows 7 and even XP. Full retail cheaper than OEM in Aust , even with postage, and from reputable dealers |
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By: carl_8572001
29/10/2009
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Well, I finally couldn't resist the temptation.
I've bought Windows 7 Home Premium today. Managed to get an OEM version and a 1TB hard drive for $221 :-)
I'll be fitting the new hard drive to my main PC and installing Windows 7 later. Should be fun... |
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By: bulldoost
30/10/2009
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| carl_8572001 - this particular installation (especially if you do "clean install")is virtually no event... :-) i must say it is nearly as good as win98 or winxp... :-) |
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By: wizbeysmugfarter
31/10/2009
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" i must say it is nearly as good as win98 or winxp"
Very true but M$ are banking on the Apple Mac strategy, people like things that a shiny. It worked for Apple (ipod, macs, osx etc) it will work for M$ |
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By: quantum_of_solace44r
31/10/2009
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| Harvey Norman price down here is windows7 home $294 or $188 for windows7 upgrade home. windows7 ultimate $468 or windows7 ultimate up grade $419 or burnt copy from P2P FREE!!!LOL |
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