Comments | boktheinternal: Windows 7 price points, PSP, and Nailin' Paylin.

boktheinternal

Windows 7 price points, PSP, and Nailin' Paylin.

Jun 28, 2009 16:51

Well, Microsoft has announced the price points for the various flavors of Windows 7, and I have to say that I think they're a bit overpriced. I do want to get Windows 7, but considering that we're in the middle of a recession/depression, it seems silly to be pricing so high ( Read more... )

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smatterings June 29 2009, 14:18:23 UTC

A few points on the Windows 7 thing. It feels weird for me to be justifying for MS, but here goes ( ... )

boktheinternal June 30 2009, 06:25:37 UTC

Yeah, I know about the service pack pricing that Apple does, however, I hate the whole "upgrade" pricing BS. I don't want to buy a piece of software that requires me to install an old piece of software, just so I can install a new one on top of it. They need to discount the full product. Not just the upgrade.

I've been running Windows 7 on my PC for over three months, though I don't use it much. I too want to purchase it, but the price point is a bit outrageous in my book. I will have to look into student discounts.

boktheinternal July 2 2009, 01:40:38 UTC

d'oh. turns out upgrading from xp requires a clean install! yay :)