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Constantly playing whack-a-mole trying to suppress each Linux offering as it comes to market is likely to keep Microsoft utterly distracted and it will also cost them a pretty penny to the OEMs complete profit. As soon as any OEM offers a Linux option that is visible to the public … Microsoft will pay the OEM to take the Linux machine off the market. If one were allowed to purchase an alternative OS under the same circumstances, there is simply no way that it would not work better than Windows. Your premise that it is “better pay for something that works than having nothing at all” is quite true, but the only problem with it is that it is not Windows 7 that is the product likely to be the one that works. IWork is a very good piece of work , but it doesn’t come with new Macs, and costs 79 EUR, while Microsoft Office 2007 costs 69 at retail here. And Office is a lot more full-featured (comes with Word/Excel/PowerPoint/OneNote).
Windows’ program goes for both OEM and retail copies, Apple’s program only goes for “OEM” copies. Best Buy will also start a “Technology Guarantee” program whereby customers who purchase a PC that runs Vista Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate between June 26 and the Win 7 launch will get a free Windows 7 upgrade. Willi van Ooyen , leader of the floor of the German far left-wing party Die Linke uses his cell phone as he arrives for talks with the Social... Visitor looks at a BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics automobile prior to the opening of the Frankfurt Motor Show, in Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday, Sept.... An employee cleans the floor as a BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics automobile is loaded into its display position prior to the opening of the Frankfurt... Visitor waits as a BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics automobile is loaded into its display position prior to the opening of the Frankfurt Motor Show, in...
Re: Windows 7 upgrade where?
The big question here is of course whether or not these deals will be Best Buy-specific, or if they are world-wide. Pricing information for Windows 7 will be made available later this month. Also note that Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional will be the only available versions in the Western world.
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Windows 7 Upgrade
I consider myself a power user and use nothing but Explorer (plus the windows command line and occasionally cygwin if it’s installed). And thinking about it I don’t actually know anyone who doesn’t use Explorer as their main Windows file manager. Although the hardware is more expensive, the software costs are lower than Windows . The Best Buy “presell” deal will start June 26 and run 16 days through July 11. Other retailers will offer the promotional pricing as well, the memo states. It’s unclear, however, whether the upgrade prices will continue beyond the promo period.
According to the leaked Best Buy memo, the program starts June 26, and will end October 22 when Windows 7 gets released. What this means is that buyers of new computers with Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate pre installed within this timeframe will get a free upgrade for Windows 7. This also goes for boxed retail copies of Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate. Windows Vista Home Basic isn’t part of the deal, but I’m not even sure if they still sell that crippled operating system. Windows 7 upgrade costs are infinitely more expensive than upgrade costs of some alternative OSes. Sure, it will still be infinitely more expensive than zero, but the daily cost would be so low that the result won’t matter.
Best Buy Memo on Windows 7 Outlines Upgrade Pricing
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Anyway, still using XP, and there’s gotta be at least a dozen free burners to choose from. CDBurnerXP, Infrarecorder, and ImgBurn immediately come to mind. I burned a DVD the other day with my MacBook and I didn’t have to buy software for that. The buyer’s program row is about the programs where buyers of the current version get the next version for cheapsies.
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One typically pays for Windows 7 as a pre-installed OS, part of the purchase of a new machine, guaranteed by the OEM to work on that machine. Since MS Office comes with more functionality out of the box than iWork does, you’re kind of comparing apples and oranges. A more accurate comparison would be MS Office on Windows and MS Office on Mac. Personally, I think Microsoft should extend the discount Win 7 upgrades beyond July 11. The low prices would mean more sales to Vista users, and the move would be good PR for Redmond, which has suffering through months of embarrassing — and deserved — Vista bashing. Compared to current upgrade prices for Vista, the Windows 7 deals are relatively cheap.
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