Vista - Should one pay more for Vista only cos' she is honest and can affo

Hi all,
This post may not be technical to be here but it is relevant to all of us.
Here's a zdnet news (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6200577.html). MS
sells Vista Home Premium package at $118 in China to thwart piracy there.
Whereas the same package costs 288 euros in Germany and $220 in US. I am not
a anti-MS guy so do not get me wrong. But MS would really let us down this
time if it did not cut price elsewhere.

You must be going to the wrong stores.......I can buy Vista Home Premium in
Canada for $128.00..............thats Can$$
peter
"Leonard" <Leonard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CA0F751A-F948-48A1-852C-118A72E266FE@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
> This post may not be technical to be here but it is relevant to all of us.
> Here's a zdnet news (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6200577.html). MS
> sells Vista Home Premium package at $118 in China to thwart piracy there.
> Whereas the same package costs 288 euros in Germany and $220 in US. I am
> not
> a anti-MS guy so do not get me wrong. But MS would really let us down this
> time if it did not cut price elsewhere.

OEM or retail?
Full or upgrade?

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"peter" <peter@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> You must be going to the wrong stores.......I can buy Vista Home
> Premium in Canada for $128.00..............thats Can$$
> peter

On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 09:20:01 -0700, Leonard
<Leonard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi all,
>This post may not be technical to be here but it is relevant to all of us.
>Here's a zdnet news (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6200577.html). MS
>sells Vista Home Premium package at $118 in China to thwart piracy there.
>Whereas the same package costs 288 euros in Germany and $220 in US. I am not
>a anti-MS guy so do not get me wrong. But MS would really let us down this
>time if it did not cut price elsewhere.

Microsoft's pricing polices are based on GREED, you were expecting
fair? Sorry, isn't going to happen. You see it works like this, people
living in North America, throughout Europe, much of South America,
Japan are gorged with inflated prices to cover Microsoft losses where
Windows and other Microsoft products are routinely pirated like in
much of Asia, especially China, much of Russia and other Eastern block
counties once part of the former Soviet Union.

While there is a rapidly growing middle and upper middle class in
China bootleg copies of all software are readily available and the
government there does little to stop it. So guess what, most estimates
show there are a best a few thousand registered users of Windows in
all of China, a country who's population far exceeds a billion people,
will a mere handful having paid for their copy of Vista yet there are
tens of millions of Windows users in China that were given a wink a
nod that it's ok to steal a copy.

Microsoft dropped prices on Vista in the hope it would encourage more
to get a legimate copy. Lots of luck. Especially when Bill Gates is on
record saying he doesn't mind of the Chinese steal Windows now hoping
someday they will get converted into paying customers. Meanwhile
paying customers are forced to put up with things like activation and
of course we make up what's lost in overseas profits by paying an
inflated price.

Now you know what the WOW campaign really means.

Wow, some suits in Microsoft campus must say to each other, we can't
believe people gladly pay hundreds of dollars for a buggy version of
Windows while at the same time the founder of Microsoft is on record
saying he doesn't mind if millions steal a copy in China.

The new slogan from Microsoft should be bend over. We'll do it to you.

Why do people get charged different amounts for rent on the same size
apartment in different areas of the country? Because people in different
parts of the country make more. Property values are different, etc...

The same thing applies to software. People in china dont make nearly as
much as people in the U.S. and so are going to be charged a lesser amount.

And we haven't even brought up the fact that you are talking about a
different currency...


Jeff

In Australia, Vista Home Premium Full Retail Version: AU$425, Upgrade: AU$299
Vista Home Premium OEM: AU$150

"peter" wrote:

> You must be going to the wrong stores.......I can buy Vista Home Premium in
> Canada for $128.00..............thats Can$$
> peter
> "Leonard" <Leonard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CA0F751A-F948-48A1-852C-118A72E266FE@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all,
> > This post may not be technical to be here but it is relevant to all of us.
> > Here's a zdnet news (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6200577.html). MS
> > sells Vista Home Premium package at $118 in China to thwart piracy there.
> > Whereas the same package costs 288 euros in Germany and $220 in US. I am
> > not
> > a anti-MS guy so do not get me wrong. But MS would really let us down this
> > time if it did not cut price elsewhere.
>
>

Wow!

Last week I paid $399 US for Vista Home Pemium at BestBuy.

Of course I did get a free Acer laptop (Turion 2.2GHz, 1GB, 80GB, DVD R/W,
....) thrown in for no additional cost!

I needed a backup machine and couldn't resist the price. Swapping the memory
for 2GB for $70 more, ignoring the Acer gunge, and changing to 64-bit turned
it into quite a nippy machine for the price.

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF68CCD3-9006-4D31-BF31-1E55758C5D8D@microsoft.com...
> In Australia, Vista Home Premium Full Retail Version: AU$425, Upgrade:
> AU$299
> Vista Home Premium OEM: AU$150
>
> "peter" wrote:
>
>> You must be going to the wrong stores.......I can buy Vista Home Premium
>> in
>> Canada for $128.00..............thats Can$$
>> peter
>> "Leonard" <Leonard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CA0F751A-F948-48A1-852C-118A72E266FE@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all,
>> > This post may not be technical to be here but it is relevant to all of
>> > us.
>> > Here's a zdnet news (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6200577.html).
>> > MS
>> > sells Vista Home Premium package at $118 in China to thwart piracy
>> > there.
>> > Whereas the same package costs 288 euros in Germany and $220 in US. I
>> > am
>> > not
>> > a anti-MS guy so do not get me wrong. But MS would really let us down
>> > this
>> > time if it did not cut price elsewhere.
>>
>>

Double checked my favorite online store
Home Premium....OEM $120.0
upgrade $172
Retail Full 280

Ultimate OEM 225
upgrade 280
Full cant find

peter
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
news:OEKDwfr1HHA.1336@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> OEM or retail?
> Full or upgrade?
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "peter" <peter@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:%23a$hybr1HHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> You must be going to the wrong stores.......I can buy Vista Home Premium
>> in Canada for $128.00..............thats Can$$
>> peter
>

OK, according to your theory, why do people in China pay $2000 for a $1500
(seld in US) lenovo laptop?

"Jeff" wrote:

> Why do people get charged different amounts for rent on the same size
> apartment in different areas of the country? Because people in different
> parts of the country make more. Property values are different, etc...
>
> The same thing applies to software. People in china dont make nearly as
> much as people in the U.S. and so are going to be charged a lesser amount.
>
> And we haven't even brought up the fact that you are talking about a
> different currency...
>
>
> Jeff
>
>

I refer to retail full DVD version.

"peter" wrote:

> Double checked my favorite online store
> Home Premium....OEM $120.0
> upgrade $172
> Retail Full 280
>
> Ultimate OEM 225
> upgrade 280
> Full cant find
>
> peter
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
> news:OEKDwfr1HHA.1336@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > OEM or retail?
> > Full or upgrade?
> >
> > --
> > Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> > http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> > http://www.dts-l.org
> >
> >
> > "peter" <peter@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> > news:%23a$hybr1HHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> You must be going to the wrong stores.......I can buy Vista Home Premium
> >> in Canada for $128.00..............thats Can$$
> >> peter
> >
>
>
>