Microsoft nevertheless has however to go public with its Windows 7 price listing. But that hasn;t stopped buyers and partners from publicly hoping for the most effective (cheaper than Vista) and fearing the worst (any kind of increase over the cost of Vista).Probably the most misunderstood and closely guarded piece with the Windows pricing equation, in my view, is OEM pricing. A June twelve report on OEMs allegedly balking at Microsoft;s planned Windows seven pricing is fanning the flames.More than a decade back,
Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2007, the U.S. Division of Justice forced Microsoft to standardize Windows pricing for its top twenty Pc maker partners — to stop the company from using pricing as a weapon via which it could charge higher prices to “punish” OEMs who deigned to carry other operating systems. But that still doesn;t mean OEM pricing is “simple.”In the good old days, Microsoft could get away with upping the per-copy OEMs price for Windows by $15, $20 or additional over the previous version, claiming that it was providing Pc makers with much more and much more functionality with each release. But today, Microsoft is actually removing previously bundled Windows features — everything from Internet Explorer, to Photo ##############,
Office Professional 2007 Key, to Media Player — in order to head off current and potential antitrust suits. Should the company be charging Pc makers far more for a new version of Windows that includes much less functionality?Then there;s the added complication of netbooks. In order to thwart Linux, Microsoft has chopped the per-copy price it charges for Windows XP for netbooks to an estimated $15 per copy, according to various sources. With Windows 7, Microsoft is believed to be attempting to reduce the number of machines that will qualify for netbook status by setting maximum specs (10.2-inch screen size,
Buy Office 2007, no hybrid drives, etc.).DigiTimes claims Microsoft is floating a per-copy cost for Windows 7 for netbooks of $45 to $55 — a claim I find somewhat dubious, given that DigiTimes is reporting that XP currently goes for $25 to $35 a copy for netbooks, rather than $15. Maybe the prices DigiTimes is citing are for OEMs who aren;t in the Top twenty tier? Or maybe those are the per-copy Windows prices it is planning to charge OEMs for non-netbook machines?There;s another assumption related to the June twelve DigiTimes report that I believe is off-base.Many industry watchers seem to be assuming that Computer makers “pass along” higher operating system costs to their customers. The thinking: Netbook makers; margins are so tight that even a few dollars extra for a new operating system would be rejected outright by the OEMs.On the other hand, if history is any indication, this may not be a safe assumption. In the past, when Microsoft raised Windows prices, Pc makers simply ate the higher costs. Customers weren;t willing to pay substantially more for a new Windows Computer just because it happened to be running the latest and greatest version of Windows.If Microsoft were to up the $15 per copy price that it is believed to be charging netbook makers for XP to, say, $20 or $25 per copy for Windows seven, I think netbook makers would bite the bullet and pay it … at least until they amassed enough evidence that customers would be equally happy to buy Linux/Android netbooks as they have been extra familiar Windows-based ones.Microsoft should be unveiling Windows 7 consumer prices by next week at the latest,
microsoft Office 2010 keygen, given that the Windows seven Ideal Buy promotional campaign is expected to kick off by June 26. That means there might be some new leaks about what the company is planning to charge its OEM partners per copy for Windows seven, too.What do you think Microsoft could — and should — do around Windows 7 pricing? If you were Microsoft;s Chief Windows Cost Setter, would you hold Windows 7 pricing steady,
Windows 7 Discount, enhance it slightly, or come in on the low side?
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