MS is a software company. If they sold everything for cheap, where would they get money from. Apple gets their money from the hardware sales. MS does it from the software sales.
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Microsoft Matches Snow Leopard Price With Windows 7, But Only for Students
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MS is a software company. If they sold everything for cheap, where would they get money from. Apple gets their money from the hardware sales. MS does it from the software sales.
LMAO-Course I haven't tried that route since XP came out and I needed another copy, but I seem to remember activation issues with the copy I uh-ahem "obtained".
Exactly, I just love how MS treats their customers like their dumbasses. Snow Leopard gives you the full experience with all the networking tools and drive encryption, the same as Windows 7 Ultimate, but SL is $29 and W7 gives the students the home premium version for $29. FAIL. And before any MS fanboy mentions that the students don't need more than home premium, the point is that MS is trying to advertise W7 for $29 against SL as if it's the same package and it's not.
Ah, Microsoft, how you always manage to drop the ball. You always start out with the best of intentions, and then screw it up at the end.
So, you'll drop your price to $30 in direct response the extreme success of Snow Leopard, but only for students, and only on the electronic download, and only till Jan.
Wow, thanks for nothin' Micro$oft.
So, you'll drop your price to $30 in direct response the extreme success of Snow Leopard, but only for students, and only on the electronic download, and only till Jan.
Wow, thanks for nothin' Micro$oft.
Even trolls need a home. Yes, it's sad that MacRumors has become the place to fight about Apple vs. Microsoft. Strange, strange times.
Even stranger is the fact you won't hear the Microsoft apologists screaming about $300 Windows OS prices, while to them everything Apple does is a ripoff.
smooth move MS. not only does apple continue to blow you away with their iPod, iPhone and other innovations, they are now forcing you to give huge to discounts to everybo....wait for it, students only? WTH man?
I have win7 RTM and it's nice but it should have been a service pack, not a full release. Oh well, you continue to force people away from your products while you continue to lose market share and once my laptop dies you will lose another (clearly you don't really care or else you would have made this upgrade $29 for everyone)
I have win7 RTM and it's nice but it should have been a service pack, not a full release. Oh well, you continue to force people away from your products while you continue to lose market share and once my laptop dies you will lose another (clearly you don't really care or else you would have made this upgrade $29 for everyone)
What do you expect? Look at their Xbox 360 console? People are perfectly happy to go back to it even after multiple failures, knowing well in advance of it's 50% failure rate. They are willing to pay for Xbox Live, something which should have been free in the first place. MS will treat the consumers as idiots as long as they're willing to be treated as idiots.
I sold my 360 a long time ago and bought a ps3, it paid for itself with a bluray player and not having to pay 60 to use their free service the sony offers for...FREEEEEE!!!!
Well in the battle of Mac os vs Win 7 I would say Mac hands down. Found this link to pretty much states why on #31: www.whattowhen.com
In the consumer's defense, Microsoft used their money from other monopolies in order to purchase exclusive titles and time based exclusives or DLC exclusives for the Xbox, forcing people that wanted those titles to purchase a console with a 50% failure rate.
Too bad Sony tried to stay out of the exclusives for money game.
Well done. PS3 is the mac of the console world. Well worth the extra price. Xbox is like a PC, you never get any gaming done as it's always breakign down.
I just had a battle with xbox, and I lost I told them I was just going to buy a ps3 if they wouldn't fix mine and they said OK. With the free online play its pretty much only 50 dollars more to have a console that works + Blue Ray. Easy Decision.
Mine was free!
Maybe it's not standard practice but here in the UK at De Montfort University I was able to download Windows 7 professional for free through the MSDNAA this morning, same as I did with Windows Vista Business last year for a few programs I need for my course that don't have OS X counterparts (doing Multimedia Computing.) There are no limitations or catches to the license either.
For what it's worth it's been my first experience of Win7, yeah sure it's better and the new taskbar, or rather 'superbar' makes me feel more at home but I was still relieved to know I could boot back into Snow Leopard which is keeping my MBP ticking over beautifully. The most painful part was installing it as an upgrade, 3 restarts, many failed attempts at getting the installer working in the first place, taking just over 2 hours and having to reinstall Office 2007 Compared to pressing 3 buttons, 1 restart & being done 30-40 mins later with SL with no issues.
Maybe it's not standard practice but here in the UK at De Montfort University I was able to download Windows 7 professional for free through the MSDNAA this morning, same as I did with Windows Vista Business last year for a few programs I need for my course that don't have OS X counterparts (doing Multimedia Computing.) There are no limitations or catches to the license either.
For what it's worth it's been my first experience of Win7, yeah sure it's better and the new taskbar, or rather 'superbar' makes me feel more at home but I was still relieved to know I could boot back into Snow Leopard which is keeping my MBP ticking over beautifully. The most painful part was installing it as an upgrade, 3 restarts, many failed attempts at getting the installer working in the first place, taking just over 2 hours and having to reinstall Office 2007 Compared to pressing 3 buttons, 1 restart & being done 30-40 mins later with SL with no issues.
Students, buy now, sell later
Students, remember the age old advice "buy low sell high". MS just gave us a roadmap for future prices. Even if you don't want this some sucker will. Buy it now for $29, don't install it then re-sell it after the price goes up.
Students, remember the age old advice "buy low sell high". MS just gave us a roadmap for future prices. Even if you don't want this some sucker will. Buy it now for $29, don't install it then re-sell it after the price goes up.
"Thank you sir! May I have another?" My brother is on his 3rd 360. You're right - any other product on the market would have been completely shunned by consumers with such an abysmal reliability rate. But gamers keep coming back for more with the 360, like a dog that's repeatedly kicked yet keeps smiling and wagging its tail. Odd.
I have a Wii, but with the new $299 PS3, I'm jumping onboard the Sony train.
I have a Mac and a 360 because I buy what works. Now, I know the rampant Red Ring of Death but the new chips have fixed that. The LIVE experience beats the pants out of PS3's online gaming. I have already bought a Blu-Ray so the factor everyone goes to is null and void
I find it funny that people always mention that as the first point to make; did they know it is a GAME CONSOLE not an Blu-Ray player? Great, I get it, your machine can play Blu-Ray discs but what about the games available for it like one of the best, if not the best, selling series of Halo? And then I would ask about the online play and its reliability. Lastly, I would ask about the free demos and downloadable content available on their PS3.
So, go ahead and watch your Blu-Ray while I enjoy my 360.