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| Time: 09:39 EST/14:39 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Although the latest version of Microsoft Windows is more than six months from shipping, company brass already have christened Vista as the best and biggest Windows release since Windows 95. The company is making bold predictions, claiming Vista will be preloaded on as many as 200 million new personal computers in the first 24 months that the product is available. Windows 95 shipped on a mere 67 million new PCs during its first two years. These numbers are important. The prospects of nearly every product Microsoft makes ride on maintaining the ubiquity of Windows, which has in excess of 90 percent of the PC operating system market. It's been five years since the current Windows version was released, and Windows XP now is looking rather dated. | ||
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| #1 By 1401 (69.27.196.125) at 3/15/2006 9:58:57 AM |
| Windows XP does not look dated. It's still a pretty slick UI. Windows 2000 definately looks dated. |
| #2 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 3/15/2006 10:58:40 AM |
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MS used their Windows monopoly to strong-arm every PC vendor into pre-loading Vista - or else. Then they use the numbers as some kind of metric for Vista's demand. Sheesh.
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| #3 By 32132 (142.32.208.231) at 3/15/2006 11:04:58 AM |
| #2 I know you are depressed because even if some versions of Linux or free, no one wants them ... and people do want Windows. |
| #4 By 8556 (12.217.111.92) at 3/15/2006 11:29:13 AM |
| Latch: MS never needed to strong arm its customers into preinstalling Windows. Windows is what the end users want. What MS did years ago was to force large volume OEMs contractually to pay for Windows on every machine shipped, in order to receive a roughly 50% discount over the normal distribution price, whether every machine had Windows loaded or not. This was still a sweet deal for the OEMs as the bottom line was well enriched through the volume discounts received. Did Dell suffer? It doesn't appear so. |
| #5 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 3/15/2006 1:28:58 PM |
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#3: Yep, nobody wants Linux. Nobody except DHS, DoD, Google, Amazon, various municipal & federal governments, the list goes on and on of entities that don't want Linux.
#4: I believe there were also threats to pull the Windows license from any major PC vendor that dared to pre-install anything except Windows, or to alter the installation in any way (such as preinstalling non-MS apps and then placing a shortcut on the desktop). And Dell may not have been harmed, but consumers were. Since Dell has to pay the Microsoft Tax regardless of what comes on the hard disk, they pass that cost on to the consumer. Don't want Windows? MS doesn't care as you're going to pay for it anyway. |
| #6 By 32132 (142.32.208.231) at 3/15/2006 3:07:17 PM |
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#5 Linux on the desktop is dead as a doornail. Linux on the server is just destroying Unix.
Windows on the server and on the desktop are #1 and will be staying there for decades. |
| #7 By 32132 (142.32.208.231) at 3/15/2006 3:11:03 PM |
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"Since Dell has to pay the Microsoft Tax regardless of what comes on the hard disk, they pass that cost on to the consumer."
No. They pass the savings onto the consumer. 199$ for XP Home with SP2 on Amazon. 299$ for a Dell B110 with XP Home/SP2. Either Dell is making the computer for 100$ of they are selling you Windows for a lot less than retail. This post was edited by NotParker on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 15:11. |
| #8 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 3/15/2006 3:48:24 PM |
| #7: And how much would that same machine be if you deducted what Dell pays MS per copy of Windows? That's the important point. It's irrelevant how much Windows costs retail vs OEM. There is still a cost that you get to pay whether you want Windows or not. But please, don't let the facts (and not the MS-style "facts") get in the way of your constant defense of MS. |
| #9 By 32132 (142.32.208.231) at 3/15/2006 5:05:53 PM |
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"And how much would that same machine be if you deducted what Dell pays MS per copy of Windows?"
About 50$ cheaper. If Dell did not have an OEM agreement, it would be 100$ more if you wanted XP. Since 98% of Dell PC's have XP on them, 98% of their customers save 100$. A very good deal. |
| #10 By 931 (24.99.3.86) at 3/15/2006 5:45:08 PM |
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"It's been five years since the current Windows version was released, and Windows XP now is looking rather dated."
By what standard. I dont even think windows 2000 "looks" dated, but if that was said I could at least understand what they might mean in comparison to XP or other operating systems. But what are the comparing it to here? Vista's "look" to me is futuristic seasame street to me.. but hey I still flip all my stuff back to classic. :) BTW that article talks about some of the new features, basicly saying it's the next step forward but not a huge leap. That may be true on the surface, but there have been massive and long required pumbling changes\additions in Vista and LHserver. |
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