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Vista: Too Pricey for Emerging Asia? | |
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| Time: 14:32 EST/19:32 GMT | News Source: Business Week Online | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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Microsoft has to do more if it wants to boost Windows Vista sales in Asia's emerging markets as affordability is still an issue, an analyst says. According to a statement Thursday on Microsoft's first-quarter earnings for fiscal 2007, Allan Krans, an analyst at research house Technology Business Research (TBR), noted that while enhancements included in Vista offer security and functionality improvements, the operating system also requires a heavier hardware configuration compared with Windows XP. | ||
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| #1 By 2459 (69.22.113.215) at 5/1/2007 3:31:49 PM |
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Another clueless analyst.
Although the costs of a dual-core processor, added memory, and graphics processors may not be prohibitive for users in the Americas or Europe, any additional cost on a PC can have a substantial impact in emerging geographies like China, Krans said. "As a result, TBR believes many Chinese consumers may have chosen either pirated versions of Vista that sell for as little as US$1, or free versions of Linux that are offered free of charge," the analyst added. "Although Vista contains enhanced antipiracy technology, press reports indicate that illegal copies of Vista were readily available in China, and piracy remains quite prevalent in the country." Vista does not require multi-core CPUs or powerful GPUs. A PS 2.0 GPU is only required for Glass/DWM, which is not a necessity for using the OS. Stiick to XPDDM and Vista is still more secure and usable than XP. PS 2.0 GPUs are also not that expensive. They've been on the market for over 3 years even in integrated designs. It's an optional expense however. The analyst's argument about piracy is also illogical. If people can't afford the hardware to run Vista, why would that be a reason to pirate Vista? They still need the hardware upon which to run it. If they pirate Vista, they'll either pirate a SKU they couldn't afford rather than pay for a lower SKU they can afford, or they'd pirate it regardless of the cost. The analyst also ignores Vista Starter Edition, which is targeted specifically at emerging markets and speced/priced accordingly, even though he does mention XP Starter Edition. |
| #2 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at 5/1/2007 7:52:08 PM |
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Hey, why bother with Linux if you can steal Vista?
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