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| Time: 00:05 EST/05:05 GMT | News Source: PC Pro | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Microsoft's decision to limit Windows 7 Starter Edition to running only three concurrent applications could force up the price of netbooks in the UK.
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| #1 By 2960 (72.196.201.130) at 2/10/2009 9:03:01 AM |
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What an utterly stupid limitation.
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| #2 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 2/10/2009 10:03:26 AM |
| #1: You can say that again. "Hmm, developing countries are pirating our full version for free because it's 3 months pay to them to buy it. I know! We'll offer them a kneecapped version that's more expensive than free. Brilliant!" |
| #3 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at 2/10/2009 8:21:04 PM |
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Very interesting strategy by MS.
I would not be surprised if this was Intels idea and not Mirosofts. Intel has a significant interest in limiting the wide spread adoption of netbooks. |
| #4 By 23275 (24.196.4.141) at 2/10/2009 11:16:12 PM |
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MS's sales stratgey this time around is brilliant.
So is starter and really.... I mean, really? who is running four apps on a netbook? and No AV/Defender do not count against that number. Wasn't the whole point of "netbooks" for casul second computer use? Regardless, FREE Starter... with a pay for play in-place upgrade that is super simple and easy to effect. and they say MS can't compete with free? BS. They will re-define free, and offer their own flavor of the freemium model and make a mint selling upgrades that are worth it. Brilliant stuff! |
| #5 By 12071 (124.168.173.210) at 2/11/2009 2:01:04 AM |
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#1/#2 - This is the same limitation as every other "Starter" edition. e.g. XP Starter Edition - http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/WinXPStarterFS.mspx
Nothing new here - same crap product, same crap limitation. #4 They can redefine all they want, like they have with "interoperability", "standards support", "security", etc... free has already been defined and is well understood. |
| #6 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 2/11/2009 8:23:14 AM |
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#4: MS's sales stratgey this time around is brilliant.
Well of course you, and you alone, would say that. Everything MS does is brilliant. So is starter and really.... I mean, really? who is running four apps on a netbook? I don't know, but 640K should be enough for anybody, right? Regardless, FREE Starter... with a pay for play in-place upgrade that is super simple and easy to effect. More word games? *Free* starter? Is that like how my car was free, but the 4 tires it came with costs $35K? and they say MS can't compete with free? BS. They will re-define free Yes, to mean "we give you software in exchange for money". Kabuki has already illustrated how MS redefines common words to suit their own agenda. and offer their own flavor of the freemium model and make a mint selling upgrades that are worth it. Strange. For years you've been telling me that free doesn't work, that no company can make money by giving products away. Now you're telling me that MS will succeed with this model. I must hand it to you; your opinions are certainly flexible. You're a man of successive sincerities. This post was edited by Latch on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 10:29. |
| #7 By 23275 (24.196.4.141) at 2/11/2009 1:16:52 PM |
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The keyword here is, "flexible" and perhaps "adaptable" - MS clearly is going to respond to markets and change accordingly.
Let's say a low powered notebook, or "netbook" ships with Windows 7 Starter. Runs well and sells for <$400.00 USD. A month later the customers wants to move up to Windows 7 Home Premium - they pay, oh I dunno... $40.00 - $60.00 online and ten minutes later, after running the Anytime Upgrade, http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/ff_wau.asp the customer is up and running. The customer wins and so does Microsoft - ergo, the market wins. Six months later the same customer wants to move up to Windows 7 Professional, or Ultimate and they do the same - another $40.00 bucks, another ten minutes and the market wins again. Opposite painless, quick and affordable Anytime Upgrades, "Freemimums" work and the definition for it changes - just as the market itself changes and companies "adapt" Admit it, you're upset, because you know I'm right and you know it will work. Now, we'll see if MS thinks this is sound and Starter is in fact free - as it should be. |
| #8 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 2/11/2009 2:11:01 PM |
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#7: Is that really how it's going to go? I very much doubt that those in developing countries are going to be able to afford to upgrade anything. They will either live with what they have, or wipe it and install XP or whatever warezed version of 7 that appears.
btw I have to disagree with you when you keep claiming that "the market wins" because somebody has to pay more money to MS to cross an arbitrary threshold that MS has thrown up to spur upgrades. |
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