Comments on: Windows 7 Pricing: The Good, The Bad, And The Interesting http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2009/06/windows-7-pricing-the-good-the-bad-and-the-interesting/ The official blog of The NPD Group Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:52:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Split-Screen :: The Game-Geek’s Daily Read » NPD Group: “Windows 7 Price Point Fits Nowhere in These Economic Times” http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2009/06/windows-7-pricing-the-good-the-bad-and-the-interesting/#comment-224 Split-Screen :: The Game-Geek’s Daily Read » NPD Group: “Windows 7 Price Point Fits Nowhere in These Economic Times” Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:16:16 +0000 http://www.npdgroupblog.com/?p=672#comment-224 [...] user features. The NPD Group’s Vice President of Industry Analysis Stephen Baker spoke in his official blog post about the negatives of Windows 7’s pricing in relation to it’s features. [...] [...] user features. The NPD Group’s Vice President of Industry Analysis Stephen Baker spoke in his official blog post about the negatives of Windows 7’s pricing in relation to it’s features. [...]

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]]> By: Windows 7 pricing is too expensive, says analyst : GadgetsBiz.com: Reports http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2009/06/windows-7-pricing-the-good-the-bad-and-the-interesting/#comment-207 Windows 7 pricing is too expensive, says analyst : GadgetsBiz.com: Reports Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:11:45 +0000 http://www.npdgroupblog.com/?p=672#comment-207 [...] to the price of Vista Home Premium at least – Microsoft hasn’t gone low enough, says NPD Group’s analyst Stephen [...] [...] to the price of Vista Home Premium at least – Microsoft hasn’t gone low enough, says NPD Group’s analyst Stephen [...]

]]> By: Techknology’s Blog » NPD Analyst Says Windows 7 Pricing is “Way Too Much” http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2009/06/windows-7-pricing-the-good-the-bad-and-the-interesting/#comment-206 Techknology’s Blog » NPD Analyst Says Windows 7 Pricing is “Way Too Much” Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:23:13 +0000 http://www.npdgroupblog.com/?p=672#comment-206 [...] Baker, Vice President of Industry Analysis for The NPD Group wrote a blog post on Thursday analyzing the release of Windows 7 information.  He began with some words of praise [...] [...] Baker, Vice President of Industry Analysis for The NPD Group wrote a blog post on Thursday analyzing the release of Windows 7 information.  He began with some words of praise [...]

]]> By: Windows 7 pricing is too expensive, says analyst | Tech Blog http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2009/06/windows-7-pricing-the-good-the-bad-and-the-interesting/#comment-203 Windows 7 pricing is too expensive, says analyst | Tech Blog Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:38:02 +0000 http://www.npdgroupblog.com/?p=672#comment-203 [...] to the price of Vista Home Premium at least – Microsoft hasn’t gone low enough, says NPD Group’s analyst Stephen [...] [...] to the price of Vista Home Premium at least – Microsoft hasn’t gone low enough, says NPD Group’s analyst Stephen [...]

]]> By: computerguy http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2009/06/windows-7-pricing-the-good-the-bad-and-the-interesting/#comment-201 computerguy Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:38:36 +0000 http://www.npdgroupblog.com/?p=672#comment-201 Good post but I question your comment about multiple computer installations. Unless you have some inside information, I think your assumptions on the EULA for Windows 7 (which hasn't been published) are pre-mature. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/eula.aspx If you actually read these things, you'd notice that for Office 2007 Home and Student, for example, you can intall on 3 systems. Note that other versions of Office do NOT says this. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7467D5C4-FA3A-4F9F-82B6-CBCD6108A980&displaylang=en As for the price being "way too much for software", et's not forget that Apple isn't by any means being "nice" either. Their hardware costs quite a bit more than a PC and since they are making a killing on the hardware they can afford to sell software at a lower price. In the case of Windows, it is Dell, HP or whoever that is making money on the hardware, not Microsoft. I'm not saying that this price doesn't seem expensive but rather that it seems expensive perhaps because Apple is selling "agressively" - perhaps even at a loss because they already over price their hardware and everything else. Just some food (Apples) for thought... Good post but I question your comment about multiple computer installations. Unless you have some inside information, I think your assumptions on the EULA for Windows 7 (which hasn’t been published) are pre-mature.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/eula.aspx

If you actually read these things, you’d notice that for Office 2007 Home and Student, for example, you can intall on 3 systems. Note that other versions of Office do NOT says this.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7467D5C4-FA3A-4F9F-82B6-CBCD6108A980&displaylang=en

As for the price being “way too much for software”, et’s not forget that Apple isn’t by any means being “nice” either. Their hardware costs quite a bit more than a PC and since they are making a killing on the hardware they can afford to sell software at a lower price. In the case of Windows, it is Dell, HP or whoever that is making money on the hardware, not Microsoft. I’m not saying that this price doesn’t seem expensive but rather that it seems expensive perhaps because Apple is selling “agressively” - perhaps even at a loss because they already over price their hardware and everything else.

Just some food (Apples) for thought…

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