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Re: [News] Vista (without Restrictions) in Holland: $723

DFS <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> amicus_curious wrote:
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1833639.azRJlslH7n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Leaked price information about Windows Vista: 'only' 723 dollar...
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> Today Microsoft leaked information about the upcoming Vista release
>>>> in Europe. Windows Vista Ultimate Edition will be sold for 'only' $
>>>> 723 `---- 
>>>
>>> http://digg.com/tech_news/Leaked_price_information_about_Windows_Vista_only_723_dollar
>>>
>>> Hardware gets cheaper, but a monopoly can still sustain raise the
>>> price of shoddy software.
>>>
>>> In Britain, Vista costs $600.
>>>
>>> http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/editorial/windows_vista?camp_id=email_w23_vista
>>
>> This seems kind of frivolous to me, since almost all copies of
>> Windows are sold as part of a hardware and software package.
> 
> I recently showed cola how to get XP SP2, plus Vista Business, for USD $160.
> 
> 
> 
>> Why
>> would anyone pay that much if they could buy a new computer for less
>> money than the operating system alone?  I think those prices are just
>> set to make the customer think they are getting a great bargain.
> 
> cola idiots like to use them when they post their stupid lies about how much 
> Windows costs.  Even after showing Rex Ballard that Vista Ultimate full 
> retail was USD $399, he claimed it was USD $699.
>

I run windows for free (and legally).  Currently this means server 2003,
XP SP2 and a late Vista build.  

And they all, without exception, FUCKING SUCK ASS.

Idiot.




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