Microsoft Hikes Win7 Prices for Australia

Zirro said:

I am very dissappointed with the Australian Win 7 pricing announced so far.

It looks to me like US, Canadian and Japanese early adopters get a very cheap upgrade while we get screwed to subsidise it.

The announced pricing will just encourage Linux and Mac OS development.
MS really know how to shoot themselves in the foot.

Come on.....seriously. You don't believe for one second that this pricing is going to make a massive change to the number of Linux or Mac users in Australia or anywhere in the world.
For a start the price is nothing compared to having to buy a Mac in the first place and second the majority of "average" PC users in Australia at least would have no idea how to set up Linux to do what they want.

Apart from that...have a look at the Stats graph below (courtesy of Wzor.info)

andych said:

Come on.....seriously. You don't believe for one second that this pricing is going to make a massive change to the number of Linux or Mac users in Australia or anywhere in the world.
For a start the price is nothing compared to having to buy a Mac in the first place and second the majority of "average" PC users in Australia at least would have no idea how to set up Linux to do what they want.

Apart from that...have a look at the Stats graph below (courtesy of Wzor.info)

I don't think these ridiculous prices will convert people to macs or linux but it definately will keep people stuck to their XP configurations.
I've been talking to a lot of people and they are all asking the same question "Why would I pay that much? What will I get out of it?" and the answer is pretty much "Nothing". Like I said earlier, their internet works on XP, their email works on XP, their camera/printer/scanner all work on XP. Why would they upgrade? And with these prices??!! No way!!
Most people don't even know what an OS is. Why would they pay hundreds of dollars when what they have works fine.
I'm sooo glad I got a Technet sub. I wouldn't have paid for win7 anyway but at least now I may be able to help a couple of people to upgrade their machines.

tw33k said:

I don't think these ridiculous prices will convert people to macs or linux but it definately will keep people stuck to their XP configurations.
I've been talking to a lot of people and they are all asking the same question "Why would I pay that much? What will I get out of it?" and the answer is pretty much "Nothing". Like I said earlier, their internet works on XP, their email works on XP, their camera/printer/scanner all work on XP. Why would they upgrade? And with these prices??!! No way!!
Most people don't even know what an OS is. Why would they pay hundreds of dollars when what they have works fine.
I'm sooo glad I got a Technet sub. I wouldn't have paid for win7 anyway but at least now I may be able to help a couple of people to upgrade their machines.

The ones that are going to want to upgrade (Ma & Pa Machines) are the ones who buy a new PC or Laptop and then want to connect them up to each other and find they can't use Homegroup....so they will ask around and then look at upgrading....hopefully by that time it will be a bit cheaper.
Most of M$ sales initially are going to be on new machines, at least in Countries like Australia where there are no incentive deals to promote upgrading.

darkmax said:

have you guys ever considered that the difference in pricing may be due to your "local" office? Microsoft Australia has always been known to make their own pricing policies you know.

And your point is????
It makes no difference if the price level is set from Australia, USA or China, it is still set by Microsoft as they are one in the same.
The bottom line is that it is still more expensive here in relative terms than in other Countries and we do not (as yet) get any special Pre-Order deals.

I too find this very un-fair; y'all should have the same pricing as the rest of us, especially the pre-order offers; TechNet is the way to go.




















Later Ted

themouse said:

This technet sub sounds good but......

From what I have been told, you can only use the software as long as yuo have the subscription. If you cancel you are no longer licensed to use it so in others words you have to give it back. One years sub is not going to cut it.

Not the case....the keys and software are not time limited in any way.
There is another thread all about Technet....have a look there.