Comments on: OT: WWDC… Apple Kicks MS Where it Hurts

By: fh

fh — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:20:43 +0000

Looking at pricing for Microsoft:
- XP Pro (2001): $299 MSRP ($149 OEM).
- Vista Ultimate (2007): $219*
- 7 Professional (exp: 2009): $149* ($99 during promotion period)
- All interim updates: free
* Upgrade price from prior version
- Total: $467 – $667, cheaper if you only need “Home” editions.

For Apple:
- OSX 10.0 (2001): $129
- OSX 10.1 (2001): $0 (if you bought 10.0)
- OSX 10.2 (2002): $129*
- OSX 10.3 (2003): $129*
- OSX 10.4 (2005): $129*
- OSX 10.5 (2007): $129*
- OSX 10.6 (exp: 2009): $29
* Free upgrade only if you had purchased a Mac within 1 month of the release of the new version.
- Total: $674

By: BenG

BenG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:15:03 +0000

“Apple kicks MS where it hurts” – I wouldn’t be surprised if the “I’m a Mac” commercials eventually stoop low enough to portray just that: “Hi, I’m a P….ohhhhh…..

I am really tired of those ads. However, I must admit that a 29$ upgrade is pretty nice.

By: XSportSeeker

XSportSeeker — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:55:07 +0000

I’ll also have to disagree on this one.
At least parcially.
I got Vista on my Dell XPS laptop, and at first it indeed sucked.
Switched back to XP, but later on I decided to give it a shot again after SP1.

And it’s working flawlessly… I’ll say again, flawlessly ever since. It is running better than XP, specially when it comes to graphics intensive apps/games.

I didn’t test Windows 7 yet because of Vista working perfectly fine so far.
I’ll test it later when it has matured, which is one thing I’ll always agree… Microsoft sucks in releasing quality stuff.

But much like XP, Vista has matured. And most of the people bashing it now don’t care to update and test it.

I even know lots of people who bashes Vista without even trying it once.

Oh yeah, I also despise the tons of different flavors on Windows.. they should just lower the price overall and make one version (I suppose Ultimate) to make it more attractive and simpler to use/integrate.

By: Moby

Moby — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:21:00 +0000

Thumbs up on this article.

By: Gakubuchi

Gakubuchi — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:19:08 +0000

BoeserMann, MacOS X is also bundled with the hardware, like (most) Windows. As far as I know, you can’t buy a Mac without MacOS.
But I’m completely with you: software SHOULD be an option when you buy the hardware.

By: Daimaou

Daimaou — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:25:56 +0000

BoeserMann > I am with you on this one ! I wish I could by my hardware then my OS

By: BoeserMann

BoeserMann — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:32:57 +0000

I dont want anything bundled with my PC hardware.

By: ZiCott

ZiCott — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:39:14 +0000

Please understand that Apple doesn’t allow Apple Clones, or OEM to sell Mac under a different name. Some have tried, and were SUED, so it is Apples fault for not allowing companys like Sony, Fujitsu, Panasonic… to bundle Mac OS-X in their systems.

By: BoeserMann

BoeserMann — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:49:02 +0000

Sad thing is so that very often you can not choose. I buy a laptop and almost always I pay for that crappy OS. I don’t want it, I don’t need it. It is easy to get a market share of 85% if the OS is bundled with hardware.

By: Balls187

Balls187 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:42:39 +0000

I respectfully disagree.

Vista isn’t a bad operating system. It had a bad launch. A very bad launch, and after which, they learned their lesson.

I’ve been using Vista 64 for quite some time, and I will say, all in all, I have very little complaints.

I agree with ZiCott: If people are going to pay $200 for Win7, why not charge that much?