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These prices...after Vista? MS has cojones...
It's disappointing that Microsoft is charging such outrageous amounts for their operating system for two reasons:

1. The Vista debacle...no sign of a "mea culpa" from MS and there likely never will be. So much for the rumors that Windows 7 would be a free upgrade for licensed Vista users.

2. Linux - costs nothing and can serve as a Windows replacement for the majority of PC users.
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These prices...after Vista? MS has cojones...  zdneter0000 | 06/25/09
Fail  gnesterenko | 06/25/09
Fail 2.0  ejhonda | 06/25/09
Who decides what is a "Fair Price"  GuidingLight | 06/25/09
....  Badgered | 06/25/09
@GuidingLight  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
No selective memory, just a point that  GuidingLight | 06/25/09
@GuidingLight  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
@Axsimulate  wanorris | 06/25/09
you do realise....  kaninelupus | 06/27/09
regardless  gnesterenko | 06/25/09
@gnesterenko  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
Unfortunatly...  gnesterenko | 06/25/09
@gnesterenko  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
@Axsimulate  gnesterenko | 06/25/09
Axsimulate, sounds like he hasn't...  Wintel BSOD | 06/25/09
@AnythingButViista  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
Axey...  Wolfie2K3 | 06/26/09
@Wolfie2K3  Axsimulate | 06/26/09
Correct ...  mwagner@... | 06/25/09
and 3.0  gnesterenko | 06/25/09
Opinion, not fact  GuidingLight | 06/25/09
But Vista now is not the same Vista that was released  NonZealot | 06/25/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
Umm..  TylerM89 | 06/25/09
@TylerM89  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
Did you actually read the rest of those threads?  de-void | 06/25/09
So I was wrong about him leaving the printer off  NonZealot | 06/25/09
@de-void  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
@Axsimulate: Sounds like something has really screwed up your machine!  de-void | 06/26/09
Wow, well done sir  gnesterenko | 06/25/09
Pie in your face. Your a bad man!  Thomas Rippley | 06/25/09
@Axsimulate: Linux printing issues  GuidingLight | 06/25/09
He has already admitted there is no perfect OS  NonZealot | 06/25/09
The perfect OS NonZealot  GuidingLight | 06/25/09
I respect that you have an issue...  Thunderbuck | 06/25/09
Interim  wanorris | 06/25/09
A lot of why Windows works has little to do with MS  Thunderbuck | 06/25/09
Agreed  wanorris | 06/25/09
what kind of printer do you use?  marks055@... | 06/25/09
@marks055  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
@Axsimulate  Badgered | 06/25/09
@Badgered  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
@Axsimulate  Badgered | 06/25/09
Very easy solution!!  NonZealot | 06/25/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
How is the hunt going?  NonZealot | 06/25/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
I'll take that as a no  NonZealot | 06/25/09
When you can't easily buy Linux on the retail level...  Wintel BSOD | 06/25/09
Except you can easily buy Linux on the retail level  NonZealot | 06/25/09
No you can't  Wintel BSOD | 06/25/09
Yes you can  NonZealot | 06/25/09
@AnythingButViista  wanorris | 06/25/09
No you can't  Wintel BSOD | 06/25/09
wanorris, I'm aware Dell sells Ubuntu  Wintel BSOD | 06/25/09
One store is your test?!?!  NonZealot | 06/25/09
Best Buy is THE largest off-the-shelf computer retailer in the country  Wintel BSOD | 06/25/09
@AnythingButViista  wanorris | 06/25/09
wanorris  Wintel BSOD | 06/25/09
@AnythingButViista: Your scepticism and cynicism are not helping you!  de-void | 06/26/09
de-void, let's see some change out there  Wintel BSOD | 06/26/09
@AnythingButViista: Here you go  de-void | 06/27/09
Not convinced, de-void...  Wintel BSOD | 06/29/09
Even after SP2, Vista still has printing problems.  bvonr@... | 06/25/09
Probably because you turned your printer on  NonZealot | 06/25/09
lol  gnesterenko | 06/25/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/26/09
Then report my post as spam  NonZealot | 06/26/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/26/09
"That" poster?  NonZealot | 06/26/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/29/09
I'm not gettingt that.  CobraA1 | 06/25/09
False  Wintel BSOD | 06/25/09
Vista Now and Vista Present  ManoaHI | 06/25/09
Linux is not Average Joe friendly  TylerM89 | 06/25/09
Not really, no.  CPPDEV | 06/25/09
Glad you're happy  de-void | 06/25/09
I call BS  Thunderbuck | 06/25/09
Agree  mslammers@... | 06/25/09
If you're photographer...  Wintel BSOD | 06/25/09
Or if ...  de-void | 06/26/09
Linux let me do one thing I couldn't do with Windows  NonZealot | 06/26/09
Or if...  Wintel BSOD | 06/27/09
Meh  wanorris | 06/25/09
Good points  TylerM89 | 06/25/09
Fair enough  wanorris | 06/25/09
actually it is user friendly...  mrdt | 06/25/09
The Vista debacle ...  mwagner@... | 06/25/09
Does your ZD tag make you the local know it all?  lightingrod | 06/25/09
And your post  rtk | 06/25/09
Sigh . . .  CobraA1 | 06/25/09
Uh oh  CounterEthicsCommissioner-23034636492738337469105860790963 | 07/31/09
re: Vista  CobraA1 | 06/25/09
Then switch to Linux  marks055@... | 06/25/09
But it doesn't cost anythin--- oh, I get it.  James T. Kirk | 06/25/09
What are you jabbering on about??  Cayble | 06/25/09
Yeah, I liked Linux..  10W1V1 | 06/26/09
Stupid Is As Stupid Does  usad | 06/29/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  jsedlak | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high  ejhonda | 06/25/09
too high  Linux Geek | 06/25/09
Too high. Snow Leapord is major improvement, esp. for speed.  HollywoodDog | 06/25/09
This has nothing to do with Apple [nt]  Qbt | 06/25/09
I have to agree with you (for once)  marks055@... | 06/25/09
Snow Leapord blows MS away??  tpratt@... | 06/25/09
Last two Vista update messed up my PCs  CPPDEV | 06/25/09
And for the other perspective.  rtk | 06/25/09
You are using grub?  NonZealot | 06/25/09
@tpratt  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
Easy answer  NonZealot | 06/25/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
I'm slow?  NonZealot | 06/25/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
Thank you for the response  NonZealot | 06/25/09
@Axsimulate  wanorris | 06/25/09
Feature breakdown  wanorris | 06/25/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
@wanorris  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
The utlimate test of worthiness  NonZealot | 06/26/09
Wow, talk about strawmen  Wintel BSOD | 06/26/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/26/09
Then you answered my question  NonZealot | 06/26/09
Ridiculous  Wintel BSOD | 06/27/09
Only giving him options  NonZealot | 06/27/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 06/29/09
Fanboy fawning among other things...  Wintel BSOD | 06/29/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  RickyF | 06/25/09
How so?  Thunderbuck | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  Loverock Davidson | 06/25/09
Thanks for the chuckle  ejhonda | 06/25/09
heh  jsedlak | 06/25/09
I can buy OEM version of the software  xXSpeedzXx | 06/25/09
OEM version eh????  tpratt@... | 06/25/09
Umm... OEM != illegal  x21x | 06/25/09
Hard to compare...  Thunderbuck | 06/25/09
Loverock Davidson  Bill4 | 06/25/09
Still need more details...  barry@... | 06/25/09
Snow Leapard is a Service Pack Upgrade!  cnfrisch | 06/25/09
Agreed  gnesterenko | 06/25/09
"SNOW" pack  tpratt@... | 06/25/09
And those of the Apple persuasion that decry Microsoft's pricing  GuidingLight | 06/25/09
@cnfrisch  Axsimulate | 06/25/09
All y'all drinkin' way too much of the Kool Aid  Info-Dave | 06/25/09
Windows 7 cost too much Steve Ballmer needs to go  Randalllind | 06/25/09
Link to pre-order = 404  ejhonda | 06/25/09
... and now it's back  ejhonda | 06/25/09
Buy Vista upgrade now get 7 later LOL  Randalllind | 06/25/09
re: Buying  Badgered | 06/25/09
Available 6/26  ejhonda | 06/25/09
Twisting facts, and creating F.U.D.  Narg | 06/25/09
Free gourmet lunch: Ubuntu 9.04!  CPPDEV | 06/25/09
It's only "free" if...  Thunderbuck | 06/25/09
Where is my free 64bit Vista?  Kaiwai | 06/26/09
Are you tired too?  DB_z | 06/25/09
To me it seems they have done all of those things [nt]  Qbt | 06/25/09
An OS that lasts more than a nano-second?  NonZealot | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  webnuts4u2-news@... | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  JayMar13 | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  DannyO_0x98 | 06/25/09
Wrap  Barc777 | 06/25/09
Kinda wished for something a bit more permanent  CobraA1 | 06/25/09
I really dont care how much it costs  Crestview | 06/25/09
The price doesn't affect me but  marks055@... | 06/25/09
When Microsoft priced Vista ...  mwagner@... | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  bill957@... | 06/25/09
Windows now the majority cost of a PC??  terry flores | 06/25/09
Agreed  ChiperSoft | 06/25/09
There is no answer to that question  NonZealot | 06/25/09
"Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it."  James T. Kirk | 06/25/09
Out of date.  CPPDEV | 06/25/09
Tell that to the many people  GuidingLight | 06/25/09
He just did, you included n/t  n0neXn0ne | 06/26/09
re: Ubuntu  CobraA1 | 06/25/09
If Win7 is anything like Office 2007  ca1ic0cat | 06/25/09
Angry Ultimate Customers  x21x | 06/25/09
No details... yet  Thunderbuck | 06/25/09
I hope that is true, but...  x21x | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  TransitMan | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  ka0mow | 06/25/09
XP has to be installed first?  ChiperSoft | 06/25/09
Do you still have the disk?  CobraA1 | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  stu953@... | 06/25/09
Starter Edition = $45-$55 for OEM's?  Eduardo_z | 06/25/09
OEM pricing for Win 7  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
pricing  Eduardo_z | 06/26/09
Windows?  jcowles@... | 06/25/09
RE: Win7 price -- it should be free*  ascorpionguy | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  LordLQQK | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 TOO HIGH NO WAY......  carlsf@... | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  dhweiss555@... | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  g-ssg | 06/25/09
Too high. Very disappointing.  Solid Jedi Knight | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  shaneksmith | 06/26/09
Fire Ballmer  eddieknoll@... | 06/26/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  jamesm@... | 06/26/09
So last century  zdnet@... | 06/26/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  sparky52@... | 06/27/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  griz326 | 06/29/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  allanzieser | 07/06/09
And yet agian the Mactard roll out the drivel....  kaninelupus | 07/08/09
Windows 7: Prices is too damn greedy  Randalllind | 07/31/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  athaki | 07/31/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  Jackie150 | 10/09/09
RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?  sexy costumes | 11/11/09

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