The Windows 8 Pro upgrade price has inexplicably been slashed on Microsoft's online store.
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The Windows 8 Pro upgrade price has inexplicably been slashed on Microsoft's online store.
Hi there
....virtually "Giving" away the OS they hope they will recoup by sales of hardware (Tablets etc) and licensed software subscriptions such as Office 365 or products from the store. Strip everything out of the OS (in future) and make users pay for everything that's now included as standard.
Cheers
jimbo
In the UK we could get the upgrade from any XP/Vista/7 PC for £25 and the upgrade on a new-ish Windows 7 PC for £15. This was from 26 October. Although the £15 isn't such a good deal next to $15 in the US, the rest of it was pretty close and as far as I know at the same time.I just talked to a MS rep and he said the original US deal was not simultaneously offered in the UK so this is a followup deal for UK only.
So I'm not sure what the MS rep means...
In the UK we could get the upgrade from any XP/Vista/7 PC for £25 and the upgrade on a new-ish Windows 7 PC for £15. This was from 26 October. Although the £15 isn't such a good deal next to $15 in the US, the rest of it was pretty close and as far as I know at the same time.I just talked to a MS rep and he said the original US deal was not simultaneously offered in the UK so this is a followup deal for UK only.
So I'm not sure what the MS rep means...
I still haven't seen a win 8 tablet or lappie in the wild. Plenty of non windows devices to be seen on tubes etc.
WOW. You should have taken a picture and alerted the media.
We have a problem Houston.
You know this how?They are finding it hard to sell. It is a fire sale.
Only Cokie cannot see it.
Let's hope they actually release something people want - that would involve a change of strategy - are they able to do that? We shall see.
Steve: ... the Windows 8 Pro special $40 upgrade offer ends on February 1st, and then it goes up to $199 .So if it...
Leo: I bet it doesn't. My prediction. Just going to make a prediction here.
Steve: Well, okay. It's a Windows blog. There's the link there.
Leo: No, they say it ends. I'm just saying, let's see what happens then.
Steve: Yeah, it's like...
Leo: Because nobody's buying this piece of c**p.