Re: [Hampshire] 22% of Windows Installs Non-Genuine

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:54:09 +0000
m.nuttall@??? wrote:

> Quoting Gordon Scott <gordon@???>:
>
>
> Yep not suprising when you find out that a copy of vista home premium
> (basic is bobbins) is £220! I mean who would pay that? Its
> horrendously overpriced. Apparently some group researched Microsofts
> pricing of windows and concluded that microsoft priced as high as
> possible for profit rather than pricing low enough for max volume of
> sales and profit. They would make just as much money at a lower price
> and higher volume of legal sales but they choose to overprice instead.
>

Just checked on amazon.com and Vista Premium is $229. At today's
exchange rate that is about £130. Talk about a ripoff!

I saw a Microsoft spokesman saying that the confer with distributors to
fix a price for the UK - obviously slimy, greedy profiteers involved.