Windows 7 To Sell In UK For Half the US Price 487
An anonymous reader writes "In the UK, a full version of Windows 7 Home Premium is going to cost less than half the price Americans will have to pay, and in fact less than Americans have to pay just for the upgrade-only edition. Full details and prices were published in an article on CNet, in which it was concluded that, at least for the time being, Microsoft is honoring the prices it set for the now-discontinued European version of Win7, which did not contain Internet Explorer 8 and was only available as a full-install edition."
So, (Score:5, Funny)
Do Yanks start ordering from amazon.co.uk?
Re:So, (Score:5, Funny)
Nicholas Wirth (Score:5, Funny)
When he was in Europe - they called him 'Nicholas Wirth', the correct pronunciation.
When he was in USA - they called him 'Nickles Worth', the incorrect pronunciation.
He inferred this was because whilst in Europe they called him by name, when in USA they called him by value.
Well Microsoft seems to have definitely reversed that with this decision.
Just checking... (Score:5, Funny)
Y'all know that £20 isn't really half as much spending power as $40, right?
An open letter to Windows marketing team (Score:5, Funny)
I read recently that you have decided to cut Windows 7's price in the UK to about half of what it is here in the US. I don't feel that it does justice to us here in the States, as we're actually getting less value than your UK market.
Take, for example, all the U's that have been dropped from words. My color is not colour, but yet, I have to pay more for the lack of the U. This is unfair. Has the cost of cutting U's from words taken a sharp climb?
Perhaps the letter Z is charging too much these days, and I know how that can be. It only makes sparse appearances in words such as localize and marginalize, but despite its rare occurrence, it, much like a has-been movie star, has the gall to demand top billing. Perhaps your royalties payable to this (not)under-appreciated letter raise the costs here in the US.
Whatever the reasoning, I still find it unfair, and being such a large and powerful corporation, the fact that you can be taken advantage of like this is not only sad, but reprehensible. Use those lawyers of yours and get back at them! Hey, you can even be on the winning end of an anti-trust suit... think of the headlines now: "'Z' Loses Anti-Trust Judgement Thanks to Microsoft". Won't that be good press?
Sincerely,
A Concerned Citizen
PS - This message has been brought to you by the letter 5.
Re:So, (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah, and it's weird the way they call it Win 7 over there when only losers will buy it.
Re:So, (Score:2, Funny)
No, you're thinking of the Australian version.
Re:Arbitrage (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So, (Score:5, Funny)
I thought Australian meeses had their buttons on the bottom.
Re:So, (Score:2, Funny)
I thought Australian meeses had their buttons on the bottom.
Yeah they do, but 'cause you're on the underneath of the planet and therefore sitting upsidedown at your desk, you can't notice any difference at all. Unless, of course, you take that mouse up to the top.
Re:So, (Score:5, Funny)
The UK version will also only run off of 240V. Unless you plug your computer into your stove outlet in the kitchen or rewire your house, you can't use the UK version in the USA.
Re:An open letter to Windows marketing team (Score:5, Funny)
We here at Microsoft take the utmost care when faced with queries such as yours.
It is a little misunderstanding. While it is true that you aren't getting your full from the vowel U in the American version, we are including the other vowels I&E in it, which do actually not come packaged with the European version.
I hope you find these two shiny vowels as valuable as we thought you would, and now understand the extra cost of the American version of the product.
Sincerely,
A Helpful Customer Servicer
PS. This message has been brought to you by the number $107.
Re:So will it be region locked? (Score:5, Funny)
"There are alternatives."
Arrrr, that thar be matey!
Half of the price (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Good news for others (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Arbitrage (Score:1, Funny)
All 8 of you guys get half off! -Stevie B.
Re:So will it be region locked? (Score:5, Funny)
Effort accounting... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:So, (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Yeah? So? (Score:3, Funny)
12 inches in a foot, but 3 feet in a yard - why?
We prefer to ask "Why not?" ;)
The only difference between the systems is that one is decimal-friendly and consistent, and another is not.
That's not true. One was designed by the French and the other was not. That's all most Americans need to hear. I've often thought we should invent our own base ten measurement system and impose it on the rest of the world out of sheer spite ;) If they do make us switch to metric then the least we can do is come up with new names for the measurements. Millifreedom, centifreedom, freedom and kilofreedom sounds like a good replacement for millimeters, centimeters, meters and kilometers. Celsius could be replaced with "Jefferson's" and kilograms with "Franklin's". Still trying to come up with a good wholesome name for liters -- any suggestions?
Re:Viral advertising? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, I see your all getting your panties in a bunch when someone else is getting it cheaper!
What about Australia where I recall reading that Win7 is going to be substantially more expensive than the US (not sure about double, can't recall, but it was significantly more).
Didn't here boo from you cunts then did we? Except maybe the lame droll about convicts, living upside down etc.
dickheads...
Re:So, (Score:2, Funny)
Counter-Clockwise and up?
Re:Good news for others (Score:4, Funny)
$29 is for an upgrade from Leopard. Apparently you cannot upgrade straight from Tiger, and it's unlikely to work standalone if that's your idea.
Only to an insane person would that sentence make a modicum of sense. Or a mac owner. :D
Re:So, (Score:3, Funny)
This is Slashdot. Next week there'll be a front-page story with someone's journal post of how to make a step-up transformer in order to use the UK version.
Re:Translating it into English was really cheap! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So, (Score:4, Funny)
The mouse buttons are reversed from the way they are here in the States.
So, Mac users are OK then...
Re:Arbitrage (Score:1, Funny)
Congratulations! You've offered conclusive proof that Slashdot needs a -5, Stubbornly Wrong Obnoxious Dickhead mod.