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$299.99 for Windows XP Professional - Full Install

Damn - they raised the price 4 cents since it came out. Then again, maybe I
am wrong and it always was $299.99.

NT 3.5 Full Install was $299.95

NT 3.51 Full Install was $299.95

NT 4.0 Full Install was $299.95

Windows 2000 Full Install was $299.95

No one forced me to buy all of the operating systems I have had. I just
"wanted" them!

No one forced you to buy "any" operating system YOU have had. You did that
voluntarily by paying cash or plopping down your credit card.


--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
news:uxqKZljkFHA.1444@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:%23H5yVBjkFHA.3256@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Back when Windows 95 came out I bought a "full install" CD for $199.00 A
>> month later I bought a "full install" of OS/2 for, guess what, $299.95.
>>
>> I also bought NT 3.51 full install for $299.95.
>>
>> I purchased Windows 98 Full install for - surprise, $199.00 - same as
>> Win95.
>>
>> I then bought NT 4.0 for WOW, $299.95 - same price as NT 3.51.
>>
>> What does Windows XP Home - Full install cost NOW. Did I hear $199.95.
>> You are right! Same as Win95 and Win98 full installs.
>
> Not where I live. The only place I could find a retail version, and only
> an upgrade at that, was here:
>
> http://www.elcorteingles.es/informatica/producto/producto_lst.asp?tlst=00000007&tsel=2&tmar=000000001
>
> Price: $ 371,11. AND IT'S ON SALE!
>
>
>>
>> Windows 2000 Full Install = $299.95
>>
>> What about a full install of Windows XP Professional? Yep, $299.95 right
>> where all previous versions of an NT based operating system have always
>> been.
>>
>> Do you get what I am saying? They haven't raised their prices for over 10
>> years.
>>
>> Microsoft can raise the price, as far as I am concerned. They are due
>> for an increase and deserve it - IMHO! And I, for one, will not bitch
>> about paying another $299,00 for a full install of Windows Vista (or
>> whatever it comes out as).
>
> I'm not as rich as you apparently are and most people in this world
> aren't. It's highway robbery and, to top it off, you have to prove that
> you bought it not once but twice.
>
> Alias
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Quote from: George Ankner
>> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>>
>> "Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
>> news:eZKTyPfkFHA.2608@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> "Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
>>> news:OMiodJfkFHA.1480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> "James" <leushinonospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:u95aswekFHA.2904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> "old" devildog wrote:
>>>>>> Giving it away to the public beta testers -- yes. But I can promise
>>>>>> you it will be included in "VISTA". Then you have to pay for when you
>>>>>> pay for "VISTA". I can promise you MS does nothing that doesn't bring
>>>>>> a profit. I removed it when the def files defined my anti-virus
>>>>>> (Trend-Micro) and my firewall (Sygate) as spyware and shut both of
>>>>>> them down and tried to remove them. Wouldn't try it again. If forced
>>>>>> to use "VISTA", in the future, I can promise to disable MSAS, as well
>>>>>> as any of the so called protection afforded by their "firewall".
>>>>>> I am not anti-Microsoft, just a customer wanting what he was promised
>>>>>> and paid for ( 200 bucks this time around). A safe, reliable OS, that
>>>>>> doesn't crash all the time.
>>>>>> XP is not there yet. I don't think "VISTA" ( VISTA what was billy boy
>>>>>> thinking when he approved at) will be any different.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "old" devildog
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And why shouldn't MS look to make a profit. It's called free
>>>>> enterprise. It's the way we businesses operate. There are no free
>>>>> rides in this life. I don't blame MS in the least for looking for ways
>>>>> to make money.
>>>>
>>>> There's a difference between making money and highway robbery.
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>>
>>> I mean why should one of the most expensive things on your computer be
>>> the OS? A retail version is even more expensive than a TFT monitor! It's
>>> highway robbery.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alias
>>>
>>> Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
>>> Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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