Comments on: Windows 7 is great. Its price isn’t http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/11/04/windows-7-great-price/ knowledge workers - for people paid to think for a living Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:41:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Could free software liberate poor countries? at Bill Bennett http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/11/04/windows-7-great-price/#comment-4491 Could free software liberate poor countries? at Bill Bennett Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:47:41 +0000 http://billbennett.co.nz/?p=4233#comment-4491 [...] Windows 7 is great. Its price isn’t (billbennett.co.nz) [...] [...] Windows 7 is great. Its price isn’t (billbennett.co.nz) [...]

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]]> By: Parsley72 http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/11/04/windows-7-great-price/#comment-2914 Parsley72 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:39:53 +0000 http://billbennett.co.nz/?p=4233#comment-2914 Microsoft are now selling the Windows 7 Family Pack in NZ, but only "while stocks last". At $300 it's about the same as the one I ordered from the UK - a definite bargain if you have a few PCs at home: http://www.microsoft.com/nz/digitallife/software/windows7-family-pack.mspx Microsoft are now selling the Windows 7 Family Pack in NZ, but only “while stocks last”. At $300 it’s about the same as the one I ordered from the UK – a definite bargain if you have a few PCs at home:
http://www.microsoft.com/nz/digitallife/software/windows7-family-pack.mspx

]]> By: Parsley72 http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/11/04/windows-7-great-price/#comment-1793 Parsley72 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:28:44 +0000 http://billbennett.co.nz/?p=4233#comment-1793 I'm shocked. No, really. I’m shocked. No, really.

]]> By: Bill Bennett http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/11/04/windows-7-great-price/#comment-1767 Bill Bennett Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:02:18 +0000 http://billbennett.co.nz/?p=4233#comment-1767 If the Pricespy quote is for a legitimate copy of the software and the retailler is making a profit, then Dick Smith's mark-up is something like 120 percent. If the Pricespy quote is for a legitimate copy of the software and the retailler is making a profit, then Dick Smith’s mark-up is something like 120 percent.

]]> By: Parsley72 http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/11/04/windows-7-great-price/#comment-1755 Parsley72 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:21:28 +0000 http://billbennett.co.nz/?p=4233#comment-1755 Price Spy shows it cheaper than that: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Eng (Upgrade) $189 http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=482963 Still takes the p*ss when I've bought it at the equivalent of $100 per PC. Price Spy shows it cheaper than that:

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Eng (Upgrade) $189
http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=482963

Still takes the p*ss when I’ve bought it at the equivalent of $100 per PC.

]]> By: Bill Bennett http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/11/04/windows-7-great-price/#comment-1749 Bill Bennett Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:36:17 +0000 http://billbennett.co.nz/?p=4233#comment-1749 Update: A Tweeted message from Brett Roberts at Microsoft New Zealand points out the price of Windows 7 bundled with a PC is at the much lower OEM price. This is the price Microsoft uses when it sells bulk copies of software to PC makers. Roberts also points out there are dealers offering upgrades at much lower prices than Dick Smiths. I shopped around and found I could get the software for approximately $340 at one dealer. Update:

A Tweeted message from Brett Roberts at Microsoft New Zealand points out the price of Windows 7 bundled with a PC is at the much lower OEM price. This is the price Microsoft uses when it sells bulk copies of software to PC makers.

Roberts also points out there are dealers offering upgrades at much lower prices than Dick Smiths. I shopped around and found I could get the software for approximately $340 at one dealer.

]]> By: Parsley72 http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/11/04/windows-7-great-price/#comment-1748 Parsley72 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:19:39 +0000 http://billbennett.co.nz/?p=4233#comment-1748 Far as I know. The same package was sold in the US. Unfortunately it's now listed on Amazon as "currently unavailable". It may have been an introductory offer that's gone now... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Windows-Premium-Upgrade-Family/dp/B002MT21N6 http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Premium-Upgrade-Family/dp/B002MV2MG0 Far as I know. The same package was sold in the US.

Unfortunately it’s now listed on Amazon as “currently unavailable”. It may have been an introductory offer that’s gone now…

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Windows-Premium-Upgrade-Family/dp/B002MT21N6

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Premium-Upgrade-Family/dp/B002MV2MG0

]]> By: Bill Bennett http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/11/04/windows-7-great-price/#comment-1742 Bill Bennett Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:06:44 +0000 http://billbennett.co.nz/?p=4233#comment-1742 @Parsley72 Are UK Windows licenses transferable to NZ? Because I've got three PCs that could use it (actually I've got 4, but 3 will do). @Parsley72

Are UK Windows licenses transferable to NZ? Because I’ve got three PCs that could use it (actually I’ve got 4, but 3 will do).

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