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Windows Licensee spits the dummy

Submitted by Kiwi Bloke on October 27, 2006 No Comment

Â Jim Wong, SVP at Acer Corp today stated that the new Windows Vista pricing is a price increase in disguise. According to Wong, the Vista Home Basic is a warmed over version of XP with none of the new features. In order to get the new features you need to get the Vista Home Premium at a whopping 359 pounds at retail.

Wong also said that the manufacturer’s license for Vista Home Premium is 10 percent more expensive than for XP Home. “We have to pay more but users are not going to pay more,” Wong said. This would mean an increase in the cost to PC manufacturers of 1 percent to 2 percent, according to Wong, in a business where the profit margin is around 5 percent or less.

Acer: Vista is an excuse for Microsoft to raise prices

Rumors have it that Microsoft told Acer that “….we are the organ grinder here, so dance…”.

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