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Windows 7 by October 15th says Thurrott

Posted: 20 May 2009 05:13 AM PDT

Paul Thurrott predicts that Windows 7 will be available by October 15th as per the current schedule.I feel this makes sense to me as Acer had said that Windows 7 would be shipped with Acer PC’s by October 23rd.There’s still no official word from Microsoft,but Thurrot’s Windows 7 insight has a solid track record.So,with Microsoft’s next major release just 150 days away, will you be planning a day-one purchase? Maybe not, according to Dell marketing executive Darrel Ward.

Speaking in an interview, Ward suggests that although demand for the multiple editions of Windows 7 is greater than that of previous Microsoft releases, “the ASPs (average selling price) of the operating systems are higher than they were for Vista and XP”.Suggesting that higher prices in tough economic times could be naive on Microsoft’s part, he adds “I can tell you that the licensing tiers at retail are more expensive than they were for Vista”.

Rising prices will also apply to business users with Windows 7 Professional expected to be more costly than Windows Vista Business.But i feel the pricing wont be cheap by any means.It will be costlier than Vista.So it comes as a shock for Windows 7 fanboys as in recession times too the prices of Windows 7 would be high.Till now every one were excited with Windows 7 as RC build was made public for everyone on May 15th,majority found it a superb OS but the pricing point is what makes the users go back.

If the prices go insane high at this recession period then most of the users will switch to pirated versions or torrents.So if Microsoft wants to target users from buying the Windows 7 SKU’s then they may need to consider the prices very seriously.:roll::shock:

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