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| Thread ID: 104091 | 2009-10-16 10:12:00 | Windows 7 launch | jwil1 (65) | PC World Chat |
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| 821239 | 2009-10-17 00:26:00 | Apologies.. slightly off topic. Amazon is quoting $us 200 that's $nz 270 approx. (Home premium). DSE quoting $389. That is a hell of a difference. Any snag if purchased from elsewhere overseas-- Amazon sell only to US market? any one found a safe source for legitimate copy? |
leonidas5 (2306) | ||
| 821240 | 2009-10-17 00:31:00 | You can buy the OEM of Prem 32 or 64 bit version for 195, or 210 down the road (in Auckland) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 821241 | 2009-10-17 00:41:00 | My copy seems to vary between being authentic and not on a smewhat erratic basis. Possibly because I changed mob'os a couple of days ago. :) Still, it's only Winderz, so what harm can it do? Everything important is either off shopping, in the fridge or on Linux. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 821242 | 2009-10-17 06:33:00 | Anyone planning to go down to their local DSE on the 22nd October at midnight for the Windows 7 launch?? I think you need to get a life.:rolleyes: |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 821243 | 2009-10-17 17:38:00 | Off Topic Linux is such a good operating system that it has 2% share of the market. Imagine how much share they would have if they charged money for it ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 821244 | 2009-10-17 17:41:00 | Yes shops like DSE and Noel Lammingtons always charge high prices. But you need to compare a similar shop in the USA to DSE. I bet it will still be much cheaper here. Aside from freight, there should not be much difference in NZ retail prices, but there always is. The reason as I have said many times is that NZ's pop is too small. A company has overheads and a CEO to pay from 75 times less sales (US pop v NZ pop). |
Digby (677) | ||
| 821245 | 2009-10-17 22:15:00 | Mine (That I haven't got yet) cost $199. Alas, I did miss out on the DSE drivel. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 821246 | 2009-10-17 22:29:00 | Yes shops like DSE and Noel Lammingtons always charge high prices. But you need to compare a similar shop in the USA to DSE. I bet it will still be much cheaper here. Aside from freight, there should not be much difference in NZ retail prices, but there always is. The reason as I have said many times is that NZ's pop is too small. A company has overheads and a CEO to pay from 75 times less sales (US pop v NZ pop). If that is the case why does Great Britain pay so much more. They basically pay in pounds what the yanks pay in dollars. MS do it because their are so many suckers. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 821247 | 2009-10-17 22:32:00 | Off Topic Linux is such a good operating system that it has 2% share of the market. Imagine how much share they would have if they charged money for it ? Actually even MS admit that the Linux share is more like 10 to 11% and stating as you do above over simplifies things a little too much. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 821248 | 2009-10-17 22:35:00 | Just as buyers want the lowest price, toaster shops do not seek out the lowest bidder to sell to. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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