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Thread ID: 91099 2008-06-26 04:41:00 Micro$oft needs more money. CYaBro (73) PC World Chat
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682588 2008-06-26 04:41:00 Just had an email from one of my suppliers saying that from the 1st July prices for Vista HP & Ultimate OEM license will increase by approx $20.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that XP won't be available after the 30th June? :groan:
CYaBro (73)
682589 2008-06-26 04:45:00 Greedy bastards! wratterus (105)
682590 2008-06-26 04:50:00 Just had an email from one of my suppliers saying that from the 1st July prices for Vista HP & Ultimate OEM license will increase by approx $20.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that XP won't be available after the 30th June? :groan:

does that mean all the current store shelved copies will be cheap? lol

does that also include xp mce 2005? i want to buy that for my media center
Codex (3761)
682591 2008-06-26 05:01:00 According to the last part of this artcile they have lots of $$$ already although the first part of the article is probably not great news for them :p
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
vitalstatistix (9182)
682592 2008-06-26 05:48:00 Obviously freight costs :D

Small but frequent increases are less likely to be noticed :xmouth:
dolby digital (5073)
682593 2008-06-26 14:53:00 right, so from july onwards they won't mind the widespread piracy of XP, even by customers who would have otherwise purchased the software? motorbyclist (188)
682594 2008-06-26 22:59:00 "The exact cutoff day for selling Windows XP is determined by OEMs [manufacturers] and retailers, who can keep selling stand-alone versions as well as PCs with Windows XP preloaded by OEMs distributed prior to June 30, 2008, as long as their supplies last," a Microsoft spokeswoman said two weeks ago in an e-mail.

www.computerworld.com
SKT174 (1319)
682595 2008-06-27 01:41:00 Obviously freight costs

um.........$20 EXTRA to freight a copy of xp ?.......hell lookout posting a letter will soon be an activity consigned only to the history books if its goin to get that expensive
drcspy (146)
682596 2008-06-27 13:14:00 obviously said "tounge in cheek" bevy121 (117)
682597 2008-06-27 21:06:00 Looks like I got in just in time. Just purchased Windows XP Home SP3 OEM for my new computer.
:)
Trev (427)
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