Vista Price to go down

[MetalheadGautham]

Re: Microsoft Cuts the Price of Retail Vista

The pricing is outrageous. Aleast in India. When will they stop converting USD to INR MRP?

I already know Windows XP home OEM costs 3.2k and Win XP Pro OEM costs 6.2k and Windows Vista home costs 4.5k in india... that was a few weeks back.

 

[drgrudge]

Is MS going to cut prices in India too? Also I don't think MS no longer sells XP. They support XP (supposed till 2011) but I don't see any vendor selling XP - atleast original or he must have a old stock.

By the way, Mr. Chidambaram has set the clock back by increasing the excise duty on packaged software from 8 to 12 %. That means a legal copy of Windows Vista Home Premium, which sells for around Rs. 10,000, will cost Rs.400 more. Source.


And the 2 threads are merged.

 

[narangz]

By the way, Mr. Chidambaram has set the clock back by increasing the excise duty on packaged software from 8 to 12 %. That means a legal copy of Windows Vista Home Premium, which sells for around Rs. 10,000, will cost Rs.400 more. Source.

My expression after reading this

BTW- AFAIK that price you mentioned is of Vista Ultimate.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Vista Home premium retail is available for Rs 5,000.

and thats why nobody buys windows XP anymore, weather home or professional. I think as of now, thanks to SP1, vista is starting to look good for guys like me who have a swift and fast OS to back it up.

can you please post the prices of all vista editions , both retail and OEM ?

 

[drgrudge]

My expression after reading this

BTW- AFAIK that price you mentioned is of Vista Ultimate.

No idea how much Vista costs for any versions. I just copy-pasted what I read in The Hindu today.

 

[infra_red_dude]

Don't know about OEM rates, but Home premium costs about Rs 5k right now, pay him Rs 2000 + Vista home basic license.

R U sure the HP OEM key isn't activated?

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Yep. His laptop was bundled with HP OEM. He got one more license from his office (HP OEM). So that is lying useless with him.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

^^don't you have an oem licence with your lappy already ? its supposed to allow installations on 100 machines...

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^don't you have an oem licence with your lappy already ?

No, not Vista. Its XP Prof. I don't need Vista on my laptop. Just got a Vista Basic license due to somethings which went awry!

its supposed to allow installations on 100 machines...

Are you nuts????!!!

 

[boosters]

By the way Windows Vista Home Premium cost now available at Rs 9800 incl. taxes. and OEM is Rs 5800 /-