Comments on: Expect Vista to Cost Significantly Less than XP http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1657/expect-vista-to-cost-significantly-less-than-xp-%ef%bf%bd-vistaknowledgecom News that matters for Web Developers Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:26:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gardner http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1657/expect-vista-to-cost-significantly-less-than-xp-%ef%bf%bd-vistaknowledgecom/comment-page-1#comment-6081 gardner Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:15:05 +0000 #comment-6081 I'm love this great website. Many thanks guy I’m love this great website. Many thanks guy

]]> By: Jim Rutherford http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1657/expect-vista-to-cost-significantly-less-than-xp-%ef%bf%bd-vistaknowledgecom/comment-page-1#comment-2116 Jim Rutherford Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:52:06 +0000 #comment-2116 How many versions of XP? Last time I checked, OSX had one version. No crippled, limited versions. You want to run a file server - no problem. You want to run a web server with unlimited virtual hosts? No problem. Or how about this, our operating system is sooooo complex, we need to give the users a really dumbed down version that we'll call "Home" edition. I prefer Apple's method of "hey our operating system works so well, anyone can use it!" Don't get me wrong - I use Windows 95% of the time, so I'm not trying to bash MS. How many versions of XP? Last time I checked, OSX had one version. No crippled, limited versions. You want to run a file server – no problem. You want to run a web server with unlimited virtual hosts? No problem. Or how about this, our operating system is sooooo complex, we need to give the users a really dumbed down version that we’ll call “Home” edition. I prefer Apple’s method of “hey our operating system works so well, anyone can use it!”

Don’t get me wrong – I use Windows 95% of the time, so I’m not trying to bash MS.

]]> By: Alex McCabe http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1657/expect-vista-to-cost-significantly-less-than-xp-%ef%bf%bd-vistaknowledgecom/comment-page-1#comment-2114 Alex McCabe Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:58:05 +0000 #comment-2114 There is a lot of inertia there when it comes to operating systems - I think in order for OSX to start to gain traction, Apple is going to have to a) make it free b) put it on a bootable liveCD c) give it away AOL style, pressing it into people's hands and saying 'here, try it out on your PC, you might like it better' Will they though? There is a lot of inertia there when it comes to operating systems – I think in order for OSX to start to gain traction, Apple is going to have to
a) make it free
b) put it on a bootable liveCD
c) give it away AOL style, pressing it into people’s hands and saying ‘here, try it out on your PC, you might like it better’

Will they though?

]]> By: Jim Rutherford http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1657/expect-vista-to-cost-significantly-less-than-xp-%ef%bf%bd-vistaknowledgecom/comment-page-1#comment-2113 Jim Rutherford Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:39:22 +0000 #comment-2113 Well OSX is free if you buy a new Mac. However it is purchasing a new OS without a new PC where the price difference is huge. $99 of OSX and a couple of hundred for XP. Well OSX is free if you buy a new Mac. However it is purchasing a new OS without a new PC where the price difference is huge. $99 of OSX and a couple of hundred for XP.

]]> By: Alex McCabe http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1657/expect-vista-to-cost-significantly-less-than-xp-%ef%bf%bd-vistaknowledgecom/comment-page-1#comment-2112 Alex McCabe Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:36:43 +0000 #comment-2112 I noticed Dell was selling two identical PC, save for the operating system - one had Windows XP, the other had none. The one with XP cost £10 less! So windows is already effectively free with new computer purchases, if competition heats up, we might see it become explicitly free for all installs. For that level of competite action, I think MacOS would need to be provided for free also - I'm wondering if there is any incentive for Apple provide it for free. I noticed Dell was selling two identical PC, save for the operating system – one had Windows XP, the other had none. The one with XP cost £10 less!

So windows is already effectively free with new computer purchases, if competition heats up, we might see it become explicitly free for all installs.

For that level of competite action, I think MacOS would need to be provided for free also – I’m wondering if there is any incentive for Apple provide it for free.

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