Poll: How much are you willing to pay for Windows 7?
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Every other week, I add a new poll to Hardware Revolution.
The question for the poll that is up for the next two weeks, until January 31st at 11:59:59PM is:
How much are you willing to pay for Windows 7?
The available answers are:
- $0 – It should be included as a free upgrade to Vista!
- $0 – I will download it off Torrents
- Up to $100
- $101-$149
- $149-$199
- $200+
How do I vote?
On the right of this post, you will see the poll and the answers. Select your answer and click on vote. It’s that simple and of course, it’s free. The poll is visible from any page.
What’s my opinion on the subject?
In my case, I think that it depends on where you come from; I mean what is your current version of Windows.
If you have any version of Vista, I believe that Windows 7 should come as a free upgrade, because Vista was such a disappointment. That would be an excellent way for Microsoft to regain market share and most importantly, regain customer’s loyalty toward the Windows brand. We all know how badly that was hurt with Vista.
If you have XP, it is my opinion that Microsoft should offer a low cost, stripped-down (read efficient) version of Windows 7, for two reasons:
- To ensure the transition of XP users to Windows 7, both for customer loyalty and profits.
- The stripped-down version would help in making sure that the requirements would be low enough to run on any machine that runs Windows, thus avoiding having many angry corporate clients who have no reason otherwise to upgrade their hardware systems.
That version would fit in the “Up to $100″ choice. Any more than $100 and it’s too expensive as an upgrade version to XP. Now, I’ve read that XP won’t be upgradeable to Windows 7 and if that is the case, then that is a huge mistake on Microsoft’s end. Why? The market share of Windows XP is still huge and Microsoft is missing on a big opportunity to convert them.
With new PCs or as a stand-alone copy, Windows 7 needs to be reasonably priced, considering the tough economic times. Also, please Microsoft; don’t repeat the error that you’ve made with Vista: Don’t offer four different versions. Way too confusing for your average customer. Two versions, one at $129 and the other at $179, would be perfect in my opinion.
While I’m at it, since the Beta is available as a download, why not offer the possibility to download and burn your DVD of Windows 7? Throw in a rebate of $10 and I’m sure that a lot of people would be interested! Want multiple copies? Download once, buy multiple licenses. That would be simple and effective. Now, is that going to happen? Highly doubt it…
What’s your opinion on the matter?
How much are you willing to pay? What do you think of offering Windows 7 as a free upgrade to Vista users? What about a rebate when downloading it online? Let us know your opinion in the comment section!
