Comments on: Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7 Upgrade Pricing

By: Patrick Wherry

Patrick Wherry — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:30:33 +0000

Microsoft is no stranger to having companions galore within the cellphone enterprise, however its lineup of manufacturers for the upcoming, surprisingly promising Windows Phone 7 launch isn’t any much less impressive. After loads of rumoring, Microsoft has confirmed that Dell and HTC will likely be making Home windows Phone 7 phones, along with ASUS, LG, and Samsung who had already been confirmed. All of these companies should have their stamp on hardware by the tip of the yr, with the launch of the OS still vaguely slated for the “holidays” We’ve little doubt that every one five manufacturers can construct some compelling, horny hardware, but we’re notably enthused to see Dell really getting into the sport after the impressive Streak and that drool worthy leak a little while back. learn extra at http://www.wp7forum.com fans group.

By: Noe Blott

Noe Blott — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:32:45 +0000

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By: Win7Nightmares

Win7Nightmares — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:03:23 +0000

Just to clarify… the $169 prie quoted by Ed Bott is for the Snow Leopard Box Set, which includes Snow Leopard, iLife ’09 and iWork ’09 (whih is usuay sold for $70 by itself).

By: Win7Nightmares

Win7Nightmares — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:50:11 +0000

First, Bott is incorrect; full price for OS X Snow Leopqrd will be $129, NOT $169, so a full version of Snow Leopard will cost only $9 more than a normal upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium.

But even Bott’s story doesn’t tell the whole story. Regardless of cost, there has never been a release of OS X that required a user to substantially upgrade older hardware to support the newer features (i.e. Aero). Microsoft has also had the luxury of ONLY developing for the Intel platform through the entire sordid history of Windows; Apple stopping development for the old PowerPC-based Macs is not surprising and most of those user will do just fine staying on Leopard (especially since, as Apple admits, Snow Leopard is not substantially different than Leopard, unlike the changes made between Tiger and Leopard. Likewise, unless a user of a Mac purchased in 2006-007 is still on Tiger (hopefully not) they will not lose too much by not upgrading and simply sticking with Leopard.

Also, considering that OS X is more comparable to Windows 7 Ultimate, NOT Home Premium or Professional, comparing upgrade costs like this is unfair, since upgrading to Ultimate will cost $220, with a full version costing $320 (the $129 OS X is a full version). If you compare the feature set of OS X to Home Premium or Professional you’d find that people would need to add a bunch of software to match the functionality.

Besides, many users will be thrilled to spend $129 on a well tested, stable platform like OS X where the beta testing process hasn’t been ompromised like the Windows 7 beta process has been.