I like win7 but i don't think i'll upgrade just cause i have vista aready and it does me fine.

They should have used this design for windows 6 (Vista?).

"Get more 6 now"

newtekie1What part makes you believe I assume OSX is released every year. If Win7 lasts 4 years, and we can all pretty much assume it will, that is at least 2 OSX release, assuming they move to a once every 2 years release schedule(right now they are at about one ever year and a half).

This still makes Windows cheaper over the long run, and OSX cheaper upfront. Yes, $130 is cheaper than $300, but what you don't seem to understand that if I have to put out $130 far more often than the $300, OSX isn't cheaper.

You bring up another interesting point, without even knowing it. For the most part, people do not even need the full Ultimate edition, I was simply using that as make make your side look as good as possible, because if I had used Home Premium as a measure you would have whined about how you don't get all the features with Home Premium. The fact of the matter is that Microsoft giving the option to have lower cost versions with fewer features is great, and lowers the cost vs. OSX even more. Giving the option to buy cheaper upgrade versions lowers the cost over time even more.

Over time OSX is more expensive for the consumer, it is as simple as that. Having a single solution with no options or customizability is never better...except in Mac land...

Anyway, no point in continuing to post the same thing over and over again. If you believe OSX is cheaper that is fine, I'm sure you also believe buying a $5000 car that lasts 2 years is cheaper than buying a $15,000 that lasts 10...



Tried extracting the drivers, then manually installing the driver via Device Manager?

Although a decent stab at an analogy, people don't view cars the same way they view computers.

Like I said, it's easier for people to spend $130 at a time, than it is $300 at a time, even if by spending $130 at a time leaves them spending more in the long run. Every person I know that isn't an enthusiast views it in this light. They are gonna upgrade the OS on their computer once, MAYBE twice, before buying a new OEM machine. I'm not looking at it from our perspective, but the perspective of the majority.

Either way, my point is, MS has too many SKUs, which confuses consumers, and their prices are too high. They need to lower by around 1/3 on the consumer SKUs, imo. $200 for ultimate is a good deal, and would really drive up sales, I'm willing to bet. $130 for Home Basic, $150 for Premium, and $200 for Ultimate would be about perfect.