Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 18th Feb 2009 11:46 UTC
We already knew netbooks were popular, but according to new data by research firm IDC, they are even more popular in Europe than we anticipated. The firm says that in 2008, netbooks sales accounted for 30% of total consumer portable sales in Europe, the Middle-East, and Africa. A big contributing factor are the telecommunication providers in Europe who subsidise netbooks.
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RE: The report mentions Microsoft only once
by dagw on Wed 18th Feb 2009 19:20
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They have set the pricing of Windows 7 to be much the same as for Vista
The price you and I will have to pay for Windows 7 has little in common with the price a netbook manufacturer will have to pay. Microsoft will have no problem offering Windows at whatever price they have to if they decide they want this market.
RE[2]: The report mentions Microsoft only once
by lemur2 on Fri 20th Feb 2009 04:15
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"They have set the pricing of Windows 7 to be much the same as for Vista
The price you and I will have to pay for Windows 7 has little in common with the price a netbook manufacturer will have to pay. Microsoft will have no problem offering Windows at whatever price they have to if they decide they want this market. " If Microsoft persue this market and effectively "dump" Windows 7 on it (in the same way they now do with Windows XP Home), then microsoft don't make any money on this market.
If Microsoft set the price of Windows 7 for this market at a level where they could make a profit on each machine sold with Windows 7, then the number of machines sold with Windows 7 is likely to be a far smaller portion of the market.
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2005-07-22
I wonder what the initiative from Microsoft will be. They have set the pricing of Windows 7 to be much the same as for Vista, although I believe you will be able to buy a crippled version of Windows 7 for less money that only runs three programs at once. What if I want to run the three applications email, irc and instant messaging as well as something else like a web browser? How does that square up with 'more affordable packaging'?
To me Microsoft are appearing to be irrelevant in one of the fastest expanding sectors of the computer market, which is big news.