Microsoft Reduces Vista Prices - Upgrade Retail Versions
March 2nd, 2008 Posted in Industry News, WindowsMicrosoft announced a few days back that they are now dropping the price of certain versions of windows vista. Most notably, the retail boxes of the upgrade versions. Microsoft said that they have sold over 100 million units since the OS’s January 2007 launch date, but still think theres room for increased sales figures if the price was lowere just that tiny bit more.
For example, the Home Premium Upgrade has come from $159 to $129 USD (£80 and £64 GBP respectively), another key version that is dropping in prce is Ultimate Upgrade, coming from $299 to $219 (£150 and £110 GBP respectively). Not too shabby, although I would never recommend the upgrade versions myself, this is still a quick cheap and easy way to get vista on the cheap (yet legal) route.
Other versions have also dropped in price, see Microsoft’s Press Release for more info.